# Tom Kelly - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-18T23:19:34.573Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 6
- Lots with prices: 3
- First auction date: 2010-01-31
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-05
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $300 to $610

## Market Takeaway
Tom Kelly has 6 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($300 to $610\) 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% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-05
- Days since latest sale: 164
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- California Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- China Arts Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2016-11-12 | Tom Kelly \(1914\-1984\), "Marilyn Monroe, Pose \#2, " c. 1980\-1990, photographic print from the 1949 "Red Velvet" series original, sign... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A
2. 2026-01-05 | TOM KELLY, "MARILYN MONROE ON RED VELVET" | China Arts Auction | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-kelly-marilyn-monroe-on-red-velvet-212-c-0c13af70d2
3. 2014-06-08 | Tom Kelly \(1914\-1984\), "Marilyn Monroe, Pose \#2, " c. 1980\-1990, photographic print from the 1949 "Red Velvet" series original, sign... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $610
4. 2010-12-12 | Tom Kelly \(1914\-1984\) Marilyn Monroe 40x30 \#1 Artist Proof 1 of 1. Cibachrome Printed in 1990 by Tom Kelley Jr. for Playboy. Signed lower right | California Auctioneers | N/A
5. 2010-01-31 | Tom Kelly \-David Bowie 20"x 17" 5 of 20 signed From the Tom Kelley Studios. Signed lower right. | California Auctioneers | $300
6. 2010-01-31 | Tom Kelly portrait of David Bowie 22" x 17" 5/25 From the Tom Kelley Studios edition 5 of 25 signed lower right. | California Auctioneers | $300

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