# Richmond Barthé - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T19:12:02.993Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 71
- Lots with prices: 54
- First auction date: 2006-12-02
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-27
- Median realised price: $17,500
- Price range: $3,200 to $629,000

## Market Takeaway
Richmond Barthé shows solid auction liquidity with 68 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $17,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-07.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($17,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $6,500 and $45,000.
- 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.3% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 66.7% (34 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $25,400
- Previous 12 months median: $28,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-07
- Days since latest sale: 134
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 53 lots
- Black Art Auction: 6 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Weschler's: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-03 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Boy with a Broom. | Swann Auction Galleries | $25,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-richmond-barthe-1901-1989-boy-with-a-broom-7-c-4b94631a07
2. 2022-10-06 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Julius. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,750
3. 2026-03-27 | Richmond Barthé \(American 1901\-1989\), Untitled \(Head of a Young Man\), Bronze sculpture with dark\-brown patina, Height: 3\-3/8 in \(8.6 cm\); Height with base: 5\-1/4 in \(13.3 cm\) | Weschler's | $3,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-richmond-barthe-american-1901-1989-untitled-head-of-a-young-man-bronze-sculpture-with-dark-brown-patina-height-3-3-8-in-8-6-cm-height-with-base-5-1-4-in-13-3-cm-22-c-69ad34bfc7
4. 2026-03-27 | Richmond Barthé \(American 1901\-1989, Head of a Dancer \(Harald Kreutzberg\), Bronze sculpture with dark\-brown patina mounted on a pink marble base, Height of bronze: 12\-1/4 in \(31.1 cm\) | Weschler's | $16,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-richmond-barthe-american-1901-1989-head-of-a-dancer-harald-kreutzberg-bronze-sculpture-with-dark-brown-patina-mounted-on-a-pink-marble-base-height-of-bronze-12-1-4-in-31-1-cm-19-c-5dc17afa0c
5. 2025-10-07 | Richmond Barthé \(1901\-1989\), The Lovers, 1967. | Swann Auction Galleries | $25,400
6. 2025-10-07 | Richmond Barthé \(1901\-1989\), Josephine Baker, 1950, 1986. | Swann Auction Galleries | $82,550
7. 2025-04-03 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Black Boy \(Head of Boy\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,000
8. 2024-10-03 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Mary. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2024-09-14 | Richmond Barthé, 1901\-1989, Dreamer | Black Art Auction | $28,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-richmond-barthe-1901-1989-dreamer-2-c-08f4cecab4
10. 2024-04-04 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Black Majesty. | Swann Auction Galleries | $161,000
11. 2023-10-19 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Untitled \(Head of a Young Man\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $10,000
12. 2023-10-19 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Head of a Dancer \(Harald Kreutzberg\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $9,375
13. 2023-10-19 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Head of a Monk. | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,500
14. 2023-05-15 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(AFRICAN\-AMERICAN, 1901\-1989\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $5,500
15. 2023-03-30 | \(ART.\) Archive of letters from the sculptor Richmond Barthé to a close Jamaican friend. | Swann Auction Galleries | $50,000
16. 2022-11-19 | Richmond Barthé, 1901\-1989, Stevedore | Black Art Auction | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-richmond-barthe-1901-1989-stevedore-43-c-66f4fba942
17. 2022-10-06 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Toussaint L'Ouverture. | Swann Auction Galleries | $17,500
18. 2022-03-31 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Boy with a Broom. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
19. 2022-03-31 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1909 \- 1989\) Untitled \(Etta Vee Barnett\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $17,500
20. 2022-03-31 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1909 \- 1989\) Untitled \(Etta Moten Barnett\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $35,000
21. 2022-03-31 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Head of a Dancer \(Harald Kreutzberg\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $12,500
22. 2022-03-31 | RICHMOND BARTHÉ \(1901 \- 1989\) Woman with Turban. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
23. 2022-03-12 | Richmond Barthé, 1901\-1989, Little Spanish Mother | Black Art Auction | $35,000
24. 2022-03-12 | Richmond Barthé, 1901\-1989, Angry Christ | Black Art Auction | $45,000

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