# Tina Modotti - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T16:21:46.944Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 200
- Lots with prices: 161
- First auction date: 1994-04-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-01
- Median realised price: $1,000
- Price range: $25 to $560,000

## Market Takeaway
Tina Modotti shows deep auction liquidity with 194 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $812. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($812\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $190 and $10,000.
- 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: 51.6% (80 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 23.2% (36 sales)
- $10,000\+: 25.2% (39 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $2,200
- Previous 12 months median: $2,304
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-14
- Days since latest sale: 35
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Puckett Auctions: 75 lots
- Sotheby's: 49 lots
- Christie's: 22 lots
- Phillips: 12 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 12 lots
- Finarte: 5 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 4 lots
- Morton Subastas: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-05-16 | TINA MODOTTI \(1896\-1942\) A pair of studies, from Diego Rivera's mural "El que Quiera Comer que Trabaje" at the Ministry of Education, | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,750
2. 2022-11-25 | Tina Modotti \(1846 1942\) | Chiswick Auctions | £180
3. 2021-04-18 | TINA MODOTTI ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED STUDIO STAMPED | Puckett Auctions | $500
4. 2021-04-04 | TINA MODOTTI ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED | Puckett Auctions | $500
5. 2026-04-01 | Tina Modotti \(1896 \- 1942\) \- Untitled \(Wharf\), 1920s | Finarte | €4,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tina-modotti-1896-1942-untitled-wharf-1920s-165-c-a98a4683fa
6. 2026-04-01 | Tina Modotti \(1896 \- 1942\) \- Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1936/1939 | Finarte | €1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tina-modotti-1896-1942-museo-del-prado-madrid-1936-1939-164-c-a7ced160e5
7. 2026-04-01 | Tina Modotti \(1896 \- 1942\) \- Mexico, 1920s | Finarte | €2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tina-modotti-1896-1942-mexico-1920s-163-c-f284d2dc93
8. 2026-01-14 | Tina Modotti \(1896 \- 1942\) \- Untitled \(Seals\), 1930s/1940s | Finarte | €1,800
9. 2025-10-09 | TINA MODOTTI \(1896–1942\). Glasses, 1924. image/sheet: 7 ¼ x 9 3/8 in. \(18.4 | Christie's | $82,550
10. 2025-09-15 | Tina Modotti \(Italian 1896 \- 1942\). Vatican Reliquary, Vera Effigies Sacri Vultus Domini Nostri Jesu Christi, c. 1930's. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €1,000
11. 2025-09-15 | Tina Modotti \(Italian 1896 \- 1942\). Figure with corn plants, c. 1927/lifetime print. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A
12. 2025-09-15 | Tina Modotti \(Italian 1896 \- 1942\). Disc harrow in Spring plowing, c. 1920s. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A
13. 2025-09-15 | Tina Modotti \(Italian 1896 \- 1942\). Corn Cobs, c. 1927. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A
14. 2025-07-31 | Tina Modotti, Three Diego Rivera murals | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,200
15. 2025-04-10 | Tina Modotti \(1896 \- 1942\) \- Bateau at Pecheurs, Mexique, 1920s | Finarte | €2,200
16. 2024-10-31 | TINA MODOTTI \(1896\-1942\) Rene D'Harnoncourt Marionette with Gourd Bird. 1929. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tina-modotti-1896-1942-rene-d-harnoncourt-marionette-with-gourd-bird-1929-77-c-97e4535b4f
17. 2024-06-06 | Tina Modotti \(1896\-1942\): Woman with Flag | STAIR | $1,600
18. 2024-05-16 | TINA MODOTTI \(1896\-1942\) Portrait of Antonieta Rivas Mercado. | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tina-modotti-1896-1942-portrait-of-antonieta-rivas-mercado-142-c-28b415497b
19. 2024-02-22 | TINA MODOTTI \(1896–1942\) Carved Door, c. 1925 stamped with photographer's c | Christie's | N/A
20. 2024-02-21 | 5 Photographs by Tina Modotti | Caza Sikes | $2,304
21. 2023-12-06 | Tina Modotti \(1896\-1942\), "William Spratling, 1929," Gelatin silver print on paper hinged to mat board, as issued, Image/Sheet: 9.25" H x 7.375" W; Original mat board: 10.5" H x 8.5" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $16,510 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tina-modotti-1896-1942-william-spratling-1929-gelatin-silver-print-on-paper-hinged-to-mat-board-as-issued-image-sheet-9-25-h-x-7-375-w-original-mat-board-10-5-h-x-8-5-w-14-c-e684d40b54
22. 2023-12-02 | TINA MODOTTI \(Italian 1896\-1942\) A PHOTOGRAPH, "Architectural Detail, Mexico City," CIRCA 1925 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $1,500
23. 2023-04-27 | TINA MODOTTI \(1896\-1942\) Mexican church courtyard. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,250
24. 2022-10-06 | TINA MODOTTI \(1896–1942\) Tornado, c. 1928 stamped photographer's credit i | Christie's | N/A

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