# Ray Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T02:48:10.191Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 91
- Lots with prices: 52
- First auction date: 2001-11-19
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-06
- Median realised price: $1,300
- Price range: $10 to $13,500

## Market Takeaway
Ray Smith shows solid auction liquidity with 91 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,300\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $400 and $4,375.
- 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: 42.3% (22 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 55.8% (29 sales)
- $10,000\+: 1.9% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $1,000
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-06
- Days since latest sale: 74
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 24 lots
- RoGallery: 15 lots
- Sotheby's: 8 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 6 lots
- STAIR: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 3 lots
- AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald: 2 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-06 | Ray Smith \(1959 Texas – lebt in New York and Cuernavaca\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | N/A
2. 2025-06-29 | RAY SMITH \(AMERICAN, b. 1959\). \[2 WORKS\]. | Clarke Auction Gallery | $1,000
3. 2025-05-16 | Ray Smith \(1959 Texas – lebt in New York and Cuernavaca\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €1,600
4. 2025-04-06 | RAY SMITH \(AMERICAN, b. 1959\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $600
5. 2025-03-08 | RAY SMITH, POODLE LIGHTBULB, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
6. 2024-12-17 | Ray Smith \(American, b. 1959\) 3 Works | Material Culture | $150
7. 2024-09-10 | RAY SMITH \(United States, 1959\). "Model" 1988. Watercolor on paper Signed and dated in the lower margin. Presents label on the back of the gallery Joan Prats, Barcelona. | Setdart Auction House | €3,600
8. 2024-07-01 | RAY SMITH, AMERICAN MUTT, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
9. 2024-04-29 | Ray Smith \(American, b. 1959\) 3 Works | Material Culture | N/A
10. 2024-04-25 | Untitled | Venduehuis der Notarissen | €1,000
11. 2024-02-15 | Ray Smith \(1949\-2018\): Untitled | STAIR | $1,800
12. 2024-01-10 | RAY SMITH \(United States, 1959\). "Model" 1988. Watercolor on paper Signed and dated in the lower margin. Presents label on the back of the gallery Joan Prats, Barcelona. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
13. 2024-01-01 | RAY SMITH, MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
14. 2024-01-01 | RAY SMITH, AMERICAN MUTT, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
15. 2024-01-01 | RAY SMITH, POODLE LIGHTBULB, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
16. 2023-11-24 | RAY SMITH, MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
17. 2023-07-01 | RAY SMITH, AMERICAN MUTT, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
18. 2023-06-19 | RAY SMITH \(1959\) | AAG Auctioneers | €3,000
19. 2022-06-06 | RAY SMITH \- NASC. 1959, "Drawing lesson nº 3", oil on wood, signed and dated 1997. Notes: Ramis Barq | Cabral Moncada Leilões | €1,700
20. 2022-06-02 | Ray Smith \(b. 1959\): Untitled | STAIR | $450
21. 2022-06-02 | Ray Smith \(b. 1959\): Untitled | STAIR | $450
22. 2022-06-02 | Ray Smith \(b. 1959\): Untitled | STAIR | $500
23. 2022-06-02 | Ray Smith \(b. 1959\): Tu tu Tortuga | STAIR | $1,300
24. 2022-03-30 | Ray SMITH \(Né en 1959\) PAPAGRANDE \- 1989 Aquarelle sur papier | Artcurial | N/A

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