# Paul Manship - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T17:34:26.876Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 91
- Lots with prices: 72
- First auction date: 1994-05-25
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-28
- Median realised price: $7,500
- Price range: $30 to $975,000

## Market Takeaway
Paul Manship shows solid auction liquidity with 90 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($7,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,000 and $50,362.
- 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: 24.3% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 31.4% (22 sales)
- $10,000\+: 44.3% (31 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $7,500
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-28
- Days since latest sale: 113
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 14 lots
- Sotheby's: 14 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 11 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 8 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 5 lots
- STAIR: 4 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 3 lots
- John McInnis Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Potomack Company: 3 lots
- Circle Auction: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-28 | Paul Manship, Rockport Art Association medal | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $950
2. 2025-09-14 | A BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING WOMAN BY PAUL MANSHIP | Helios Auctions | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-bronze-figure-of-a-standing-woman-by-paul-manship-76-c-a51410da30
3. 2025-05-21 | Paul Manship \(1885\-1966\) Abraham Lincoln, the Hoosier Youth Florence, ca. 1930s | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $8,000
4. 2025-05-08 | PAUL MANSHIP, 'ORIENTAL DANCER VASE', BRONZE, 1913 | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $7,500
5. 2025-05-08 | PAUL MANSHIP, 'ORIENTAL DANCER VASE', BRONZE, 1913 | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $7,500
6. 2024-11-20 | Paul Manship "Playfullness" | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | N/A
7. 2023-12-09 | Paul Manship \(1885\-1966\) Plaster Cast Cement Sculpture "Baby" c1914 | California Historical Design, Inc | $7,000
8. 2023-11-14 | Flamingo | Sotheby's | $35,560
9. 2023-11-14 | Flight of Europa | Sotheby's | $215,900
10. 2023-09-12 | Paul Manship | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-paul-manship-1040-c-3294f45bc0
11. 2022-11-17 | PAUL MANSHIP \(AMERICAN, 1885\-1966\), THREE GILT\-BRONZE FIGURES, LEHMAN ENTRANCE GATES TO THE TISCH FAMILY ZOO, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK | Potomack Company | $10,000
12. 2022-03-24 | PAUL MANSHIP 1885\-1966 BRONZE SIGNED | Austin York LLC | $550
13. 2022-01-27 | PAUL MANSHIP \(AMERICAN, 1885\-1966\), THREE GILT\-BRONZE FIGURES, LEHMAN ENTRANCE GATES TO THE TISCH FAMILY ZOO, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK | Potomack Company | N/A
14. 2021-11-22 | PAUL MANSHIP \(AMERICAN, 1885\-1966\), THREE GILT\-BRONZE FIGURES, LEHMAN ENTRANCE GATES TO THE TISCH FAMILY ZOO, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK | Potomack Company | N/A
15. 2021-09-21 | PAUL MANSHIP \(1885\-1966\) The Flight of Europa. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,250
16. 2021-06-26 | PAUL MANSHIP \(1885\-1966\) attributed | John McInnis Auctioneers | N/A
17. 2021-06-26 | PAUL MANSHIP \(1885\-1966\) Seal of New York City | John McInnis Auctioneers | $225
18. 2021-06-26 | PAUL MANSHIP \(1885\-1966\) Seal of New York City | John McInnis Auctioneers | $350
19. 2021-05-22 | Paul Manship \(American, 1885\-1966\) | Cordier Auctions & Appraisals | $325
20. 2021-05-14 | Paul Manship \(American, 1885\-1966\) Centennial Exhibition Medal, 1985 Bronze with | Heritage Auctions | N/A
21. 2021-05-07 | Paul Manship \(American, 1885\-1966\) Little Brother, conceived 1912, cast circa 19 | Heritage Auctions | $22,000
22. 2021-05-07 | Paul Manship \(American, 1885\-1966\) Goliath Heron, 1932 Bronze with brown patina | Heritage Auctions | $42,000
23. 2021-05-07 | Paul Manship \(American, 1885\-1966\) Shoebill Stork, 1932 Bronze with golden\-brown | Heritage Auctions | $65,000
24. 2021-05-07 | Paul Manship \(American, 1885\-1966\) Susanna, 1946 Bronze with brown and verdigris | Heritage Auctions | $5,000

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