# Rafael Tufiño - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T05:44:05.806Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 7
- Lots with prices: 4
- First auction date: 2006-11-20
- Latest auction date: 2022-12-01
- Median realised price: $384
- Price range: $150 to $437

## Market Takeaway
Rafael Tufiño has 7 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $384. 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 \($384\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $437\) 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: 100% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 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: 2022-12-01
- Days since latest sale: 1,256
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- James Cox Gallery: 1 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-12-01 | RAFAEL TUFIÑO \(1922 \- 2008, PUERTO RICAN\) la Ventana. | Swann Auction Galleries | $437
2. 2021-12-09 | Rafael Tufiño \(American/Puerto Rico, 1922\-2008\) | Neal Auction Company | $384
3. 2018-05-03 | RAFAEL TUFIÑO \(1922\-2008\). FERIA DEL LIBRO. 26x19 inches, 68x48 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $437
4. 2011-05-05 | RAFAEL TUFIÑO \(1922\-2008\). PEDACITO DE TIERRA. 1952. 26x19 inches, 67x48 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
5. 2010-09-05 | Rafael Tufiño: Composinos at Work | James Cox Gallery | $150
6. 2008-05-29 | Rafael Tufiño \(1922\-2008\) , Fefo | Sotheby's | N/A
7. 2006-11-20 | RAFAEL TUFIÑO \(B. 1922\) | Sotheby's | N/A

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