# Peter Hujar - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T03:10:18.203Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 135
- Lots with prices: 112
- First auction date: 2002-04-15
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $9,500
- Price range: $500 to $252,000

## Market Takeaway
Peter Hujar shows solid auction liquidity with 135 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $9,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($9,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $4,800 and $16,510.
- 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: 3.6% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 48.2% (54 sales)
- $10,000\+: 48.2% (54 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 12
- Recent 12 months median: $4,750
- Previous 12 months median: $9,600
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 69
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 52 lots
- Christie's: 51 lots
- Phillips: 5 lots
- Artcurial: 3 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 3 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- James Cox Gallery: 2 lots
- Nye & Company: 2 lots
- Piasa: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-03 | Peter Hujar, Columbia Service Station, 1976 | Lempertz | €6,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-peter-hujar-columbia-service-station-1976-672-c-b4ac968855
2. 2025-01-22 | Peter Hujar, American 1934\-1987, Hand Sculpture from the Tomb, Pigmented Ink Print | Nye & Company | $7,000
3. 2025-12-11 | Peter Hujar, Peggy Lee | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $26,000
4. 2025-12-10 | Peter Hujar, silver gelatin photograph | Millea Bros Ltd | $4,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-peter-hujar-silver-gelatin-photograph-1295-c-d7f0aeca29
5. 2025-11-19 | Peter Hujar \(1934\-1987\) Ethyl Eichelberger as Minnie the Maid \(I\), 1981 | Piasa | €4,500
6. 2025-10-09 | PETER HUJAR \(1934–1987\). Nicolas Abdallah Moufarrege \(II\), Paris, 1980. sig | Christie's | $16,510
7. 2025-08-21 | Peter Hujar, Portrait of Paul Thek. 1976; printed 2011. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,250
8. 2025-08-21 | Peter Hujar, Christopher Street Pier \#1. 1979. | Swann Auction Galleries | $16,250
9. 2025-08-01 | Peter Hujar, Portraits in Life and Death poster | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,700
10. 2025-08-01 | Peter Hujar, Gay Liberation Front poster | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,000
11. 2025-04-17 | PETER HUJAR \(1934–1987\). Lola Pashalinski, 1975. signed in ink by the artis | Christie's | N/A
12. 2024-10-31 | PETER HUJAR \(1934\-1987\) Drag Queen With Tattoo on Thigh \(II\), Halloween. 1978. | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,250
13. 2024-10-17 | Blanket on a Chair | Sotheby's | $9,600
14. 2024-08-22 | PETER HUJAR \(1934\-1987\) Randy: High Heels, Halloween. | Swann Auction Galleries | $18,750
15. 2024-08-22 | PETER HUJAR \(1934\-1987\) Clown. | Swann Auction Galleries | $12,500
16. 2024-08-22 | PETER HUJAR \(1934\-1987\) Ethyl Eichelberger as Lucretia Borgia. | Swann Auction Galleries | $750
17. 2024-07-31 | Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $15,000
18. 2024-07-31 | Peter Hujar, American 1934\-1987, Hand Sculpture from the Tomb, Pigmented Ink Print | Nye & Company | $1,700
19. 2024-04-03 | PETER HUJAR \(1934–1987\) Young Circus Performer in Hat, 1973 signed in ink \( | Christie's | $8,820
20. 2024-04-03 | PETER HUJAR \(1934–1987\) Clown with Long Tie \(II\), 1973 signed in ink \(recto | Christie's | $10,710
21. 2024-04-03 | PETER HUJAR \(1934–1987\) Ethyl Eichelberger as Lucrezia Borgia, 1982 credite | Christie's | $11,340
22. 2024-04-03 | PETER HUJAR \(1934–1987\) Self\-Portrait \(with string around his neck\), 1980 s | Christie's | $252,000
23. 2024-02-15 | PETER HUJAR \(1934\-1987\) Fruit, for Elizabeth. | Swann Auction Galleries | $27,500
24. 2024-02-15 | PETER HUJAR \(1934\-1987\) New York: Sixth Avenue. | Swann Auction Galleries | $11,250

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