# Nancy Graves - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T03:41:02.589Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 193
- Lots with prices: 146
- First auction date: 2002-11-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-21
- Median realised price: $2,000
- Price range: $1 to $94,500

## Market Takeaway
Nancy Graves shows deep auction liquidity with 192 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 20 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $512 and $9,000.
- 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: 34.5% (50 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 41.4% (60 sales)
- $10,000\+: 24.1% (35 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 20
- Previous 12 months sales: 30
- Recent 12 months median: $1,800
- Previous 12 months median: $5,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 37 lots
- Bonhams: 15 lots
- Sotheby's: 13 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 9 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 9 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 7 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 7 lots
- STAIR: 7 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 5 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-16 | NANCY GRAVES \(1939\-1995\). Exidra. oil on canvas63 7/8 x 64 1/8 in. \(162.2 x | Christie's | $35,560
2. 2025-11-26 | Nancy Graves, Photographs of a jumping frog. 1971. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | N/A
3. 2025-11-19 | Nancy Graves, Variate | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $7,000
4. 2025-11-19 | NANCY GRAVES \(1939\-1995\). Stuck, the Flies Buzzed. Etching: 78 ½ x 29 1/8 i | Christie's | $1,778
5. 2025-11-12 | Nancy Graves, Spider Webs | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $4,500
6. 2025-10-01 | Nancy Graves \(American, 1939\-1995\), "Maskelyne DA Region of the Moon", 1972 | South Bay Auctions Inc | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-nancy-graves-american-1939-1995-maskelyne-da-region-of-the-moon-1972-125-c-2dc48f8a55
7. 2025-09-26 | Nancy Graves, Concinnitous | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $14,000
8. 2025-09-20 | Nancy Graves, American, 1939\-1995 | J. Garrett Auctioneers | $9,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-nancy-graves-american-1939-1995-39-c-01e47fe9ee
9. 2025-09-11 | Nancy Graves \(1939\-1995\): Approaches the Limit of II | STAIR | $900
10. 2025-08-21 | Nancy Graves, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,000
11. 2025-08-15 | Nancy Graves, Ertsne | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $400
12. 2025-08-07 | Nancy Graves \(1940\-1995\): Vertigo | STAIR | $800
13. 2025-07-17 | NANCY GRAVES \(1939\-1995\). Stuck, the Flies Buzzed. Etching: 78 ½ x 29 1/8 i | Christie's | N/A
14. 2025-05-15 | NANCY GRAVES \(1939\-1995\). Medusa. bronze with polychrome patina92 ½ x 61 ½ | Christie's | $94,500
15. 2025-05-15 | NANCY GRAVES \(1939\-1995\). Columnouveau. bronze with polychrome patina99 x 4 | Christie's | $94,500
16. 2025-04-16 | Nancy Graves \- Community Holiday Festival \- 1980 Serigraph \- SIGNED 32.5" x 38.25" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
17. 2025-04-03 | Nancy Graves, Six works from the Lithographs Based on Geologic Maps of Lunar Orbiter and Apollo Landing Sites series | Wright | $2,000
18. 2025-03-09 | NANCY GRAVES \(American, 1939\-1995\) LITHO 84/100 | Lewis & Maese Antiques & Auctions | $950
19. 2025-03-09 | NANCY GRAVES \(American, 1939\-1995\) LITHO 84/100 | Lewis & Maese Antiques & Auctions | $400
20. 2025-02-26 | Nancy Graves \(American 1939\-1995\) Apoise incised with the artist's signature, title and date '1\-14\-87' \(on blue cooking tongs\) bronze, steel \(stainless and mild\) and wood with polychrome patina and baked enamel 83 cm high, 48 cm wide, 84 cm long | Dawsons Auctioneers | £1,800
21. 2025-02-01 | Nancy Graves \(American 1940\-1995\) Abstract Design, 1979 Signed and dated upper left 10/3/79 N.S. Graves and inscribed "To Carol with Love and Admiration" Watercolor on paper 43" x 28" | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $6,000
22. 2024-12-18 | NANCY GRAVES \(1939\-1995\). Lambent. bronze with polychrome patina and baked | Christie's | $5,500
23. 2024-12-18 | NANCY GRAVES \(1939\-1995\). Lineation. oil on canvas 90 x 64 in. \(228.6 x 162 | Christie's | $16,000
24. 2024-12-18 | NANCY GRAVES \(1939\-1995\). Return. painted bronze and welded tools 34 ½ x 21 | Christie's | $5,500

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