# Robert Sperry - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T13:27:44.823Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 59
- Lots with prices: 59
- First auction date: 2004-05-22
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-22
- Median realised price: $375
- Price range: $60 to $3,000

## Market Takeaway
Robert Sperry has 59 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $375. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($375\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($225 to $750\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 86.4% (51 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 13.6% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $1,000
- Previous 12 months median: $1,300
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-22
- Days since latest sale: 194
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- MBA Seattle Auction LLC: 32 lots
- District Auction: 9 lots
- Sunset Auction: 4 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Clars Auctions: 1 lots
- Elite Auctioneers, LLC: 1 lots
- Freeman's: 1 lots
- Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-22 | ROBERT SPERRY \(1927\-1998\) Vessel1975 stoneware with crackle glaze and gold luster, signed and dated in the glaze 'Sperry 75' on underside height 12in \(30.5cm\); diameter 9 1/2in \(24cm\) | Bonhams | $1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-robert-sperry-1927-1998-vessel1975-stoneware-with-crackle-glaze-and-gold-luster-signed-and-dated-in-the-glaze-sperry-75-on-underside-height-12in-30-5cm-diameter-9-1-2in-24cm-256-c-21ec0f7b00
2. 2025-01-09 | Robert Sperry, Tall vase | Wright | $1,300
3. 2024-10-02 | Robert Sperry, Monumental charger | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,200
4. 2024-07-18 | Robert Sperry ''Bullseye Jar'' Stoneware | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $750
5. 2024-07-18 | Robert Sperry ''Blue Bag Series \#3'' 1975 Ceramic | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $3,000
6. 2023-10-03 | Untitled \#897A | Sotheby's | $1,397
7. 2023-08-11 | Robert Sperry, Large Charger | Clars Auctions | $225
8. 2023-01-19 | Robert Sperry \(American 1927\-1998\): Vase | Abell Auction | $150
9. 2023-01-08 | ROBERT SPERRY \(1927\-1998, SEATTLE\) LARGE STUDIO POTTERY COVERED JAR. 13.75" TALL TO TOP OF HANDLE. $400\-600 | Sunset Auction | $190
10. 2022-09-29 | Robert Sperry \(American, 1927\-1998\) \#784, 1987 Ceramic 26\-1/2 x 3\-3/4 inches \(6 | Heritage Auctions | $1,200
11. 2022-06-12 | Robert Sperry \(1927\-1998\) Studio Art Pottery Bowl | District Auction | $110
12. 2022-03-23 | Robert Sperry \(American, 1927\-1998\) Collection of Three Vases, 1960 | Hindman | $950
13. 2021-10-21 | Robert Sperry ''Mural Study'' 1984 Mixed Media | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $250
14. 2021-10-21 | Robert Sperry ''Table Lamp'' 1960's | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $500
15. 2021-10-21 | Robert Sperry ''Seated Nude'' 1961 Stoneware | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $275
16. 2021-10-21 | Robert Sperry ''Head Sculpture'' 1961 Stoneware | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $500
17. 2021-10-21 | Robert Sperry ''Early Sgraffito Vase'' 1950's | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $425
18. 2021-03-18 | Robert Sperry ''Cobalt Glazed Lamp'' 1960's Stoneware | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $300
19. 2021-03-18 | Robert Sperry ''Checkered Glaze Lamp'' 1960's Stoneware | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $150
20. 2021-03-18 | Robert Sperry ''White Ice Crackle Bowl'' 1970's Ceramic | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $175
21. 2021-03-18 | Robert Sperry ''White Crackle Charger'' 1970's Ceramic | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $250
22. 2021-03-18 | Robert Sperry ''White Crackle Tea Bowl'' 1970's Ceramic | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $200
23. 2021-03-18 | Robert Sperry ''White Crackle Bowl'' 1970's Ceramic | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $300
24. 2020-12-17 | Robert Sperry ''Butterfly Jar'' Stoneware with Decal | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $200

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