# Milford Zornes - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T10:11:13.715Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 143
- Lots with prices: 112
- First auction date: 2004-03-29
- Latest auction date: 2026-05-03
- Median realised price: $600
- Price range: $80 to $4,270

## Market Takeaway
Milford Zornes shows solid auction liquidity with 142 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 25 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $350 and $1,150.
- 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: 69.4% (77 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 30.6% (34 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 25
- Previous 12 months sales: 12
- Recent 12 months median: $429
- Previous 12 months median: $700
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-03
- Days since latest sale: 15
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- John Moran Auctioneers: 32 lots
- Bonhams: 20 lots
- Abell Auction: 18 lots
- Artemis Gallery: 13 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 7 lots
- Hughes Auctions: 5 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 5 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 3 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- O'Gallerie: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-01-29 | MILFORD ZORNES "CHIN LEE" WOODCUT | Bradford's | $100
2. 2022-07-10 | MILFORD ZORNES \(CA/UT/OK, 1908\-2008\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $850
3. 2026-05-03 | Milford Zornes 1908\-2008 Vintage American Western Signed Landscape Original Watercolo Painting | Curated Gallery Auctions | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-milford-zornes-1908-2008-vintage-american-western-signed-landscape-original-watercolo-painting-335-c-3469ebd5c6
4. 2026-02-03 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\) California | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $120
5. 2025-12-16 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\), "Autumn Sketch," 1960 | John Moran Auctioneers | $429
6. 2025-12-16 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\), "Drift Log," 88 | John Moran Auctioneers | $429
7. 2025-12-16 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\), Beach scene with figure and boat, 1986 | John Moran Auctioneers | $300
8. 2025-12-07 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\) Watercolor on Paper, In Monument Valley, 1997 | Hughes Auctions | $400
9. 2025-12-07 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\) Watercolor on Paper, Untitled Landscape, 1982 | Hughes Auctions | $500
10. 2025-12-07 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\) Watercolor on Paper, Figures on Horses, 1968 | Hughes Auctions | $110
11. 2025-11-18 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\), Market scene | John Moran Auctioneers | $539
12. 2025-11-18 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\), "El Rio Usumacinta," 1985 | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
13. 2025-09-13 | MILFORD ZORNES \(American 1908\-2008\) "From the Bath," CIRCA 1980s, 23 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. \(59.7 x 28.6 cm.\), Frame: 32 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. \(81.9 x 51.4 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $125
14. 2025-07-29 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\), Tropical scene, 1974 | John Moran Auctioneers | $952
15. 2025-07-29 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\), "Playa del Rey," 1964 | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,032
16. 2025-06-26 | Milford Zornes, 1908\-2008, Molokai Shore | Abell Auction | $1,100
17. 2025-06-26 | Milford Zornes, 1908\-2008, Utah Patterns | Abell Auction | $1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-milford-zornes-1908-2008-utah-patterns-164-c-14e484cbc9
18. 2025-05-20 | Milford Zornes \(1908\-2008\), "Valley Giants, Utah," 1965 | John Moran Auctioneers | $528
19. 2025-05-17 | MILFORD ZORNES \(American 1908\-2008\) "Castle in Clare," 1985, 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. \(21.6 x 31.8 cm.\), Frame: 17 3/4 x 22 in. \(45.1 x 55.9 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $350
20. 2025-05-17 | MILFORD ZORNES \(American 1908\-2008\) "Temple of Rudrapur," 1944, 22 x 30 in. \(55.9 x 76.2 cm.\), Frame: 30 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. \(77.5 x 97.8 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $600
21. 2025-05-17 | MILFORD ZORNES \(American 1908\-2008\) "Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona," 1989, 30 x 22 in. \(76.2 x 55.9 cm.\), Frame: 38 x 30 1/2 in. \(96.5 x 77.5 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $400
22. 2025-05-17 | MILFORD ZORNES \(American 1908\-2008\) "In Oaxaca," 1983\-1986 10 3/4 x 14 in. \(27.3 x 35.6 cm.\), Frame: 18 x 21 in. \(45.7 x 53.3 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $200
23. 2025-04-29 | MILFORD ZORNES, AMERICAN, CALIFORNIA, UTAH, OKLAHOMA 1908\-2008, THE LAST DAYS OF SKIDO, Watercolor on heavy paper, Sheet: 15 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. \(39.4 x 57.2 cm.\), Frame: 24 5/8 x 30 1/2 in. \(62.5 x 77.5 cm.\) | Potomack Company | $1,300
24. 2025-04-27 | Milford Zornes \(1908 \- 2008\) Large Signed 1941 American Modernist Western Landscape Painting | Curated Gallery Auctions | $900

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