# Ray Swanson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T08:59:42.319Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 221
- Lots with prices: 170
- First auction date: 2001-05-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-08
- Median realised price: $1,900
- Price range: $10 to $75,000

## Market Takeaway
Ray Swanson shows deep auction liquidity with 220 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,980. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-08.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,980\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $657 and $5,750.
- 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: 31.4% (53 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 53.3% (90 sales)
- $10,000\+: 15.4% (26 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 12
- Previous 12 months sales: 25
- Recent 12 months median: $1,250
- Previous 12 months median: $3,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-08
- Days since latest sale: 41
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Altermann Galleries: 44 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 23 lots
- Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC: 17 lots
- Jackson Hole Art Auction: 16 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 14 lots
- Bradford's: 11 lots
- Bonhams: 9 lots
- Hindman: 8 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 8 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 6 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-02 | \(3\) Framed Partial Needlepoint Pictures of Native American Children by Ray Swanson | Apple Tree Auction Center | $30 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-3-framed-partial-needlepoint-pictures-of-native-american-children-by-ray-swanson-148-c-a914b30a97
2. 2026-01-08 | Ray Swanson, Carefree, AZ 1937\-2004, California Coastal | Abell Auction | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ray-swanson-carefree-az-1937-2004-california-coastal-320-c-5d1532d0f8
3. 2025-11-22 | Ray Swanson Framed Landscape Oil On Canvas | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $30
4. 2025-11-09 | RAY SWANSON "AUTUMN LANDSCAPE" OIL ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $1,250
5. 2025-11-09 | RAY SWANSON "NAVAJO GIRL" OIL ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $1,350
6. 2025-11-09 | RAY SWANSON "SAMANTHA IN PENDLETON" OIL ON BOARD | Bradford's | $1,050
7. 2025-11-01 | Ray Swanson \(1937\-2004\), A Medicine Man, 1998, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches | Lone Star Art Auction | $4,000
8. 2025-06-21 | Ray Swanson Signed & Numbered Lithograph | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $10
9. 2025-06-03 | Ray Swanson \(1937\-2004\), "Cold November" | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,032
10. 2025-03-25 | Ray Swanson \(1937\-2004\), "Winter at Tsegi," 1992 | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
11. 2025-03-25 | Ray Swanson \(1937\-2004\), "Sanchez" | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,320 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ray-swanson-1937-2004-sanchez-39-c-4474c2a9d4
12. 2025-03-11 | Ray Swanson \(1937\-2004\), Man fishing from a sampan | John Moran Auctioneers | $231
13. 2025-03-11 | Ray Swanson \(1937\-2004\), "Hong Kong Fisherman," 1992 | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,980
14. 2025-01-25 | RAY SWANSON \(1937\-2004\) W/C NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT 'WINTER AT DENNEHOTSO' | Austin Auction Gallery | $1,100
15. 2024-11-17 | RAY SWANSON "A SUNNY WINTER DAY" GOUACHE ON BOARD | Bradford's | $640
16. 2024-11-17 | RAY SWANSON "SOUTH DAKOTA HOMESTEAD" GOUACHE ON BOARD | Bradford's | $1,250
17. 2024-11-17 | RAY SWANSON "BABY SHEEPDOG" OIL ON CANVAS | Bradford's | $7,900
18. 2024-11-12 | Ray Swanson \(1937\-2004\), Still life of peonies in a vase | John Moran Auctioneers | $635
19. 2024-11-09 | Ray Swanson, Autumn Valley | Santa Fe Art Auction | $512
20. 2024-10-12 | Ray Swanson \(1937\-2004\) Branding at Cottonwood, 1979 | Lone Star Art Auction | $9,000
21. 2024-09-14 | Ray Swanson \(1937\-2004\), Shonto Goat Herder, 1999 | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $8,500
22. 2024-09-14 | Ray Swanson \(1937\-2004\), Stopping to Visit, 1988 | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $16,000
23. 2024-09-14 | Ray Swanson \(1937\-2004\), The Stone Mason | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $16,000
24. 2024-08-03 | Ray Swanson, "Landscape" | Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC | $800

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