# Sam Messer - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T23:54:55.060Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 51
- Lots with prices: 33
- First auction date: 2002-11-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-12
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $35 to $4,000

## Market Takeaway
Sam Messer has 51 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 14 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 \($300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($175 to $800\) 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: 81.8% (27 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 18.2% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $325
- Previous 12 months median: $250
- Median shift: 30%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-12
- Days since latest sale: 19
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Skinner: 7 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 5 lots
- STAIR: 4 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 3 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 3 lots
- Abell Auction: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- John McInnis Auctioneers: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-04-12 | SAM MESSER \(NY\) MIXED MEDIA ARTWORK ON PAPER | District Auction | $35 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sam-messer-ny-mixed-media-artwork-on-paper-223-c-80939a147f
2. 2026-01-28 | SAM MESSER OIL, IT'S NOT AN EGG, IT'S A MIRROR. | William Smith Auctions | $2,600
3. 2025-12-16 | Sam Messer \(b. 1955\), Coastal view | John Moran Auctioneers | $325
4. 2025-11-13 | Sam Messer \(b. 1955\), HELL HURTS, 1991. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
5. 2025-08-15 | Sam Messer \(AM 1955\-\) New Morning | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $325
6. 2025-07-18 | Sam Messer, large lithograph diptych, 1987 | Millea Bros Ltd | N/A
7. 2025-06-24 | SAM MESSER \(American, born 1955\) Winter \(After El Greco\) | Bonhams | N/A
8. 2025-06-24 | SAM MESSER \(American, born 1955\) SUMMER | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2025-06-24 | SAM MESSER \(American, born 1955\) Spring | Bonhams | N/A
10. 2025-06-24 | SAM MESSER \(American, born 1955\) Hank | Bonhams | N/A
11. 2025-06-24 | SAM MESSER \(American, born 1955\) Hangover Olympia, 2001 | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2025-06-24 | SAM MESSER \(American, born 1955\) FALL, 1997/98 | Bonhams | N/A
13. 2025-05-17 | SAM MESSER \(BORN 1955\). FAMILY. | Casco Bay Auctions | $400
14. 2025-05-15 | Sam Messer, B. 1955, Tom Hayden for Mayor | Abell Auction | $250
15. 2025-01-03 | SAM MESSER \(B.1955\) | John McInnis Auctioneers | $250
16. 2025-01-03 | SAM MESSER \(B. 1955\) | John McInnis Auctioneers | $200
17. 2024-12-11 | SAM MESSER \(American, born 1955\) Man of 98 \(Portrait of Jon Serl\) \(36 x 29 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. \(91.5 x 74.9 x 4.5 cm\)unframed\) | Bonhams | N/A
18. 2024-11-03 | SAM MESSER \(AMERICAN, b. 1955\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $600
19. 2024-01-11 | Sam Messer \- Abstract Bronze Sculpture | New England Auctions | $950
20. 2023-03-08 | Sam Messer color monotype 1988 W\-11 | Concept Art Gallery | $175
21. 2023-02-08 | Sam Messer W\-3 Color Monotype 1981 | Concept Art Gallery | $100
22. 2022-11-17 | Sam Messer \(b. 1955\): Sealo \+ Dog | STAIR | $400
23. 2022-08-24 | Sam Messer color monotype 1989 W\-3 | Concept Art Gallery | $90
24. 2022-08-24 | Sam Messer color monotype 1988 W\-10 | Concept Art Gallery | $80

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