# Tommy Simpson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T18:42:23.329Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 19
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2014-06-28
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-16
- Median realised price: $1,800
- Price range: $250 to $16,000

## Market Takeaway
Tommy Simpson has 19 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,800. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($1,800\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($950 to $2,800\) 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: 35.7% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 57.1% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 7.1% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $1,500
- Previous 12 months median: $900
- Median shift: 66.7%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-16
- Days since latest sale: 108
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 6 lots
- Litchfield Auctions: 2 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 1 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 1 lots
- Carvajal SVV: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 1 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots
- Palm Beach Modern Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-16 | Tommy Simpson, Cinderella's Kitchen cabinet | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $16,000
2. 2025-08-20 | Tommy Simpson, Ambidextrous Ladder | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,500
3. 2025-08-20 | Tommy Simpson, Giotto | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
4. 2025-02-25 | Tommy Simpson \(American, b. 1939\) Musical Jewel Box, multiple drawers, together with book \- The art of Tom Simpson. Two looks to Home. and Catalogue "Tommy" 21 x 15 deep x 24 inches. | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $250
5. 2025-01-09 | Tommy Simpson, Mama's Rules | Wright | N/A
6. 2024-10-30 | Tommy Simpson b1939 Abstract Nude Bronze Sculpture | Hill Auction Gallery | $2,500
7. 2024-09-19 | Tommy Simpson, Mermaid's Shadow cabinet | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,400
8. 2024-06-19 | Tommy Simpson, Mama's Rules | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
9. 2024-05-16 | Tommy Simpson, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $900
10. 2024-03-14 | TOMMY SIMPSON \(America, 1939\-\), Kore, 2014., Poplar, basswood, acrylic and glass, height 30". Base diameter 30". Glass top diameter 36". | Eldred's | $3,500
11. 2023-11-04 | Tommy Simpson "Butter Hearts" Craftsman Rocking Chair | Palm Beach Modern Auctions | $1,800
12. 2023-11-04 | Tommy SIMPSON \(1939\) | Carvajal SVV | N/A
13. 2021-11-11 | Tommy Simpson | Brunk Auctions | $2,800
14. 2021-05-01 | Tommy Simpson, 'Yummy Cakes' Rocking Chair, ca. 1985 | Santa Fe Art Auction | N/A
15. 2021-03-23 | Tommy Simpson \(b. 1939\) She's One Hot Tomato Cabinet, 2004 | Hindman | $5,440
16. 2021-02-12 | Tommy Simpson \(American, b. 1939\) Sun Seekers | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $960
17. 2020-09-30 | TOMMY SIMPSON DESIGNED/DECORATED INTERIOR DOOR | Litchfield Auctions | $950
18. 2020-09-30 | TOMMY SIMPSON \- 3 ALPHABET CHARGERS | Litchfield Auctions | $275
19. 2014-06-28 | Tommy Simpson \(American, b. 1939\) "Karen's" Stool Walnut, elm, mapleNew Milford, Connecticut, 2012Circular walnut top inscribed Metal | Skinner | $1,968 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tommy-simpson-american-b-1939-karen-s-stool-walnut-elm-maplenew-milford-connecticut-2012circular-walnut-top-inscribed-metal-282-c-b5b345d5d4

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