# Richard Merkin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T09:02:50.375Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 58
- Lots with prices: 27
- First auction date: 2007-05-20
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-12
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $20 to $1,300

## Market Takeaway
Richard Merkin shows solid auction liquidity with 57 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($300\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $75 and $431.
- 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: 96.2% (25 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 3.8% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $500
- Previous 12 months median: $350
- Median shift: 42.9%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 70
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- RoGallery: 25 lots
- Litchfield Auctions: 4 lots
- Westport Auction: 3 lots
- District Auction: 2 lots
- Gaynor's Fine Consignments: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 2 lots
- White's Auctions: 2 lots
- Winter Associates, Inc.: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-12 | Richard Merkin \(1938\-2008\) 'In Havana' Serigraph Print | Embassy Auctions International | $25 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-richard-merkin-1938-2008-in-havana-serigraph-print-92-c-7a44ed1502
2. 2025-12-10 | Richard Merkin, large oil on canvas, 1985 | Millea Bros Ltd | $500
3. 2025-07-03 | RICHARD MERKIN, KANSAS CITY MONARCHS, SCREENPRINT | RoGallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-richard-merkin-kansas-city-monarchs-screenprint-836-c-18a46a68cf
4. 2024-10-20 | RICHARD MERKIN \(AMERICAN, 1938\-2009\) | CRN Auctions | $350
5. 2024-05-09 | Richard Merkin, The Fetishist | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $200
6. 2024-03-26 | Richard Merkin "Nagasaki" Lithograph | Revere Auctions | $350
7. 2023-07-27 | Richard Merkin, Just For Laughs, Screenprint | RoGallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-richard-merkin-just-for-laughs-screenprint-225-c-f1e42538c7
8. 2023-04-27 | RICHARD MERKIN \(1938\-2009\) COLOR LITHOGRAPH | Westport Auction | $50
9. 2023-04-27 | RICHARD MERKIN \(1938\-2009\) LITHOGRAPH | Westport Auction | $150
10. 2023-04-22 | Richard Merkin \(Shades of\) The Yellow Kid | Larsen Art Auction | $700
11. 2022-08-21 | Richard Merkin, An Amateur Circus, Print on Paper | Clark's Auction Company | $80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-richard-merkin-an-amateur-circus-print-on-paper-112-c-4ee4231b46
12. 2022-06-28 | Richard Merkin, A Cigarette that Bears a Lipstick's traces..., Lithograph | RoGallery | N/A
13. 2022-04-10 | Richard Merkin Signed Lithograph | District Auction | $150
14. 2022-02-13 | Richard Merkin \(1938\-2009\) Pop Art Screenprint | District Auction | N/A
15. 2021-12-13 | Richard Merkin \(American, 1938\-2009\), four silkscreens, c. 1980, "You know, I used to have a beautiful talent once, baby", from the... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $75
16. 2021-06-30 | Richard Merkin, Kansas City Monarchs, Lithograph | RoGallery | N/A
17. 2021-04-12 | Richard Merkin \(American, 1938\-2009\), four silkscreens, c. 1980, "You know, I used to have a beautiful talent once, baby", from the... | Winter Associates, Inc. | N/A
18. 2021-03-27 | Richard Merkin, Kansas City Monarchs, Lithograph | RoGallery | N/A
19. 2021-02-27 | RICHARD MERKIN PRINT | Westport Auction | $30
20. 2020-11-27 | Richard Merkin, Kansas City Monarchs, Lithograph | RoGallery | N/A
21. 2020-08-04 | Richard Merkin \(1938\-2009\) Lithograph \- Famous Sports Collector | Gaynor's Fine Consignments | N/A
22. 2020-07-07 | Richard Merkin \(1938\-2009\) Lithograph \- Famous Sports Collector | Gaynor's Fine Consignments | N/A
23. 2020-03-28 | Richard Merkin \(1938 \- 2009\) American, Serigraph | Sarasota Estate Auction | $60
24. 2020-01-26 | RICHARD MERKIN ORIGINAL SIGNED SERIGRAPH: | White's Auctions | $50

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