# Mike and Doug Starn - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T16:16:14.771Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 47
- Lots with prices: 30
- First auction date: 1999-06-24
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-03
- Median realised price: $6,300
- Price range: $500 to $66,050

## Market Takeaway
Mike and Doug Starn shows developing auction liquidity with 45 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-24.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($6,300\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,300 and $9,450.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 16.7% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 63.3% (19 sales)
- $10,000\+: 20% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $1,300
- Previous 12 months median: $5,040
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-24
- Days since latest sale: 25
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 24 lots
- Sotheby's: 6 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 3 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 2 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Revere Auctions: 2 lots
- STAIR: 2 lots
- AAG Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 1 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-03 | Starn Twins "Athenian Horse" Mixed Media | Revere Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-starn-twins-athenian-horse-mixed-media-48a-c-2dc751dffb
2. 2026-01-24 | Mike and Doug Starn \(American B.1961\) Plant Leaf, 1988 Mixed media, lucite photograph on wood board Signed on verso Doug & Mike '88 48" x 7" Provenance: Gift from the artists Mike and Doug to the current owners, Chris... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mike-and-doug-starn-american-b-1961-plant-leaf-1988-mixed-media-lucite-photograph-on-wood-board-signed-on-verso-doug-mike-88-48-x-7-provenance-gift-from-the-artists-mike-and-doug-to-the-current-owners-chris-451-c-9fa8a4fce8
3. 2025-12-16 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \(B. 1961\). Plant \#1. toned silver print collage, tape a | Christie's | $9,525
4. 2025-11-20 | Starn Twins \(b. 1961\): Untitled | STAIR | $1,300
5. 2025-10-25 | Mike and Doug Starn \(American, b. 1961\) | Gray's Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2025-09-16 | Starn Twins "Athenian Horse" Mixed Media | Revere Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-starn-twins-athenian-horse-mixed-media-69-c-d1249858a8
7. 2024-11-27 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \(AMERICAN, B. 1961\) | Gray's Auctioneers | N/A
8. 2024-05-21 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \(b. 1961\) Mater Dolorosa printed paper collage on alum | Christie's | $1,134
9. 2024-04-23 | Starn Twins \(1961\) \- Attracted to light \#1 | Venduehuis der Notarissen | €4,600
10. 2024-02-28 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \(b. 1961\) Head of Woman \[Two Works\] gelatin silver prin | Christie's | $5,040
11. 2024-02-27 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \(b. 1961\) Gut Epoch media transfer sheets, plastic, pai | Christie's | $8,820
12. 2024-02-27 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \(b. 1961\) Lion's Paw printed paper, glass, tape, wood a | Christie's | $6,300
13. 2024-02-27 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \(b. 1961\) Untitled gelatin silver print, plastic and na | Christie's | $2,394
14. 2024-02-27 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \(b. 1961\) Double Rembrandt \(with Steps\) gelatin silver | Christie's | $7,560
15. 2023-06-19 | STARN TWINS \(MIKE AND DOUG STARN\) \(1961\) | AAG Auctioneers | €850
16. 2023-03-14 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \(b. 1961\) Rembrandt/Seascape Detail toned silver print | Christie's | $4,410
17. 2023-03-14 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \(b. 1961\) Plant \#1 toned silver print collage, tape and | Christie's | N/A
18. 2022-05-13 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \(B. 1961\) Rose toned silver print collage, scotch tape | Christie's | $9,450
19. 2019-05-17 | Mike and Doug Starn, monoprint, c. 1999 | Millea Bros Ltd | $850
20. 2017-05-23 | Mike and Doug Starn \(1961\)Christ Contact Sheet, 1986 | Piasa | N/A
21. 2015-09-28 | Starn Twins \(b. 1961\), Attracted to Light 19, Photograph, 2004 | Auctionata Paddle8 AG | €1,116
22. 2015-09-28 | Starn Twins \(b. 1961\), Attracted to Light 10, Photograph, 2004 | Auctionata Paddle8 AG | €893
23. 2015-03-10 | MIKE AND DOUG STARN \| Macabre Still Life | Sotheby's | £7,500
24. 2013-11-16 | Mike and Doug Starn \(American, b. 1961\); Snowflake, 2005\-09; Archival inkjet on paper; Signed; From an edition of 50; 16" x 16" \(sheet\); Provenance: Private Collection, New York | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $500

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