# Samella Sanders Lewis - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T19:20:54.828Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2010-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-27
- Median realised price: $1,500
- Price range: $440 to $13,000

## Market Takeaway
Samella Sanders Lewis has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($1,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,342 to $2,200\) 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: 7.1% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 85.7% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 7.1% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $1,700
- Previous 12 months median: $1,500
- Median shift: 13.3%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-27
- Days since latest sale: 34
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Black Art Auction: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- DuMouchelles: 3 lots
- Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-06 | Samella Sanders Lewis | Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers | $1,700
2. 2025-09-06 | Samella Sanders Lewis | Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers | $1,500
3. 2025-09-06 | Samella Sanders Lewis | Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers | $1,700
4. 2024-11-15 | Samella Sanders Lewis \(American, 1923\-2022\) Linoleum Cut on Paper, "Black Sun 1970\-2001", H 12" W 12" | DuMouchelles | $1,500
5. 2023-10-30 | Samella Sanders Lewis \(1923\-2022\); The Masquerade; | Bonhams | $2,200
6. 2023-09-23 | Samella Sanders Lewis \(b. 1924\): Creole Mules | Abell Auction | $1,200
7. 2022-03-12 | Samella Sanders Lewis, b. 1924, Guitar Player | Black Art Auction | $13,000
8. 2022-03-12 | Samella Sanders Lewis, b. 1924, Cane Field | Black Art Auction | $2,000
9. 2022-03-12 | Samella Sanders Lewis, b. 1924, Stimulant 2 | Black Art Auction | N/A
10. 2022-03-12 | Samella Sanders Lewis, b. 1924, The Farmer | Black Art Auction | N/A
11. 2021-01-29 | SAMELLA SANDERS LEWIS \(AMERICAN, B. 1924\) WOODCUT ON PAPER, 1968, H 12", W 9", "FOLK SINGER" | DuMouchelles | $1,500
12. 2021-01-29 | SAMELLA SANDERS LEWIS \(AMERICAN, B. 1924\) OIL STICK ON ARCHES PAPER, 2000, H 20", W 14", PORTRAIT OF YOUNG WOMAN | DuMouchelles | $3,750
13. 2018-06-10 | SAMELLA SANDERS LEWIS \(AMERICAN, B. 1924\) LANDSCAPE, 1995 LITHOGRAPH IN COLORS O | Heritage Auctions | $440
14. 2012-05-01 | Samella Sanders Lewis \(American, born 1924\) | Bonhams | $1,000
15. 2010-01-17 | Samella Sanders Lewis \(American, born 1924\); Migrants; | Bonhams | $1,342
16. 2026-03-27 | Samella Sanders Lewis \(American 1923\-2022\), Field Hand, Gouache on paper, Sight size: 11\-1/4 x 9 in \(28.6 cm\); Frame: 21\-1/2 x 17\-1/2 in \(54.6 x 44.5 cm\) | Weschler's | $2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samella-sanders-lewis-american-1923-2022-field-hand-gouache-on-paper-sight-size-11-1-4-x-9-in-28-6-cm-frame-21-1-2-x-17-1-2-in-54-6-x-44-5-cm-1-c-d39e4000f1

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