# Ray Johnson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T21:32:29.396Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 108
- Lots with prices: 87
- First auction date: 2002-09-08
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-04
- Median realised price: $6,250
- Price range: $200 to $47,500

## Market Takeaway
Ray Johnson shows solid auction liquidity with 106 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-04.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($6,250\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,000 and $15,000.
- 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: 14% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50% (43 sales)
- $10,000\+: 36% (31 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $3,000
- Previous 12 months median: $800
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-04
- Days since latest sale: 14
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 47 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 8 lots
- Wright: 8 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 7 lots
- Hindman: 6 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Phillips: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Finarte: 2 lots
- Karl & Faber: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-04 | Ray Johnson, Untitled | Wright | $1,500
2. 2025-12-18 | Ray Johnson, Envelope with 15 Enclosures, 1959. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
3. 2025-12-16 | RAY JOHNSON \(1927\-1995\). Untitled. string, ink, cut paper and found paper c | Christie's | N/A
4. 2025-10-09 | Ray Johnson bunny faces poster | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ray-johnson-bunny-faces-poster-481-c-df248eea7c
5. 2025-07-18 | RAY JOHNSON \(1927\-1995\). Untitled \(Black Moon\). cut paper and found paper c | Christie's | N/A
6. 2025-06-20 | Ray Johnson \(American, 1927\-1995\) Portrait of Michael Arlen, 1980 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $5,000
7. 2025-05-28 | Ray Johnson, Dali's House | Wright | N/A
8. 2025-04-30 | RAY JOHNSON \(1927\-1995\) A great big boy | Bonhams | €3,000
9. 2025-04-17 | Ray Johnson bunny faces poster | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $225 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ray-johnson-bunny-faces-poster-488-c-7be48d2bbe
10. 2024-12-18 | RAY JOHNSON \(1927\-1995\). Untitled \(Ornaments Are Extra Lucky\). printed pape | Christie's | N/A
11. 2024-10-22 | Ray Johnson, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $800
12. 2024-10-22 | Ray Johnson, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,600
13. 2024-10-22 | Ray Johnson, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $550
14. 2024-06-27 | Ray Johnson \(Detroit 1927\-Sag Harbor 1995\) \- Disco cock/ disco duck, 1977 | Finarte | N/A
15. 2024-06-27 | Ray Johnson \(Detroit 1927\-Sag Harbor 1995\) \- Untitled, 1965 | Finarte | N/A
16. 2024-02-08 | RAY JOHNSON \(1927\-1995\) Untitled \(To Julian Beck\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $875
17. 2023-12-14 | RAY JOHNSON \(1927\-1995\) Untitled ink, spray paint, printed paper and cardbo | Christie's | $18,900
18. 2023-12-07 | Ray Johnson \(1927 Detroit – 1995 New York\) – „Dalís House“ \(Dalís House\) | Karl & Faber | N/A
19. 2023-12-07 | Ray Johnson \(1927 Detroit – 1995 New York\) – „Larry Poons Steve McQue\(en\)“ \(Larry Poons Steve McQue\(en\)\) | Karl & Faber | €4,000
20. 2023-11-30 | Ray Johnson \(1927\-1995\): Tom Anderson | STAIR | $2,200
21. 2023-06-20 | RAY JOHNSON, EVAPORATIONS BY RAY JOHNSON | Art\-Rite | €1,200
22. 2023-04-20 | Ray Johnson \(American, 1927–1995\) Five Massage Balls, 1968 | Hindman | N/A
23. 2022-08-18 | RAY JOHNSON \(1927\-1995\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,375
24. 2022-06-15 | Ray Johnson – Penny | Karl & Faber \- Timed | N/A

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