# Michael Whelan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T14:02:36.890Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2006-11-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-10
- Median realised price: $2,100
- Price range: $10 to $20,315

## Market Takeaway
Michael Whelan has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,100. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($2,100\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($275 to $4,250\) 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: 33.3% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 60% (9 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6.7% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $10
- Previous 12 months median: $20
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-10
- Days since latest sale: 231
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 7 lots
- Eldred's: 4 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 2 lots
- Alex Cooper: 1 lots
- Illustration House: 1 lots
- Ripley Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-10 | Michael Whelan \(b. 1950\) "Passage to Sanctuary: Landing" science fiction fantasy lithograph 27"H x 22"W | Ripley Auctions | $10
2. 2024-07-26 | Michael Whelan & Doris Vallejo Art Books | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $25
3. 2024-07-26 | Michael Whelan Signed Limited Edition Matted Art Print | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $20
4. 2024-01-05 | MICHAEL WHELAN \(Connecticut/New York/California, 1950\-\), ”Highgate Mist II”., Giclee on canvas, 10” x 8”. Framed 16” x 14”. | Eldred's | $275
5. 2023-08-16 | MICHAEL WHELAN \(Connecticut/New York/California, 1950\-\), ”Highgate Mist II”., Acrylic on panel, 10” x 8”. Framed 16” x 14”. | Eldred's | $3,250
6. 2021-08-11 | MICHAEL WHELAN \(Connecticut/New York/California, b. 1950\), "The Goldfish Bowl"., Acrylic on panel, 18" x 24". Framed 26" x 32.5". | Eldred's | $3,750
7. 2020-11-20 | MICHAEL WHELAN, Connecticut/New York/California, b. 1950, Seated nude holding a heart pendant., Oil on panel, 12" x 9". Framed 18" x... | Eldred's | $2,100
8. 2011-05-04 | MICHAEL WHELAN \(American, b. 1950\) Where the Evil Dwell | Heritage Auctions | $4,250
9. 2009-12-06 | Michael Whelan, American, b. 1950, "Defiance", black and white conte crayon on paper, 13 x 8 in., framed | Alex Cooper | $1,000
10. 2009-03-13 | MICHAEL WHELAN \(American b. 1950\) Warlord of Mars, | Heritage Auctions | $1,076
11. 2009-03-12 | MICHAEL WHELAN \(American b. 1950\) The Changeling | Heritage Auctions | $896
12. 2008-10-15 | MICHAEL WHELAN \(American b.1950\) Fighting Man of | Heritage Auctions | $20,315
13. 2008-10-15 | MICHAEL WHELAN \(American b.1950\) Cuckoo's Egg, | Heritage Auctions | $5,975
14. 2007-06-02 | Michael Whelan \(b. 1950\) | Illustration House | N/A
15. 2006-11-09 | MICHAEL WHELAN \(American b.1950\) | Heritage Auctions | $2,629
16. 2006-11-09 | MICHAEL WHELAN \(American b.1950\) | Heritage Auctions | $9,560

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