# Theaster Gates - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T14:03:29.924Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 48
- Lots with prices: 35
- First auction date: 2014-02-11
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-02
- Median realised price: $22,680
- Price range: $500 to $400,000

## Market Takeaway
Theaster Gates has 48 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $22,680. 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 \($22,680\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($6,300 to $50,000\) 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: 11.4% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 68.6% (24 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $7,112
- Previous 12 months median: $11,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-02
- Days since latest sale: 28
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 16 lots
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Phillips: 5 lots
- Tate Ward Auctions: 3 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 2 lots
- Hindman: 2 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Tajan: 2 lots
- Wright: 2 lots
- Artcurial: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-25 | THEASTER GATES \(AMERICAN B. 1973\), STAND\-INS FOR A PERIOD OF WRECKAGE 10 & 24, 2011 | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £11,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-theaster-gates-american-b-1973-stand-ins-for-a-period-of-wreckage-10-24-2011-186-c-d7e41f48f9
2. 2026-04-02 | Theaster Gates \(b. 1973\), Untitled \(Vessel\), 2002. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,112 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-theaster-gates-b-1973-untitled-vessel-2002-210-c-cd7e5ed3d2
3. 2025-10-22 | THEASTER GATES \(B. 1973\). Bank Bond. marble6 x 8 ¾ x 3/4in. \(15.3 x 22.3 x | Christie's | £1,905
4. 2025-07-18 | THEASTER GATES \(B. 1973\). Executive Suite. wood, Plexiglas and decommission | Christie's | $40,320
5. 2025-05-30 | Theaster Gates, Ranch Style with Sumi Sky | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $38,000
6. 2025-02-27 | THEASTER GATES \(B. 1973\). In the Event of a Race Riot XXVI. wood, hose and | Christie's | $22,680
7. 2024-09-25 | THEASTER GATES \(AMERICAN B. 1973\), STACK 6901.1, 2011 | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £7,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-theaster-gates-american-b-1973-stack-6901-1-2011-209-c-5ad41aa964
8. 2024-03-01 | THEASTER GATES \(B. 1973\) Stand\-Ins for a Period of Wreckage 16, 2011 | Bonhams | $22,000
9. 2023-12-06 | Theaster GATES \(Américain \- Né en 1973\) Roofing Exercices \- 2012 Bois, papier de couverture, caoutchouc et goudron | Artcurial | €55,000
10. 2023-12-02 | Theaster Gates, b. 1973, Theaster Gates: The Black Image Corporation | Black Art Auction | $500
11. 2023-07-18 | THEASTER GATES \(B. 1973\) Birmingham Chalkboard chalk on reclaimed chalkboar | Christie's | $47,880
12. 2023-04-19 | Theaster Gates \(American, b. 1973\) Bank Bond, 2013 | Hindman | $4,250
13. 2023-02-22 | THEASTER GATES \(AMERICAN B.1973\) | Chiswick Auctions | £500
14. 2023-02-15 | Theaster Gates, Bitch, I Made This Pot | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,000
15. 2022-12-14 | THEASTER GATES \(B. 1973\) Civil Rights Throw Rug 7200.41 decommissioned fir | Christie's | $6,300
16. 2022-10-06 | THEASTER GATES \(1973 \- \) Bitch, I Made This Pot. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
17. 2022-07-20 | THEASTER GATES \(b. 1973\) Meal Reliquary 4 cast black concrete and ceramic | Christie's | N/A
18. 2022-05-13 | THEASTER GATES \(B. 1973\) Roofing Exercise 3 wood, roofing paper and tar 72 | Christie's | $81,900
19. 2022-03-02 | THEASTER GATES \(B. 1973\) Embedded Hose Clipped concrete and fire hose | Christie's | £15,120
20. 2021-11-12 | THEASTER GATES \(B. 1973\) Resolution 3: Get to Know the Frankfurt School dec | Christie's | $400,000
21. 2021-07-21 | THEASTER GATES \(B. 1973\) Whyte Painting \(KOH0004\) porcelain 21 x 18 x 3 3/8 | Christie's | $21,250
22. 2020-10-07 | Theaster Gates \(b. 1973\) \- Howling Black Wolf | Christie's | $18,750
23. 2020-10-01 | Theaster Gates \(American, b. 1973\) Untitled | Hindman | $4,500
24. 2020-07-30 | Theaster Gates, Bitch, I Made this Pot | Wright | $950

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