# Paul McCarthy - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T17:34:27.271Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 208
- Lots with prices: 114
- First auction date: 2001-11-16
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-06
- Median realised price: $12,500
- Price range: $25 to $4,562,500

## Market Takeaway
Paul McCarthy shows deep auction liquidity with 208 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $12,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 18 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($12,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,500 and $50,000.
- 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: 22.8% (26 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 21.9% (25 sales)
- $10,000\+: 55.3% (63 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 18
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $900
- Previous 12 months median: $2,200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-06
- Days since latest sale: 74
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 57 lots
- Sotheby's: 30 lots
- Phillips: 28 lots
- Aalders Auctions: 11 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles: 9 lots
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 6 lots
- Artcurial: 5 lots
- Auctionata US: 5 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-19 | Paul McCarthy \(né en 1945\). AEA. fusain, pastel et collages de papiers sur | Christie's | N/A
2. 2006-02-09 | PAUL MCCARTHY | Sotheby's | £321,600
3. 2025-12-06 | Paul McCarthy \(b.1945\) | Leon Gallery | N/A
4. 2025-12-03 | Paul McCARTHY | Artcurial | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-paul-mccarthy-108-c-cacff4e258
5. 2025-11-27 | Paul McCarthy \(b.1945\) Coppermeal | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
6. 2025-11-26 | Paul McCarthy, 1945, Wooden Feet | Germann Auction House Ltd | N/A
7. 2025-11-24 | Paul McCarthy \(American, b. 1945\) and Mike Kelley \(American, 1954\-2012\) "Redheads" "Female/Male/Indian/Cowboy" 1992 | Material Culture | $750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-paul-mccarthy-american-b-1945-and-mike-kelley-american-1954-2012-redheads-female-male-indian-cowboy-1992-340-c-011fadda48
8. 2025-11-24 | Paul McCarthy, 1945, Wallpaper Drawing | Germann Auction House Ltd | N/A
9. 2025-10-16 | PAUL MCCARTHY \(B. 1945\). Shit Face. silicon. | Christie's | £38,100
10. 2025-09-19 | Paul McCarthy \(1945 Salt Lake City – lebt in Kalifornien\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €200
11. 2025-09-15 | Paul McCarthy \(American 1945\). Trans Gum, 2000. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €200
12. 2025-09-03 | Paul McCarthy, Red, Green and Black | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $900
13. 2025-07-18 | PAUL MCCARTHY \(B. 1945\). Silver Santa. silver10 ¼ x 5 ¼ x 2 ¾ in. \(26 x 13. | Christie's | $23,940
14. 2025-07-16 | PAUL MCCARTHY \(B. 1945\). Santa Chocolate Shop, from 1997 Biennial Exhibition Portfolio. Sheet: 22 5/8 x 19 ½ in. \(573 x 497 mm.\).75 | Christie's | $756
15. 2025-06-25 | Keyboard | Sotheby's | N/A
16. 2025-06-06 | Paul Mccarthy \(1945 Salt Lake City\) – Ohne Titel \(Black Doll\) \(Untitled \(Black Doll\)\) | Karl & Faber | N/A
17. 2025-05-27 | Paul McCarthy \(né en 1945\) Sans titre Paul McCarthy \(né en 1945\) Sans titr | Christie's | €6,300
18. 2025-05-21 | Paul McCarthy \(b.1945\) Coppermeal | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
19. 2025-05-06 | Paul McCarthy \(1945\) | Venduehuis der Notarissen | N/A
20. 2025-03-12 | PAUL MCCARTHY \(B. 1945\). \(i\)\-\(iii\) Untitled. each: graphite on papereach: 1 | Christie's | £5,670
21. 2024-10-01 | Paul McCarthy: Untitled | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €5,000
22. 2024-09-25 | PAUL MCCARTHY \(B. 1945\) Untitled, 1991 | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2024-05-08 | Paul Mccarthy \(1945 Salt Lake City\) – Brancusi Tree \(silver\) | Karl & Faber | €2,200
24. 2024-03-01 | PAUL MCCARTHY \(B. 1945\) Masks, Front and Side View \(Pig\), 1998 \(This work is number two of two artist proofs aside from the edition of five.\) | Bonhams | N/A

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