# Ralph Bacerra - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T10:40:09.623Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 37
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 2002-06-07
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-30
- Median realised price: $2,400
- Price range: $244 to $40,000

## Market Takeaway
Ralph Bacerra has 37 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,400. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($2,400\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($427 to $5,975\) 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: 42.1% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 47.4% (9 sales)
- $10,000\+: 10.5% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $396
- Previous 12 months median: $2,400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-30
- Days since latest sale: 216
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 16 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 5 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 4 lots
- Artemis Gallery: 3 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 3 lots
- Cowan's Auctions: 2 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots
- MBA Seattle Auction LLC: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-06-12 | Ralph Bacerra, Platters, set of two | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,400
2. 2022-06-08 | Signed 1980s Ralph Bacerra Sculpture Orange Form | Artemis Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-1980s-ralph-bacerra-sculpture-orange-form-280-c-2004b07b8b
3. 2022-04-14 | Signed 1980s Ralph Bacerra Sculpture Orange Form | Artemis Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-1980s-ralph-bacerra-sculpture-orange-form-284-c-2594528861
4. 2022-03-08 | Signed 1980s Ralph Bacerra Sculpture Orange Form | Artemis Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-1980s-ralph-bacerra-sculpture-orange-form-232-c-43e46f5a56
5. 2025-09-30 | Ralph Bacerra \(1938\-2008\), A glazed ceramic charger, 1996 | John Moran Auctioneers | $396
6. 2024-10-02 | Ralph Bacerra, Lidded box | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,600
7. 2024-06-12 | Ralph Bacerra, Cloud Vessel | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $10,000
8. 2024-02-22 | Ralph Bacerra, Footed Plate | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,500
9. 2024-02-08 | Ralph Bacerra, Covered Footed Jar | Freeman's \| Hindman | $375
10. 2024-02-08 | Ralph Bacerra, Large Charger with Birds | Freeman's \| Hindman | $700
11. 2023-11-15 | Ralph Bacerra, Dinner service for nine | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $2,600
12. 2023-10-24 | RALPH BACERRA \(1938\-2008\) Untitled \(Cloud Vessel\)1995celadon glazed porcelain, signed and dated 'Bacerra 95' on underside of vesselheight 18 3/4in \(47.6cm\); width 11 1/2in \(29.2cm\) | Bonhams | $6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralph-bacerra-1938-2008-untitled-cloud-vessel-1995celadon-glazed-porcelain-signed-and-dated-bacerra-95-on-underside-of-vesselheight-18-3-4in-47-6cm-width-11-1-2in-29-2cm-180-c-4a74304a81
13. 2023-03-08 | Ralph Bacerra \(American, 1938\-2008\) "Cut Edge" Charger, USA, 1986 | Freeman's \| Hindman | $3,250
14. 2023-03-08 | Ralph Bacerra \(American, 1938\-2008\) Double Wall Vessel, USA, 1988 | Freeman's \| Hindman | $4,500
15. 2022-05-18 | Ralph Bacerra \(1938\-2008\) lidded box 15 1/2"w x 13"d x 9"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | N/A
16. 2021-10-21 | Ralph Bacerra ''Cloud Vessel'' 1995 Porcelain | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | N/A
17. 2021-01-28 | Ralph Bacerra \(American, 1938\-2008\) | Cowan's Auctions | $250
18. 2021-01-28 | Ralph Bacerra \(American, 1938\-2008\) | Cowan's Auctions | N/A
19. 2020-06-04 | Ralph Bacerra \(1938 \- 2008\) Portrait Vessel | Bonhams | N/A
20. 2018-10-25 | RALPH BACERRA \(1938\-2008\) Untitled \(Lidded Sphere\) 2001 | Bonhams | $40,000
21. 2014-03-01 | RALPH BACERRA \(1938 \- 2008\); Large glazed hand\-built ceramic sculpture from the Animal Series \(Cameloid\), Los Angeles, CA, 1976; Unmarked; 35" x 35" x 13"; | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
22. 2012-05-06 | Group of glazed ceramics | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
23. 2011-08-14 | Ralph Bacerra \(American, 1938\-2008\) covered bowl, circa 1973 | Bonhams | $244
24. 2011-03-06 | Ralph Bacerra ceramic plate | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $750

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