# Sarah Rakes - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T05:20:05.223Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2012-07-29
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-19
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $175 to $500

## Market Takeaway
Sarah Rakes has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. 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 \($300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($180 to $300\) 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: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $180
- Previous 12 months median: $200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-19
- Days since latest sale: 41
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Brunk Auctions: 4 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 2 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 2 lots
- Atlanta Auction Gallery, ltd: 1 lots
- Cowan's Auctions: 1 lots
- Ledbetter Auctions: 1 lots
- Litchfield Auctions: 1 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-19 | Sarah Rakes "Mix Zinnias on a Tabletop" Acrylic | Auctions at Showplace | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sarah-rakes-mix-zinnias-on-a-tabletop-acrylic-245-c-ef15f98e0a
2. 2025-10-23 | SARAH RAKES 'LIZARDS IN THE GARDEN" FOLK ART | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sarah-rakes-lizards-in-the-garden-folk-art-317-c-5f81198be4
3. 2025-07-15 | SARAH RAKES \(B.1955\) FOLK ART A/P 1999 | Westport Auction | $180
4. 2025-06-04 | SARAH RAKES, FOLK ART CAT, GOUACHE, 1991 | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $175 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sarah-rakes-folk-art-cat-gouache-1991-324-c-35b470dbf0
5. 2025-04-27 | Sarah Rakes 'Pumpkin Dinner' Folk Art Acrylic on Paper | Atlanta Auction Gallery, ltd | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sarah-rakes-pumpkin-dinner-folk-art-acrylic-on-paper-56-c-748455495a
6. 2023-09-16 | Two Works by Sarah Rakes | Brunk Auctions | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-two-works-by-sarah-rakes-1008-c-3154844b4b
7. 2022-12-09 | Sarah Rakes \(American b. 1955\), 'Large Bird with Green Wings', 'Paper Dolls and Grapevines' and 'Pear Tree and Wild Birds': Three Works, Largest: 16 x 20 in \(40.6 x 50.8 cm\) | Weschler's | $500
8. 2022-06-08 | SARAH RAKES \- RED TULIPS\- O/C | Litchfield Auctions | $300
9. 2022-05-21 | Sarah Rakes | Brunk Auctions | N/A
10. 2022-05-21 | Sarah Rakes Painting | Brunk Auctions | $300
11. 2022-05-21 | Sarah Rakes | Brunk Auctions | N/A
12. 2022-03-19 | SARAH RAKES PAINTING | Ledbetter Auctions | $450
13. 2020-03-28 | Sarah Rakes \(1955 \-\) American, O/B Folk Art | Sarasota Estate Auction | $175
14. 2019-11-08 | Sarah Rakes \(American, b. 1955\) | Cowan's Auctions | N/A
15. 2018-02-18 | Sarah Rakes \(American, b. 1955\)\- Acrylic on Paper | Auctions at Showplace | $300
16. 2012-07-29 | Sarah Rakes \(American, b. 1955\) | New Orleans Auction Galleries | N/A

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