# RETNA - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T09:29:49.997Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 71
- Lots with prices: 57
- First auction date: 2012-12-13
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-25
- Median realised price: $10,625
- Price range: $766 to $95,000

## Market Takeaway
RETNA has 71 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,625. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 11 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 \($10,625\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,800 to $22,100\) 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: 1.8% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 47.4% (27 sales)
- $10,000\+: 50.9% (29 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 11
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $5,500
- Previous 12 months median: $5,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-25
- Days since latest sale: 94
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 14 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 10 lots
- Tate Ward Auctions: 7 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 6 lots
- Artcurial: 5 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 5 lots
- Abell Auction: 4 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Julien's Auctions: 2 lots
- Phillips: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-25 | RETNA \(1979\): Untitled, 2011 | Santa Monica Auctions | $95,000
2. 2025-12-17 | RETNA \(Marquis Lewis\), Ver8Icon | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $5,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-retna-marquis-lewis-ver8icon-101-c-f6ba5a3a0a
3. 2025-12-02 | RETNA, B. 1979, Eternal Lifeline | Abell Auction | $11,000
4. 2025-09-28 | RETNA, B. 1979, Untitled | Abell Auction | $22,500
5. 2025-09-28 | RETNA, B. 1979, Even The Heart Skips A Beat | Abell Auction | $5,000
6. 2025-09-25 | RETNA \(Marquis Lewis\), Future In Her Eyes | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
7. 2025-09-18 | Retna \(American 1979\-\), 'Untitled' | Tate Ward Auctions | £3,800
8. 2025-07-01 | RETNA \(Marquis Lewis\), American Revolutionaries | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,200
9. 2025-06-25 | Retna \(American 1979\-\), 'Untitled' | Tate Ward Auctions | N/A
10. 2025-05-22 | Retna \(born 1979\); Mariposa; | Bonhams | $7,000
11. 2025-05-19 | RETNA ORIGINAL ARTWORK!! | The Written Word Autographs | N/A
12. 2025-03-19 | Retna \(American 1979\-\), 'Untitled' | Tate Ward Auctions | £5,500
13. 2025-03-19 | Retna \(American 1979\-\), 'Esoteric Existence Black', 2011 | Tate Ward Auctions | £5,000
14. 2025-02-27 | RETNA \| Signed Original "Song of The Opera" Large\-Scale Painting | Julien's Auctions | $50,000
15. 2025-02-27 | RETNA \| Signed Limited\-Edition "Fuel" Print | Julien's Auctions | N/A
16. 2024-12-08 | Retna Print "American Revolutionaries" | Santa Monica Auctions | $2,750
17. 2024-09-18 | Retna \(American 1979\-\), 'Untitled', 2010 | Tate Ward Auctions | £18,000
18. 2024-04-10 | RETNA \(Marquis Lewis\), Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $7,000
19. 2024-03-05 | RETNA \(Marquis Lewis\), American b.1979\- \- El Salvador, 2014; | Roseberys | £2,800
20. 2024-03-01 | RETNA \(B. 1979\) Untitled, 2018 | Bonhams | N/A
21. 2024-01-10 | RETNA \(Marquis Lewis\), Madre | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
22. 2023-09-14 | Retna \(American 1979\-\), 'Eastern Realm \(Grey\), 2014 | Tate Ward Auctions | £3,800
23. 2023-06-07 | Retna \(b. 1979\): Untitled | STAIR | $2,600
24. 2023-04-19 | RETNA \(American, born 1979\) Black on Blast Lithograph in black with hand applied black glitter, 2022, on BFK Rives paper, signed and numbered 73/99 in pencil verso, published by Print Them All, Paris, with their blindstamp, the full sheet Sheet 10... | Bonhams | £8,000

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