# Tom Kelley - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-18T23:19:04.603Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 65
- Lots with prices: 43
- First auction date: 2003-12-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-19
- Median realised price: $1,375
- Price range: $160 to $37,500

## Market Takeaway
Tom Kelley shows solid auction liquidity with 65 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,375. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-19.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,375\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $550 and $5,500.
- 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: 41.9% (18 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 48.8% (21 sales)
- $10,000\+: 9.3% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $1,600
- Previous 12 months median: $550
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 91
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- California Auctioneers: 6 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Desa Unicum SA: 4 lots
- Louiza Auktion & Associés: 4 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Auctionata US: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-19 | TOM KELLEY, Marilyn Monroe on Red Velvet | Gibson's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-kelley-marilyn-monroe-on-red-velvet-132-c-5a6fa5e9e0
2. 2025-11-04 | Tom Kelley, Marilyn Monroe on Red Velvet | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-kelley-marilyn-monroe-on-red-velvet-128-c-189c49db9e
3. 2024-12-14 | Tom Kelley \(1914\-1984\) Photograph ca 1958\-59 | California Auctioneers | $1,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-kelley-1914-1984-photograph-ca-1958-59-67b-c-7e24e069d7
4. 2024-07-25 | Tom Kelley Signed Marilyn Monroe "Red Velvet Series" Lithograph | Embassy Auctions International | N/A
5. 2024-05-16 | TOM KELLEY \(AMERICAN, 1914\-1984\) PHOTOGRAPH OF MARYLIN MONROE | Cordier Auctions & Appraisals | $550
6. 2024-03-14 | TOM KELLEY \(AMERICAN, 1914\-1984\) PHOTOGRAPH OF MARYLIN MONROE | Cordier Auctions & Appraisals | N/A
7. 2023-07-12 | TOM KELLEY \(1914\-1984\) AMERICAN | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $375
8. 2021-12-14 | TOM KELLEY \- Marilyn \#6 Red velvet calendar sesion | Subastas Segre | N/A
9. 2021-04-09 | Tom Kelley \(1914\-1984\); Marilyn Monroe; | Bonhams | $1,900
10. 2020-10-24 | Tom KELLEY \(1914\-1984\) Marilyn Monroe on Red velvet | Louiza Auktion & Associés | €700
11. 2020-06-27 | Tom KELLEY \(1914\-1984\) Marilyn Monroe on Red velvet | Louiza Auktion & Associés | €700
12. 2020-06-14 | Tom Kelley Photograph Rick Springfield's Dog | California Auctioneers | N/A
13. 2020-06-14 | Tom Kelley photograph of Elyse Knox with black hat | California Auctioneers | N/A
14. 2020-05-31 | Tom Kelley Photograph Rick Springfield's Dog | California Auctioneers | $375
15. 2020-04-02 | Tom Kelley \(1914 \- 1984\) Mamie Van Doren, 1966/2014 | Desa Unicum SA | PLN 6,000
16. 2020-03-28 | Tom KELLEY \(1914\-1984\) Marilyn Monroe on Red velvet | Louiza Auktion & Associés | €750
17. 2020-02-25 | TOM KELLEY \(1914\-1984\) Marilyn Monroe \(on the red velvet\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,062
18. 2019-10-17 | Tom Kelley \(1914 \- 1984\) Marilyn Monroe, from the series: "Red Velvet" | Desa Unicum SA | PLN 8,500
19. 2019-10-12 | Tom KELLEY \(1914\-1984\) Marilyn Monroe on Red velvet Tirage argentique contrecollé sur aluminium, signé et numéroté 156/300 | Louiza Auktion & Associés | €1,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-kelley-1914-1984-marilyn-monroe-on-red-velvet-tirage-argentique-contrecolle-sur-aluminium-signe-et-numerote-156-300-175-c-d744ea1bb4
20. 2019-03-31 | Tom Kelley \(b 1914\) Marilyn Monroe Photograph | Main Auction Galleries | $275
21. 2019-03-31 | Tom Kelley \(b 1914\) Marilyn Monroe Photograph | Main Auction Galleries | $160
22. 2018-12-04 | TOM KELLEY | Koller Auctions | N/A
23. 2018-11-15 | Tom Kelley \(1914 \- 1984\) Marilyn Monroe \- pose \#2 "Red Velvet", 1949/2014 | Desa Unicum SA | PLN 6,500
24. 2018-10-02 | TOM KELLEY \(1914\-1984\) Marilyn Monroe, First Centerfold for Playboy, 1949 | Bonhams | N/A

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