# Robert Alan Bechtle - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T20:38:02.783Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 61
- Lots with prices: 48
- First auction date: 1999-06-24
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-20
- Median realised price: $1,584
- Price range: $55 to $482,500

## Market Takeaway
Robert Alan Bechtle shows solid auction liquidity with 61 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,584. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-20.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,584\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $600 and $88,200.
- 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: 41.7% (20 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 14.6% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 43.8% (21 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $1,200
- Previous 12 months median: $450
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-20
- Days since latest sale: 90
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 16 lots
- Sotheby's: 14 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 3 lots
- Weschler's: 3 lots
- Wright: 2 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 1 lots
- Clars Auctions: 1 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-20 | ROBERT BECHTLE \(1932\-2020\). '67 Chrysler. oil on canvas48 x 69 in. \(121.9 x | Christie's | $381,000
2. 2025-09-30 | ROBERT BECHTLE \(1932\-2020\). French Doors I. oil on two joined canvases72 1/ | Christie's | N/A
3. 2025-09-30 | ROBERT BECHTLE \(1932\-2020\). Jetta. oil on canvas36 1/8 x 66 1/8 in. \(91.8 x | Christie's | N/A
4. 2025-09-10 | Robert Bechtle 1982 soft ground etching Sunset Street | Concept Art Gallery | $1,200
5. 2025-08-15 | Robert Bechtle, '64 Chrysler | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $750
6. 2025-06-05 | Robert Bechtle, Sunset Cadillac | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,400
7. 2024-12-18 | Robert Bechtle, Man Brushing his Teeth | Wright | $400
8. 2024-11-22 | ROBERT BECHTLE \(1932\-2020\) \- View of North Adams | Christie's | $126,000
9. 2024-04-02 | Robert Bechtle \(American 1932\-2020\), Station Wagon, Lithograph in Color, Signed and Numbered 85/250 Frame: 25 1/2 x 31 in. \(64.8 x 78.7 cm.\) | Weschler's | $650
10. 2024-03-26 | Robert Bechtle \(b. 1932\), "20th and Mississippi \- Night," 2002, Etching and aquatint in colors on paper, Plate: 7.875" H x 15.75" W; Sight: 9.5" H x 17.375" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,584
11. 2024-03-26 | Robert Bechtle \(American 1932\-2020\), 'Oakland Buick', Signed and Numbered 14/250 Frame: 25 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. \(64.8 x 77.5 cm.\) | Weschler's | $450
12. 2024-03-26 | Robert Bechtle \(American 1932\-2020\), '68 Nova', Lithograph in Color, Signed, Dated '76 and Numbered 206/300 Frame: 28 x 38 in. \(71.1 x 96.5 cm.\) | Weschler's | $350
13. 2023-11-16 | ROBERT BECHTLE \(1932\-2020\) 20th and Texas, Early Evening 2004 | Bonhams | $180,000
14. 2023-08-09 | ROBERT BECHTLE \(AMERICAN 1932\-2020\) '69 NOVA FROM 'DOCUMENTA: THE SUPER REALISTS' \- 1972 | Lyon & Turnbull | £360
15. 2023-06-01 | Robert BECHTLE \(1932\-2020\) | Maison Verneuil | N/A
16. 2022-12-14 | ROBERT BECHTLE \(1932\-2020\) Twentieth and Mississippi Streets watercolor on | Christie's | $47,880
17. 2022-12-14 | ROBERT BECHTLE \(1932\-2020\) House on Clay Street watercolor on paper 22 3/8 | Christie's | N/A
18. 2022-12-08 | Robert Bechtle \(American, 1932\-2020\) 68 Nova, 1972 | Hindman | $600
19. 2022-09-29 | ROBERT BECHTLE \(1932\-2020\) Bolinas Garage watercolor and gouache on paper 1 | Christie's | $88,200
20. 2022-03-25 | Robert Bechtle, Station Wagon | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $950
21. 2021-09-16 | ROBERT BECHTLE \(1932\-2020\) Zenith \(Television Set\) Sheet: 14 7/8 x 20 ¾ in. | Christie's | $750
22. 2020-11-11 | Robert Bechtle '68 NOVA Color lithograph | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,500
23. 2020-08-19 | ROBERT BECHTLE \- '68 OLDSMOBILE | Capsule Gallery Auction | $900
24. 2020-08-18 | ROBERT BECHTLE \| Potrero Stroller\-Crossing Arkansas Street | Sotheby's | $200,000

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