# Nikki S. Lee - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T05:32:36.145Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 26
- Lots with prices: 22
- First auction date: 2002-05-14
- Latest auction date: 2021-01-28
- Median realised price: $3,600
- Price range: $150 to $19,200

## Market Takeaway
Nikki S. Lee has 26 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,600. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($3,600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($2,400 to $4,375\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 9.1% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 86.4% (19 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.5% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2021-01-28
- Days since latest sale: 1,917
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Phillips: 10 lots
- Sotheby's: 6 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 5 lots
- STAIR: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Material Culture: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-01-28 | Nikki S. Lee \(American/Korean, b. 1970\) | Material Culture | $600
2. 2018-10-03 | NIKKI S. LEE \| Selected Photographs | Sotheby's | $4,200
3. 2014-05-17 | Nikki S. Lee \(American/Korean, b. 1970\); The Lesbian Project \(15\), 1997; C\-print; Signed, dated, titled and numbered 1/5; 15 3/4" x 23 1/2" \(image\); 21 7/8" x 29 5/8" \(sheet\); Provenance: Collection of Joshua P. Smith, Washington, D.C.; Private | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
4. 2014-03-21 | Nikki S. Lee \(b. 1970\): The Ohio Project \(16\) | STAIR | $150
5. 2013-12-07 | NIKKI S. LEE \(b. 1970\): THE OHIO PROJECT \(16\), 1999 | STAIR | N/A
6. 2013-05-18 | Nikki S. Lee \(American/Korean, b. 1970\); The | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,750
7. 2013-05-18 | Nikki S. Lee \(American/Korean, b. 1970\); The | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,000
8. 2011-10-04 | NIKKI S. LEE | Phillips | N/A
9. 2011-10-04 | NIKKI S. LEE | Phillips | $3,125
10. 2011-10-04 | NIKKI S. LEE | Phillips | $3,125
11. 2011-05-13 | NIKKI S. LEE | Phillips | $6,250
12. 2010-09-27 | NIKKI S. LEE | Sotheby's | $3,750
13. 2010-05-14 | Nikki S. Lee | Phillips | $4,000
14. 2010-05-14 | Nikki S. Lee | Phillips | $4,375
15. 2010-05-14 | Nikki S. Lee | Phillips | $4,000
16. 2009-12-12 | NIKKI S. LEE | Phillips | $4,750
17. 2009-12-12 | NIKKI S. LEE | Phillips | $3,500
18. 2009-11-10 | Nikki S. Lee \(Korean/American, born 1970\) The Swingers Project \(29\), 1999 | Bonhams | $2,440
19. 2007-11-12 | Nikki S. Lee \(b. 1970\) , Four studies, 1997\-1999 | Sotheby's | £5,625
20. 2007-05-19 | Nikki S. Lee \(Korean/American, b. 1970\) Untitled from The Seniors Project, 1999; Fujiflex print; 29 5/8" x 21 7/8" \(sheet\) | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,160
21. 2007-05-19 | Nikki S. Lee \(Korean/American, b. 1970\) Untitled, from The Exotic Dancers Series, 2000; Fujiflex print; Numbered 2/5; 29 5/8" x 21 7/8" \(sheet\); Provenance: Leslie Tonkonow Artworks \+ Projects, New York | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,400
22. 2006-04-24 | NIKKI S. LEE \(b. 1970\) | Christie's | $19,200
23. 2004-05-13 | NIKKI S. LEE | Sotheby's | N/A
24. 2003-11-13 | NIKKI S. LEE | Sotheby's | $3,600

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