# Shirley Thomson Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T17:36:33.201Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2015-12-12
- Latest auction date: 2024-02-17
- Median realised price: $475
- Price range: $100 to $2,500

## Market Takeaway
Shirley Thomson Smith has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $475. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($475\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($225 to $1,100\) 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: 58.3% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 41.7% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2024-02-17
- Days since latest sale: 807
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Altermann Galleries: 5 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Accademia Fine Art: 1 lots
- Antiques & Art International: 1 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 1 lots
- Cowan's Auctions: 1 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Jackson Hole Art Auction: 1 lots
- Joshua Kodner: 1 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-02-17 | Shirley Thomson Smith \(1929\- \), Tomorrow | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $1,000
2. 2023-09-23 | SHIRLEY THOMSON SMITH \(American b. 1929\) A SCULPTURE, "Navajo Woman," 1981 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $475
3. 2023-08-30 | Shirley Thomson Smith b.1929 Terracotta Sculpture | Hill Auction Gallery | $225
4. 2023-04-04 | SHIRLEY THOMSON SMITH \(1929\) " Serena ", 1986 | Accademia Fine Art | €160
5. 2023-03-20 | Shirley Thomson Smith "Assurance" Bronze Sculpture | Antiques & Art International | $2,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-shirley-thomson-smith-assurance-bronze-sculpture-52-c-c7e4e73839
6. 2021-05-14 | Shirley Thomson Smith \(American, b. 1929\) | Cowan's Auctions | $100
7. 2020-12-12 | Shirley Thomson Smith \(American, b. 1929\) Bronze | Joshua Kodner | $1,400
8. 2019-07-27 | SHIRLEY THOMSON SMITH \(American, b.1929\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | N/A
9. 2019-06-18 | Shirley Thomson Smith \(American, b. 1929\), "Seated Figure" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $312
10. 2018-12-09 | Shirley Thomson Smith \(American, b. 1929\), "Seated Figure", 1980, faux marbre patinated bronze, sculpture h. 7\-5/8", overall h. 9",... | New Orleans Auction Galleries | N/A
11. 2018-01-18 | Shirley Thomson Smith \| Navajo Woman | Altermann Galleries | $800
12. 2018-01-18 | Shirley Thomson Smith \| Woman | Altermann Galleries | $1,500
13. 2016-04-02 | Shirley Thomson Smith 1986 bronze "Nawa" | Concept Art Gallery | $225
14. 2015-12-12 | Shirley Thomson Smith \| b. 1929 NAWA Woman with Pot 5/5 | Altermann Galleries | $1,100
15. 2015-12-12 | Shirley Thomson Smith \| b. 1929 NAWA Paisant | Altermann Galleries | N/A
16. 2015-12-12 | Shirley Thomson Smith \| b. 1929 NAWA Zuni Girl | Altermann Galleries | N/A

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