# Roland Petersen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T08:12:49.913Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 54
- Lots with prices: 38
- First auction date: 2003-12-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-18
- Median realised price: $26,290
- Price range: $512 to $204,000

## Market Takeaway
Roland Petersen has 54 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $26,290. 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 \($26,290\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($11,000 to $42,500\) 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: 10.5% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 10.5% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 78.9% (30 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $25,000
- Previous 12 months median: $10,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-18
- Days since latest sale: 223
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 27 lots
- Christie's: 7 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 5 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Clars Auctions: 2 lots
- Doyle New York: 2 lots
- Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2020-09-16 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) Study for a Picnic Table, 1964 | Bonhams | N/A
2. 2025-09-18 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) Four Figures, 1961 | Bonhams | $25,000
3. 2025-03-12 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) August Afternoon, 1967 | Bonhams | $60,000
4. 2025-02-25 | Roland Petersen, Fields of Play | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $8,000
5. 2024-09-25 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) Girl with Hat, 1969 | Bonhams | $10,000
6. 2024-09-25 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) Picnic Tables with Two Parasols \(September Luncheon\), circa 1967 | Bonhams | $80,000
7. 2024-04-17 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) Lunch Time, 1961 | Bonhams | $11,000
8. 2024-04-17 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) The Patio \(Girl Holding Flowers\), 1969 | Bonhams | $30,000
9. 2024-02-03 | Roland Petersen \(1926\- \) | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | N/A
10. 2023-10-21 | Roland Petersen \(1926\- \) | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | N/A
11. 2023-10-19 | Roland Petersen, 73 Checkers in a Blue Shadow | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $12,000
12. 2023-09-13 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) Picnic with Two Figures, 1997 | Bonhams | $13,000
13. 2023-07-18 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) Fall Picnic oil on canvas 68 x 56 in. \(172.7 x 1 | Christie's | $52,920
14. 2023-04-12 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) Girl in Landscape, 1969 | Bonhams | $7,000
15. 2022-09-14 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) Untitled, from the Picnic Series, 1986 | Bonhams | $35,000
16. 2022-05-24 | Roland Petersen, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $11,000
17. 2021-09-15 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) The Table, 1961 | Bonhams | $15,000
18. 2021-09-15 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) Untitled, 1969 | Bonhams | $28,000
19. 2021-04-14 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\) Forked Tree, 1964 | Bonhams | $38,000
20. 2021-02-21 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(B. 1926\): "PICNIC WITH A ROW OF TREES" | Abell Auction | $42,500
21. 2019-05-18 | Roland Petersen Oil Painting Portrait | The Modern Art Exchange | $1,000
22. 2018-09-20 | Roland Petersen \(b. 1926\) Viscosity Etching, "Picnic Figure with Parasol" | Witherell's | $550
23. 2017-04-26 | Roland Petersen \(born 1926\) Still Life \(Vibrations\), 1957 22 5/8 x 30 in. \(57.5 x 76.2 cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2016-05-04 | ROLAND PETERSEN \(born 1926\) Still Life \(Vibrations\), 1957 22 5/8 x 30 in. \(57.5 x 76.2 cm\) | Bonhams | N/A

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