# Morris Graves - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T14:11:24.228Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 194
- Lots with prices: 157
- First auction date: 2001-11-16
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $6,000
- Price range: $18 to $62,500

## Market Takeaway
Morris Graves shows deep auction liquidity with 193 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 13 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($6,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,000 and $12,000.
- 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: 10.9% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 60.3% (94 sales)
- $10,000\+: 28.8% (45 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 13
- Previous 12 months sales: 16
- Recent 12 months median: $1,600
- Previous 12 months median: $3,800
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 69
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 32 lots
- MBA Seattle Auction LLC: 30 lots
- Christie's: 25 lots
- Sotheby's: 19 lots
- District Auction: 6 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 6 lots
- Hindman: 5 lots
- STAIR: 5 lots
- Clars Auctions: 4 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-11 | Morris Graves "Evening Light" 1993 Lithographs in Colors | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $4,500
2. 2024-09-25 | MORRIS GRAVES \(1910\-2001\) Chalices, 1942 | Bonhams | $8,000
3. 2024-02-28 | Morris Graves \(American, 1910\-2001\) \- Young Gander in the Marsh Grass | Freeman's \| Hindman | $17,000
4. 2023-05-25 | MORRIS GRAVES, \- SPIKED CHALICE | Capsule Gallery Auction | $14,500
5. 2025-12-11 | Morris Graves "Preening Duck" 1953 Offset Lithograph | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $1,300
6. 2025-12-09 | Morris Graves \(American, 1910\-2001\) Fish in the Tide, 1961 | Freeman’s | $2,000
7. 2025-12-05 | Morris Graves, Wounded Gull | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,000
8. 2025-12-05 | Morris Graves \(AM 1910\-2001\) Fruit and a Small Abstract | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,600
9. 2025-12-05 | Morris Graves \(AM 1910\-2001\) Baby Bird | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,400
10. 2025-12-05 | Morris Graves \(AM 1910\-2001\) In the Dark | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $3,500
11. 2025-11-08 | Morris Graves \(American/Oregon, 1910\-2001\) Spirit Bird, Signed Graves and dated '46, Tempera and White Wash on Mulberry Paper, 12" x 9", Framed, Graves was one of a group of four artists from the Pacific Northwest kno... | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | N/A
12. 2025-10-18 | Morris Graves \(1910\-2001\) Mixed Media/Paper | Joshua Kodner | $3,400
13. 2025-09-28 | Jay Steensma, 1941\-1994, After Morris Graves | Abell Auction | $1,300
14. 2025-07-16 | Time of Change | Sotheby's | N/A
15. 2025-06-21 | 2pc MORRIS GRAVES 'BIRDS' GRAPHITE ON PAPER | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $1,500
16. 2025-04-24 | Morris Graves ''Nesting Bird with Edith's Feet'' Graphite | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $3,000
17. 2024-11-19 | Time of Change | Sotheby's | N/A
18. 2024-10-24 | MORRIS GRAVES \(1910\-2001\) Group of Three Works on Paper, 1950\-54 Mouse, 1954signed and dated 'Graves '54 \(lower right\)graphite on paper mounted to board 13 1/4 x 20 in. \(33.7 x 50.8 cm.\)Beetle, 1952signed and dated 'Graves 52' \(lower left\)ink on p... | Bonhams | $1,500
19. 2024-09-25 | MORRIS GRAVES \(1910\-2001\) Spirit Bird, 1953 | Bonhams | $10,000
20. 2024-09-25 | MORRIS GRAVES \(1910\-2001\) Little Spirit Bird \(Perplexed with an Idea\), 1953 | Bonhams | $6,500
21. 2024-09-19 | MORRIS GRAVES \(1910\-2001\) Floral Arrangement. | Swann Auction Galleries | $8,125
22. 2024-08-20 | Morris Graves, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,800
23. 2024-07-18 | Morris Graves ''Minnow'' 1955 Tempera | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $20,000
24. 2024-05-18 | Morris Graves, Preening Duck, Lithograph | Kaminski Auctions | $175

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