# Robert Gober - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T10:12:12.759Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 217
- Lots with prices: 148
- First auction date: 1998-05-14
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-16
- Median realised price: $16,000
- Price range: $300 to $5,287,500

## Market Takeaway
Robert Gober shows deep auction liquidity with 217 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $16,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($16,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,400 and $73,000.
- 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: 8.1% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 35.8% (53 sales)
- $10,000\+: 56.1% (83 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $1,452
- Previous 12 months median: $2,400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 98 lots
- Sotheby's: 46 lots
- Phillips: 22 lots
- Wright: 12 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 10 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 5 lots
- Venduehuis der Notarissen: 4 lots
- STAIR: 3 lots
- Van Ham Kunstauktionen: 3 lots
- Palm Beach Modern Auctions: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-16 | Robert Gober, Untitled | Wright | $3,500
2. 2025-12-16 | ROBERT GOBER \(B. 1954\). Newspaper; Newspaper \[Two Works\]. | Christie's | $40,640
3. 2025-11-20 | ROBERT GOBER \(B. 1954\). Cat Litter. plaster, ink and latex paint17 x 8 x 5 | Christie's | $139,700
4. 2025-11-20 | ROBERT GOBER \(B. 1954\). Untitled. cast hot glass, paper, oil and cast plast | Christie's | $203,200
5. 2025-11-13 | Robert Gober \(b. 1954\), Untitled, 1993\-94. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,452
6. 2025-07-17 | Robert Gober, Hope Hill Road | Wright | $300
7. 2025-06-17 | Robert Gober \(b. 1954\), Untitled, for "Parkett" vol 27, 1991 | John Moran Auctioneers | $444
8. 2025-05-15 | ROBERT GOBER \(B. 1954\). Untitled. gypsum polymer and watercolor12 x 10 ¾ x | Christie's | N/A
9. 2025-03-26 | Robert Gober, Heat | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,100
10. 2024-12-18 | Robert Gober, Untitled | Wright | $1,700
11. 2024-12-18 | Robert Gober, Untitled | Wright | $2,400
12. 2024-10-22 | Robert Gober, Brokeback Mountain | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,000
13. 2024-08-14 | Robert Gober, Untitled | Wright | $1,500
14. 2024-08-14 | Robert Gober, Untitled | Wright | $1,800
15. 2024-08-14 | Robert Gober, Untitled | Wright | $2,200
16. 2024-07-11 | Robert Gober, Untitled | Wright | $3,000
17. 2024-06-04 | Robert Gober, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,400
18. 2024-05-03 | Robert Gober \(1954 Wallingford – lebt in New York\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | N/A
19. 2024-03-01 | ROBERT GOBER \(B. 1954\) Newspaper, 1992 \(This work is number one from the edition of ten with two artist's proofs. \) | Bonhams | $20,000
20. 2024-02-08 | ROBERT GOBER \(1954\- \) & CHRISTOPHER WOOL \(1955\- \) A Project. | Swann Auction Galleries | $437
21. 2023-12-07 | Robert Gober, Untitled | Wright | $5,500
22. 2023-11-30 | Robert Gober \(b. 1954\): Hanging Man/Sleeping Man | STAIR | $8,500
23. 2023-11-15 | Robert Gober, photograph, Artist's Proof | Millea Bros Ltd | $700
24. 2023-10-19 | Robert Gober \(b. 1954\): Untitled | STAIR | $16,000

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