# Michael Spafford - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T17:34:32.685Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 22
- Lots with prices: 21
- First auction date: 2010-02-08
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $325
- Price range: $15 to $6,500

## Market Takeaway
Michael Spafford has 22 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $325. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($325\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $1,300\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 66.7% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.3% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $5,000
- Previous 12 months median: $2,200
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 141
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- MBA Seattle Auction LLC: 9 lots
- Pacific Galleries: 7 lots
- District Auction: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Leonard Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-11 | Michael Spafford ''Head of Medusa with Sword'' 1984 Acrylic with Collage | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $5,000
2. 2025-06-15 | MICHAEL SPAFFORD \(WA\) "GREEN, PINK, AND BLACK ROMULUS AND REMUS" OIL ON PAPER, 1999 | District Auction | $6,500
3. 2024-12-05 | Michael Spafford ''The Iliad: Three Figures \#1'' 2005 | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $2,200
4. 2023-07-23 | Michael Spafford \(American, b.1935\) Mixed Media on Paper | Leonard Auction | N/A
5. 2022-03-03 | Michael Spafford ''Three Minds'' 1986 Lithograph | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $325
6. 2021-11-14 | Michael Spafford \(WA\) Woodcut Print on Paper | District Auction | $300
7. 2020-12-17 | Michael Spafford ''Origin Myth'' Mixed Media on Paper | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $225
8. 2020-11-08 | Michael Spafford, Holiday Card, signed | District Auction | $15
9. 2020-10-08 | Michael Spafford ''The Labors of Hercules'' 1998 Lit | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $700
10. 2020-02-09 | Michael Spafford \(b.1935, Wa.\) Woodcut Print | District Auction | $25
11. 2019-06-20 | Michael Spafford \(b.1935 Washington\) ''Head of Medusa with Sword'' 1984 Acrylic and Collage on Paper 51.5''x62.25'' Image. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $2,500
12. 2018-12-13 | 2pc Michael Spafford ''13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird'' 1975 Woodcut Prints 20''x26'' Sheet Each. Pencil signed artist proof editions including image III and IX from a suite of XIII. Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle labels on verso. Framed 20.25''x26.25'' each. Excellent condition. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $1,300
13. 2018-12-13 | Michael Spafford ''Leda'' Etching 12.5''x19'' Impression. An early 1970's era work by this northwest artist. Pencil signed and numbered 1 of 10 edition lower margin. Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle label on verso. Framed 20''x26''. Some minor foxing spots in lower margin. Overall excellent condition. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $150
14. 2018-10-18 | Michael Spafford \(b.1935 Washington\) ''Hercules Rescuing Deianira'' 1967 Charcoal on Paper 28''x23'' Sight. A typical mythological abstraction. Signed and dated l.r. with title on verso. Label on verso reads that it is a study for his famous Washington State Capitol Building ''Twelve Labors of Hercules'' mural. Gallery framed 37.5''x32''. Excellent condition. | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $1,300
15. 2015-01-06 | MICHAEL SPAFFORD \(1935 \- , WA\) WOODCUT ON PAPER \- Pencil signed Artist Proof. Titled "Twelfth of Looking at a Blackbird \(After the p... | Pacific Galleries | $60
16. 2014-04-13 | MICHAEL SPAFFORD \(1935\- , WA\) CHARCOAL \- Charcoal on paper with cutout which is titled "Minotaur Series \#4" and depicts a minotaur w... | Pacific Galleries | $275
17. 2013-04-07 | MICHAEL SPAFFORD \(1935\- , WA\) PRINT ON PAPER \- Two initialled prints from the "Falling Figures" series. Condition good, toning and m... | Pacific Galleries | $150
18. 2012-04-09 | MICHAEL SPAFFORD \(1935\- , WA\) OIL ON PAPER \- Signed lower right and titled "The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs I," depicting a b... | Pacific Galleries | $1,500
19. 2011-02-14 | MICHAEL SPAFFORD \(1935\- , Washington\) TWO PRINTS ON PAPER \- Signed; two images of falling men, artist's proofs from the "Falling Fig.. | Pacific Galleries | $120
20. 2011-02-14 | MICHAEL SPAFFORD \(1935\- , Washington\) TWO PRINTS ON PAPER \- Initial signed, from the "Falling Figures" series \- Condition good \- Lat... | Pacific Galleries | $110
21. 2010-11-07 | MICHAEL SPAFFORD \(1935\- , Washington\) CHARCOAL ON PAPER \- Includes a cut out area \- Signed, titled "Minotaur Series \#4," depicts a m... | Pacific Galleries | $325
22. 2010-02-08 | Michael Spafford \(American, born 1935\); Labors of Hercules; \(3\) | Bonhams | $915

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