# R. Kenton Nelson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T06:03:11.800Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 23
- First auction date: 2016-10-25
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-16
- Median realised price: $7,200
- Price range: $150 to $36,600

## Market Takeaway
R. Kenton Nelson has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,200. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. 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 \($7,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,750 to $9,000\) 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: 17.4% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 65.2% (15 sales)
- $10,000\+: 17.4% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $6,350
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 133
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- John Moran Auctioneers: 6 lots
- O'Gallerie: 4 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 4 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 1 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 1 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-01-18 | R. KENTON NELSON OIL ON CANVAS | O'Gallerie | $8,000
2. 2022-01-18 | R. KENTON NELSON OIL ON CANVAS | O'Gallerie | $17,000
3. 2025-12-16 | R. Kenton Nelson \(b. 1954\), "Early One Sabbath Morn" | John Moran Auctioneers | $400
4. 2025-12-10 | R. Kenton Nelson \(b. 1954\), Man on a street corner | John Moran Auctioneers | $7,620 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-r-kenton-nelson-b-1954-man-on-a-street-corner-1114-c-f0128f1d48
5. 2025-12-10 | R. Kenton Nelson \(b. 1954\), "A Message" | John Moran Auctioneers | $6,350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-r-kenton-nelson-b-1954-a-message-1115-c-170f911977
6. 2025-06-25 | R. Kenton Nelson, A Vision of the World | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $6,500
7. 2024-01-27 | R. Kenton Nelson \(American b.1954\), "Digging and Delving", 2005, Oil on canvas, Signed lower right R. Kenton Nelson, 18" x 24", Provenance: Purchased from Salzburg Gallery, August 17, 2005 \($11,000\) | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $9,500
8. 2024-01-27 | R. Kenton Nelson \(American b.1954\), "Pitchfork", 2005, Oil on canvas, Signed lower left R. Kenton Nelson, 30" x 15", Provenance: Purchased from Salzburg Gallery, August 17, 2005 \($11,000\) | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $3,750
9. 2023-10-22 | R. KENTON NELSON \(B.1954\) OIL PAINTING 'PICNIC' | Austin Auction Gallery | $24,000
10. 2023-09-20 | R. Kenton Nelson, Considering the Price, 2000 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $4,636
11. 2022-01-18 | R. KENTON NELSON OIL ON CANVAS | O'Gallerie | $7,500
12. 2022-01-18 | R. KENTON NELSON OIL ON BOARD | O'Gallerie | $7,500
13. 2021-11-06 | R. Kenton Nelson, Engagement, 1997 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $9,000
14. 2021-11-06 | R. Kenton Nelson, Delivered, 1997 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $7,200
15. 2021-11-06 | R. Kenton Nelson, Considering the Price, 2000 | Santa Fe Art Auction | N/A
16. 2021-05-12 | R. Kenton Nelson \(American/California, b. 1954\), Gloria, the Courtship Remembered, 1996, offset lithograph, sight 13 x 12 3/4in \(33 x 32.5cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $300
17. 2020-06-07 | R. KENTON NELSON \(American b. 1954\) A PAINTING, "Privacy," | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $7,500
18. 2020-06-04 | KENTON NELSON: "COLORADO STREET BRIDGE" | Abell Auction | $350
19. 2019-04-27 | R. Kenton Nelson \(American/California, b. 1954\), "Park" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $12,187
20. 2018-06-17 | R. KENTON NELSON \(AMERICAN 1954\-\), GICLEE, FLYING CIRCUS\- CRISSY FIELD, SIGNED \#33/100. SIGHT 28 X 20 1/2"; FRAMED AND GLAZED\-37 1/2 X 29 1/2" | William J Jenack Auctioneers | $150
21. 2017-12-04 | R. Kenton Nelson \(American, b. 1954\), "Ace Recalled, New York Walkdown", oil on board, interior scene with blonde table and chairs i... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $5,000
22. 2017-03-21 | R. Kenton Nelson \(1954\-\* Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $36,600
23. 2016-10-25 | R. Kenton Nelson \(1954\-\* Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $6,000
24. 2016-10-25 | R. Kenton Nelson \(1954\-\* Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,560

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