# Roy Finster - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T03:04:14.065Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 13
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2010-07-24
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-12
- Median realised price: $125
- Price range: $50 to $825

## Market Takeaway
Roy Finster has 13 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $125. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($125\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($100 to $250\) 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: 100% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $125
- Previous 12 months median: $256
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-12
- Days since latest sale: 255
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Material Culture: 3 lots
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Hindman: 2 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 1 lots
- Leland Little Auctions: 1 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 1 lots
- STAIR: 1 lots
- Waddington's: 1 lots
- Weiss Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-08 | Roy Finster \(American/Georgia, 1941\-2021\), "Jonah and the Whale," 1983, H.\- 6 in., W.\- 17 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $256 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-roy-finster-american-georgia-1941-2021-jonah-and-the-whale-1983-h-6-in-w-17-in-1-c-4a043089b2
2. 2025-11-12 | Roy Finster painted plywood cutout Elvis Presley | Concept Art Gallery | $125
3. 2025-08-28 | Roy Finster \(1941\-2021\), MARYLIN MONROE | Waddington's | CA$137
4. 2023-02-28 | Roy Finster \(American, 1941\-2021\) | Neal Auction Company | $160
5. 2022-10-14 | Roy Finster \(American, b. 1941\) Untitled \(Angel\), 1991 | Hindman | $50
6. 2022-09-15 | Roy Finster \(American, born 1941\) | Hindman | $350
7. 2020-11-23 | Roy Finster \(American, b. 1941\) "Elvis Presley" | Material Culture | $250
8. 2020-01-18 | Roy Finster \(1941\- , American\), "Home in Hidden Valley," 1992, oil on panel, signed and titled lower right, unframed, H.\- 12 in., W.... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-roy-finster-1941-american-home-in-hidden-valley-1992-oil-on-panel-signed-and-titled-lower-right-unframed-h-12-in-w-506-c-e384247a01
9. 2019-12-19 | Georgia Folk Art, Two Paintings by Roy Finster | Leland Little Auctions | $825 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-georgia-folk-art-two-paintings-by-roy-finster-5061-c-2f54a4285c
10. 2018-05-17 | Roy Finster, Folk Art Painting on Wood | Weiss Auctions | $110 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-roy-finster-folk-art-painting-on-wood-1226-c-8164f0089e
11. 2017-01-23 | Roy Finster \(American, 20th c.\) Portrait of Howard Finster | Material Culture | $80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-roy-finster-american-20th-c-portrait-of-howard-finster-64-c-59e4c93af8
12. 2016-06-12 | Roy Finster \(American, b. 1941\) "Elvis Presley", 1991 | Material Culture | $125
13. 2010-07-24 | Roy Finster \(American, b. 1941\): "Watermill by the Stream by Roy Finster" | STAIR | $100

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