# Robert H. Colescott - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T12:35:46.662Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 9
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2007-02-28
- Latest auction date: 2023-05-20
- Median realised price: $7,320
- Price range: $3,600 to $540,000

## Market Takeaway
Robert H. Colescott shows thin auction liquidity with 9 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,320. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2023-05-20.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($7,320\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $4,750 and $32,500.
- 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: 57.1% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 42.9% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2023-05-20
- Days since latest sale: 1,005
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Black Art Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-05-20 | Robert H. Colescott, 1925\-2009, Surprised Nymph | Black Art Auction | $4,750
2. 2022-05-12 | Robert H. Colescott \(1925\-2009\); Pontchartrain \(quadriptych\); | Bonhams | $32,000
3. 2018-11-15 | ROBERT H. COLESCOTT \| Cotton | Sotheby's | $540,000
4. 2017-03-02 | ROBERT H. COLESCOTT \| Jealousy | Sotheby's | $32,500
5. 2011-03-09 | ROBERT H. COLESCOTT | Sotheby's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-robert-h-colescott-32-c-49cdeaff59
6. 2010-05-03 | Robert H. Colescott \(American, 1925\-2009\) Still Life with Bird 23 3/4 x 52 1/4in | Bonhams | $7,320
7. 2009-11-17 | Robert H. Colescott \(American, 1925\-2009\) Untitled \(Study of two figures\), c. 1960 37 3/8 x 25 3/16in \(95 x 64cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
8. 2007-02-28 | Passing | Christie's | $6,000
9. 2007-02-28 | Skyline | Christie's | $3,600

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