# Samuel Bak - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T22:14:34.256Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 413
- Lots with prices: 289
- First auction date: 1995-04-23
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-25
- Median realised price: $4,600
- Price range: $10 to $34,500

## Market Takeaway
Samuel Bak shows deep auction liquidity with 411 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 31 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,035 and $8,125.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 24.7% (71 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 57.5% (165 sales)
- $10,000\+: 17.8% (51 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 31
- Previous 12 months sales: 36
- Recent 12 months median: $2,600
- Previous 12 months median: $3,800
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-28
- Days since latest sale: 52
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Tiroche Auction House: 158 lots
- Auktionshaus Schwab: 34 lots
- Christie's: 31 lots
- Sotheby's: 24 lots
- Montefiore Auction House: 21 lots
- Yair Art Gallery: 20 lots
- Gilden's Art Gallery: 9 lots
- Pasarel: 8 lots
- Dr. Irene Lehr Kunstauktionen GmbH: 6 lots
- Auktionshaus Schwerin: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-30 | Samuel Bak, 12 O'Clock | Wright | $1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-bak-12-o-clock-164-c-8cc076f96f
2. 2025-10-23 | SAMUEL BAK \(Massachusetts/Russian Federation/Israel, 1933\-\), Lighthouse, 2003., Watercolor on paper, 10.5" x 7.5". Framed 18.5" x 15.25". | Eldred's | $1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-bak-massachusetts-russian-federation-israel-1933-lighthouse-2003-watercolor-on-paper-10-5-x-7-5-framed-18-5-x-15-25-3116-c-874437dac6
3. 2025-06-28 | SAMUEL BAK \(JEWISH LITHUANIAN\-AMERICAN B.1933\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $2,400
4. 2024-12-29 | Samuel Bak | Tiroche Auction House | $750
5. 2026-03-25 | Samuel Bak, Still Life with Blue Teapot | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-bak-still-life-with-blue-teapot-188-c-0e741759f3
6. 2026-01-28 | Samuel Bak \(Russian American, Born 1933\) | World Auction Gallery | $10
7. 2025-12-28 | Samuel Bak b. 1933 | Tiroche Auction House | $1,200
8. 2025-12-28 | Samuel Bak b. 1933 | Tiroche Auction House | $2,600
9. 2025-12-21 | Samuel Bak b. 1933 | Tiroche Auction House | $17,000
10. 2025-12-21 | Samuel Bak b. 1933 | Tiroche Auction House | $1,600
11. 2025-12-18 | Samuel Bak, Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,188
12. 2025-12-02 | Samuel Bak \(1933 Vilnius\) | Wettmann | €2,800
13. 2025-11-22 | Samuel Bak, l.u.sig., | Auktionshaus Arnold | €3,000
14. 2025-11-22 | Samuel Bak, l.u.sig., | Auktionshaus Arnold | €2,400
15. 2025-10-29 | SAMUEL BAK \(B.1933\) \- GOUACHE AND WATERCOLOR ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $700
16. 2025-08-09 | Samuel Bak \(Lithuanian \- American \- Israeli, b. 1933\) | Yair Art Gallery | N/A
17. 2025-07-06 | Samuel Bak | Tiroche Auction House | $4,400
18. 2025-07-06 | Samuel Bak | Tiroche Auction House | $3,400
19. 2025-07-06 | Samuel Bak | Tiroche Auction House | $4,800
20. 2025-07-06 | Samuel Bak | Tiroche Auction House | $3,000
21. 2025-06-24 | SAMUEL BAK \(Israeli/American, born 1933\) A Return to Paradise | Bonhams | N/A
22. 2025-06-24 | SAMUEL BAK \(Israeli/American, born 1933\) The Nest | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2025-06-24 | SAMUEL BAK \(Israeli/American, born 1933\) Portrait, 1982 | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2025-06-07 | Samuel Bak \(Lithuanian \- American \- Israeli, b. 1933\) | Yair Art Gallery | N/A

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