# Rudolph Colao - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T01:04:16.483Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 53
- Lots with prices: 42
- First auction date: 2009-09-19
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-15
- Median realised price: $275
- Price range: $60 to $900

## Market Takeaway
Rudolph Colao has 53 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $275. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 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 \($275\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($200 to $375\) 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% (42 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $200
- Previous 12 months median: $350
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-15
- Days since latest sale: 136
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 8 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 5 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 5 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 3 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 2 lots
- Clars Auctions: 2 lots
- Leighton Galleries: 2 lots
- Leonard Auction: 2 lots
- Willow Auction House: 2 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-01-04 | AMERICAN STILL LIFE PRINT AFTER RUDOLPH COLAO SIGNED | Antique Arena Inc | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-american-still-life-print-after-rudolph-colao-signed-11-c-26848958f0
2. 2025-12-15 | Rudolph Colao \(American, 1927\-2014\), Floral, oil on board, signed lower left.brbrImage: 23.03"h x 19.09"w \(58.5 x 48.5 cm\), over... | Clars Auctions | $375
3. 2025-08-23 | Rudolph Colao \(American Mass/Maine, 1927\-2014\) Digital Print On Canvas Still Life | Compendium Auction House | N/A
4. 2025-05-25 | Rudolph Colao \(MA,ME,1927\-2014\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $200
5. 2025-05-21 | RUDOLPH COLAO \(Massachusetts/Maine, 1927\-2014\), Bouquet of daisies., Oil on masonite, 9" x 12". Framed 12.5" x 15.5". | Eldred's | $125
6. 2025-05-08 | Rudolph Colao \(American, 1927\-2014\), "Floral," oil on board, signed lower left, image: 23.03"h x 19.09"w \(58.5 x 48.5 cm\), overall \(... | Clars Auctions | N/A
7. 2025-01-28 | Rudolph Colao \(American, 1927\-2014\) Oil on Board | Leonard Auction | $450
8. 2024-09-07 | Rudolph Colao \(1927\-2014\) | Marion Antique Auctions | $350
9. 2024-08-25 | Rudolph Colao \(1927\-2014\) Antique American Boston Impressionist Still Life Original Oil Painting | Curated Gallery Auctions | $300
10. 2024-05-24 | RUDOLPH COLAO \(Massachusetts/Maine, 1927\-2014\), Floral still life., Oil on canvas, 30" x 24". Framed 39" x 33". | Eldred's | $375
11. 2024-05-02 | Rudy Colao Oil on Masonite Still Life | Willow Auction House | $350
12. 2024-05-02 | Rudy Colao Oil on Masonite Still Life | Willow Auction House | $200
13. 2022-11-30 | Rudolph Colao 1927\-2014 Still Life Oil Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $550
14. 2022-11-30 | Rudolph Colao 1927\-2014 Still Life Oil Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rudolph-colao-1927-2014-still-life-oil-painting-455-c-24b458f94a
15. 2022-11-30 | Rudolph Colao 1927\-2014 Still Life Oil Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $450
16. 2022-08-26 | RUDOLPH COLAO \(AMERICAN, 1927\-2014\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $225
17. 2022-08-17 | RUDOLPH COLAO \(Massachusetts/Maine, 1927\-2014\), "Nantucket Lights and Shadows"., Oil on board, 12" x 16". Framed 17" x 21". | Eldred's | $800
18. 2022-04-20 | RUDOLPH COLAO \(American, 1927\-2014\). Lilacs in Brass Pot, 1993, Oil on canvas. Signed lower left; titled and signed on the reverse.. . | Sloans & Kenyon | $300
19. 2021-12-16 | Rudolph Colao ''Floral Still Life'' Oil | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $150
20. 2021-10-24 | RUDOLPH COLAO, ROCKPORT BEACH IMPRESSIONIST OIL | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rudolph-colao-rockport-beach-impressionist-oil-1347-c-e394411808
21. 2021-07-28 | Rudy Colao oil on board floral still life | Pook & Pook Inc. | $160
22. 2021-02-21 | Rudolph Colao \(American, 1927\-2014\) Oil on Masonite | Leonard Auction | $200
23. 2021-01-03 | Rudolph Colao \(MA,ME,1927\-2014\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $220
24. 2020-10-11 | Rudolph Colao \(MA,ME,1927\-2014\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A

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