# Milton Avery - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:50:12.333Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 928
- Lots with prices: 713
- First auction date: 1992-05-28
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-19
- Median realised price: $9,000
- Price range: $10 to $3,668,750

## Market Takeaway
Milton Avery shows very deep auction liquidity with 926 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $9,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 53 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-19.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($9,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,900 and $66,000.
- 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: 10.4% (74 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40.5% (288 sales)
- $10,000\+: 49.1% (349 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 53
- Previous 12 months sales: 63
- Recent 12 months median: $3,780
- Previous 12 months median: $5,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-19
- Days since latest sale: 61
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 322 lots
- Sotheby's: 120 lots
- Bonhams: 59 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 31 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 30 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 29 lots
- Hindman: 15 lots
- STAIR: 15 lots
- James Cox Gallery: 14 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 12 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-19 | Milton Avery \(American, 1885\-1965\) Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, Laid Down to Cardstock 'Landscape with Hills and Trees', H 17" W 23.25" Frame Size: H 24.5" W 30.5" | DuMouchelles | $20,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-milton-avery-american-1885-1965-watercolor-and-gouache-on-paper-laid-down-to-cardstock-landscape-with-hills-and-trees-h-17-w-23-25-frame-size-h-24-5-w-30-5-1024-c-c2d0cf7a43
2. 2025-12-10 | Milton Avery, self\-portrait oil on panel, 1947 | Millea Bros Ltd | $34,000
3. 2025-12-09 | Milton Avery \(American, 1885\-1965\) Nude With Drape | Freeman’s | $1,200
4. 2025-12-07 | MILTON AVERY \(AMERICAN, 1885\-1965\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $2,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-milton-avery-american-1885-1965-27-c-9ba1cfa7ef
5. 2025-12-07 | Milton Avery \(American, 1885\-1965\) Edge of Dunes, 1956 | Freeman’s | $75,000
6. 2025-12-07 | Milton Avery \(American, 1885\-1965\) Oxcart | Freeman’s | $160,000
7. 2025-12-07 | Milton Avery \(American, 1885\-1965\) Gray Rocks and Green Sea, 1948 | Freeman’s | $50,000
8. 2025-12-05 | Milton Avery \(1885 Altmar, New York \- New York City 1965\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €700
9. 2025-11-20 | Milton Avery \(American, 1885\-1965\) Sleeping Baby | Cottone Auctions | N/A
10. 2025-11-20 | MILTON AVERY \(1885\-1965\). Adolescents. oil on canvasboard18 x 14 in. \(45.7 | Christie's | $247,650
11. 2025-11-20 | MILTON AVERY \(1885\-1965\). Sleeping Bather. oil on canvasboard24 x 36 in. \(6 | Christie's | $425,450
12. 2025-11-19 | MILTON AVERY \(1885\-1965\) Figure on the Jetty 46 x 33 in. \(116.8 x 83.8 cm.\) \(Painted in 1957.\) | Bonhams | $400,000
13. 2025-11-18 | MILTON AVERY \(1885\-1965\) Moored Boat 22 3/4 x 30 5/8 in. \(57.8 x 77.8 cm.\) \(Executed in 1948.\) | Bonhams | $32,000
14. 2025-11-16 | MILTON AVERY ORIGINAL GOUACHE ON ARTIST PAPER | Neely Auction | $8,000
15. 2025-11-14 | Milton Avery, Young Girl Nude | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,200
16. 2025-11-14 | Milton Avery, Gray Sea | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,500
17. 2025-11-08 | Milton Avery \(American, 1885\-1965\) Attributed to, Study of a Nude Woman, Signed Milton Avery lower right, Ink on paper, Sight\-8" x 6", Framed\-21 1/4" x 17", paper has transfer stain. | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | N/A
18. 2025-10-16 | Milton Avery \(American 1885\-1965\), "The Brown Hat", 1948, Screenprint on wove paper, from the edition of 150, published by Esther Gentle, New York, unframed, 24 1/4" x 18 3/4" | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $200
19. 2025-10-16 | Milton Avery \(American 1885\-1965\) "The Brown Hat", 1948 Screenprint on wove paper, from the edition of 150, published by Esther Gentle, New York 24 1/4" x 18 3/4" | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $275
20. 2025-10-11 | Milton Avery 1954 Lamb Color Woodcut | Concept Art Gallery | $2,300
21. 2025-09-17 | Milton Avery "Sally with Beret" Drypoint | Revere Auctions | $650
22. 2025-09-17 | Milton Avery "Sleeping Baby" Drypoint 1933 | Revere Auctions | $450
23. 2025-09-17 | Milton Avery "Nude w/ Guitar" Drawing 1946\-47 | Revere Auctions | $500
24. 2025-09-17 | Milton Avery "Two Women" Drawing 1949 | Revere Auctions | $600

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