# Raymond Saunders - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T02:49:03.456Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 29
- Lots with prices: 20
- First auction date: 2009-11-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-28
- Median realised price: $1,342
- Price range: $70 to $11,000

## Market Takeaway
Raymond Saunders has 29 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,342. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 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 \($1,342\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($349 to $4,250\) 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: 35% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 60% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $750
- Previous 12 months median: $5,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-28
- Days since latest sale: 60
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 5 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 5 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 4 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 3 lots
- Black Art Auction: 3 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc.: 1 lots
- Curated Gallery Auctions: 1 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-28 | Raymond Saunders \(American, 1934\-2025\). Duck Out of Water from the America: The Third Century portfolio \(1975\). Unframed Mixed Media, Lithograph, Silk | Woodard Lipe | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-raymond-saunders-american-1934-2025-duck-out-of-water-from-the-america-the-third-century-portfolio-1975-unframed-mixed-media-lithograph-silk-100-c-41de0b4058
2. 2025-10-21 | Raymond Saunders \(1934\-2025\) African American | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $8,500
3. 2025-10-18 | Raymond Saunders, 1934\-2025, untitled | Black Art Auction | $750
4. 2025-06-17 | Raymond Saunders \(b. 1934\), "Profile in Time," 1982 | John Moran Auctioneers | $349
5. 2025-06-01 | Raymond Saunders \(b. 1934\) "SOMETIMES IT BE'S A PLACE" Museum Provenance Painting | Curated Gallery Auctions | $4,250
6. 2024-08-22 | Raymond Saunders \(American, b. 1934\) Untitled, 1989 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $5,000
7. 2024-04-17 | RAYMOND SAUNDERS \(B. 1934\) Untitled \(Red Flower\), 1985 | Bonhams | $6,500
8. 2024-04-17 | RAYMOND SAUNDERS \(B. 1934\) Untitled \(To Tecoach\), circa 1985 | Bonhams | $11,000
9. 2024-04-17 | RAYMOND SAUNDERS \(B. 1934\) Group of two works on paper, circa 1985/1987 | Bonhams | $4,200
10. 2023-12-02 | Raymond Saunders, b. 1934, untitled | Black Art Auction | $2,200
11. 2023-08-01 | Raymond Saunders, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $6,500
12. 2023-05-16 | Raymond Saunders "Profile in Time" Mixed Media | Revere Auctions | $275
13. 2022-11-29 | RAYMOND SAUNDERS \(B. 1935\): LOS ANGELES 1984 OLYMPIC GAMES | Abell Auction | $275
14. 2020-05-16 | Raymond Saunders, b. 1934, Untitled, Oil and collage on canvas, 50 x 40 inches | Black Art Auction | N/A
15. 2020-01-28 | Raymond Saunders \(1930\-1998\) Duck out of water \(from America: The Third Century Portfolio\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | £100
16. 2019-11-13 | Raymond Saunders \(1930\-1998\) Duck out of water \(from America: The Third Century Portfolio\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
17. 2019-07-24 | Raymond Saunders \(1930\-1998\) Duck Out of Water | Forum Auctions \- UK | £70
18. 2019-03-05 | Raymond Saunders \(1930\-1998\) Duck Out of Water | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
19. 2015-06-25 | Raymond Saunders, Duck Out of Water, Color Litho/Serigraph,1975 | Auctionata Paddle8 AG | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-raymond-saunders-duck-out-of-water-color-litho-serigraph-1975-93-c-4a04a9eb11
20. 2015-06-25 | Raymond Saunders, Duck Out of Water, Print, 1975 | Auctionata Paddle8 AG | N/A
21. 2015-03-27 | Raymond Saunders, Duck Out of Water, Color Litho/Serigraph,1975 | Auctionata Paddle8 AG | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-raymond-saunders-duck-out-of-water-color-litho-serigraph-1975-163-c-60c4420a35
22. 2014-06-10 | RAYMOND SAUNDERS \(1934 \- \) Duck Out of Water. | Swann Auction Galleries | $768
23. 2014-06-10 | RAYMOND SAUNDERS \(1934 \- \) 3 Peas in a Pod. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,024
24. 2013-10-03 | RAYMOND SAUNDERS \(1934 \- \) Nothing to Say. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000

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