# Tom Otterness - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T23:27:00.899Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 209
- Lots with prices: 152
- First auction date: 2001-05-16
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-16
- Median realised price: $1,625
- Price range: $20 to $1,512,500

## Market Takeaway
Tom Otterness shows deep auction liquidity with 209 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,625. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 22 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,625\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $750 and $13,000.
- 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: 33.6% (51 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 36.2% (55 sales)
- $10,000\+: 30.3% (46 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 22
- Previous 12 months sales: 21
- Recent 12 months median: $2,000
- Previous 12 months median: $1,100
- Median shift: 81.8%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 31 lots
- Sotheby's: 24 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 20 lots
- Wright: 17 lots
- Palm Beach Modern Auctions: 16 lots
- STAIR: 9 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 8 lots
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Phillips: 7 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 6 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-24 | TOM OTTERNESS \(American, born 1952\) Free Lunch | Bonhams | $8,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-otterness-american-born-1952-free-lunch-23-c-2a44d09ba2
2. 2025-01-24 | TOM OTTERNESS \(B.1952\) BLACK RESIN MAQUETTE SCULPTURE, 'HORSE & RIDER' | Austin Auction Gallery | $1,100
3. 2024-12-03 | Tom Otterness \(American 1952\). A pair of bookends, 1979. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-otterness-american-1952-a-pair-of-bookends-1979-109-c-a7c47cc9e6
4. 2025-12-16 | Tom Otterness, Mama Bear Cookie Jar | Wright | $650
5. 2025-12-16 | TOM OTTERNESS \(B. 1952\). Frog Rock. bronze with brown patina23 ½ x 23 ½ x 1 | Christie's | $30,480
6. 2025-12-10 | Tom Otterness, The Queen's Boating Party | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,800
7. 2025-11-20 | Tom Otterness \(b. 1952\): Last Penny | STAIR | $1,400
8. 2025-11-20 | Tom Otterness \(b. 1952\): Free Money | STAIR | $4,250
9. 2025-10-30 | Tom Otterness, Horse and Rider | Wright | $700
10. 2025-10-03 | Tom Otterness, Horse and Rider Maquette | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,300
11. 2025-10-03 | Tom Otterness, Horse and Rider Maquette | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,300
12. 2025-09-25 | Tom Otterness \(American, b. 1952\) Kindly Gepetto, 2001 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $60,000
13. 2025-09-25 | Tom Otterness \(American, b. 1952\) Three Evils and Cone Figure, 2006 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $15,000
14. 2025-09-25 | Tom Otterness \(American, b. 1952\) Cone Figure Scratching Head, 2000 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $13,000
15. 2025-09-25 | Tom Otterness \(American, b. 1952\) Cone Figure, 2000 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $12,000
16. 2025-08-21 | Tom Otterness, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $800
17. 2025-07-16 | Tom Otterness, lacquered plaster sculpture, 1999 | Millea Bros Ltd | $2,000
18. 2025-06-11 | Tom Otterness, lacquered plaster sculpture, 1999 | Millea Bros Ltd | $5,000
19. 2025-06-04 | TOM OTTERNESS \- FREE LUNCH, PLASTER & GOLD PAINT | Litchfield Auctions | $3,000
20. 2025-05-23 | Tom Otterness, Giant | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $750
21. 2025-03-10 | Tom Otterness \(American 1952\). Couple II, 1978. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €150
22. 2025-03-10 | Tom Otterness \(American 1952\). Commemorative Plaque, 1980. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A
23. 2025-03-10 | Tom Otterness \(American 1952\). Death Dressed Up, 1982. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €250
24. 2025-03-10 | Tom Otterness \(American 1952\). Death Angel II, 1979. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A

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