# Tony Duquette - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T06:53:48.425Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 41
- Lots with prices: 37
- First auction date: 2011-01-14
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-24
- Median realised price: $2,000
- Price range: $122 to $43,000

## Market Takeaway
Tony Duquette has 41 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 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 \($2,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,100 to $3,500\) 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: 21.6% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 73% (27 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5.4% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 28
- Recent 12 months median: $650
- Previous 12 months median: $1,700
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-24
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 26 lots
- Abell Auction: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots
- Ripley Auctions: 2 lots
- Akiba Galleries: 1 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 1 lots
- Freeman’s: 1 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 1 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-10 | Tony Duquette \(attrib\), lacquer vitrine | Millea Bros Ltd | $325
2. 2025-11-20 | Tony Duquette, Custom six\-panel screen | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tony-duquette-custom-six-panel-screen-212-c-7e1af4178b
3. 2025-10-22 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Pair of Wall Brackets1940spainted plaster with applied 'jewel' decoration, each with gold foil Tony Duquette sticker on the reverseheight of each 9 1/2in \(24.2cm\); width 11in \(28cm\); depth 7in \(17.5cm\) | Bonhams | $3,000
4. 2025-03-26 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Group of Ten Period Photographs of Early 'Dawnridge' Interiors and Exteriors c\-prints, each displayed within card stock Finleys presentation folderseach folder 10 x 7in \(25.3 x 17.8cm\) | Bonhams | $400
5. 2025-03-26 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Face Vase with Pineapple Headdress 1950sgouache on paperheight 22in \(55.8cm\); width 17 1/4in \(43.8cm\) | Bonhams | $1,300
6. 2024-12-05 | Tony Duquette, 1914\-1999, Canticle of the Sun of Saint Francis of Assisi, San Francisco | Abell Auction | $900
7. 2024-10-24 | Tony Duquette \(1914\-1999\) Costume Design with a Lizard Stole 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. \(54.6 x 44.5 cm\) | Bonhams | $3,500
8. 2024-10-24 | Tony Duquette \(1914\-1999\) Vendor of Animals sight 24 x 18 in. \(61 x 45.7 cm\) | Bonhams | $4,500
9. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Study for Figure in Tartanwatercolor, ink and pastel on paper, Tony Duquette embossed stamp lower rightsight 23 1/2 x 17 3/4in \(59.7 x 45.1cm\) | Bonhams | $2,500
10. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Two Sketches for Backdrop for Adrian's Salon and Doris Duke Residence Elevation \(Three Works\)circa 1955sketches: graphite on carbon paper, variously annotated with Tony Duquette embossed stamp; elevation: blueprint with T... | Bonhams | $2,000
11. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Group of Three Interior Drawings from Adrian Salonpencil on carbon papertwo measuring 16 3/4 x 14in \(42.5 x 35.6cm\); one measuring 19 x 12in \(48.2 x 30.5cm\) | Bonhams | $400
12. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Two Sketches of Harlequin Figuresink on paper, pencil and pastel on papersight of the taller 17 3/4 x 4in \(45.1 x 10.2cm\); sight of the shorter 7 1/4 x 5 1/2in \(18.4 x 14cm\) | Bonhams | $1,100
13. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Sun and Butterfly Figures \(Two Works\)Sun Figureink and wash on papersight 9 1/2 x 5 1/2in \(24.1 x 14in\)Butterfly Figureink and watercolor on lithographic print10 x 7in \(25.4 x 17.8cm\) | Bonhams | $3,500
14. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Two Sketches and a Program for Lew Christensen's Beauty and the Beastcirca 1958for the San Francisco BalletThe Beastink, wash and pastel on papersight: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4in \(24.8 x 19.7cm\)Sketch for Cover of Programpencil on p... | Bonhams | $1,400
15. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Group of Four Sketches for Set Designspencil and pastel on carbon paper, the largest sketch variously annotatedlargest: 22 3/4 x 16 3/4in \(57.8 x 42.5cm\) | Bonhams | $2,200
16. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Group of Three Costume Sketchesink and pastel on carbon paper, two inscribedsight of each 12 1/4 x 9in \(31 x 22.8cm\) | Bonhams | $800
17. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Leonard's Birthday Books of Beasts1960color felt marker on paper, with 25 illustrations of animals with rhymes and sayings, hand\-titled by the artist 'Leonards Birthday Book of Beasts 1960'overall 14 2/8 x 11 1/4in \(36.5 ... | Bonhams | $1,100
18. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Fantastical Figural Assemblage1940smixed media and painted taxidermy alligator, with custom Duquette polychromed, gilt\-decorated and glass display case with fabric lined baseoverall height 16in \(41cm\); width 11in \(28cm\); ... | Bonhams | $5,000
19. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Costumed Figure1940spainted plaster, papier maché, shell, sequins, in giltwood, fabric and acrylic display caseheight of figure 14in \(36cm\); width 7in \(18cm\); depth 5in \(13cm\) | Bonhams | $43,000
20. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Custom Bed1958green painted iron, velvet fabric remnantsheight 100in \(254cm\); length 81in \(205.7cm\); width 54 1/2in \(138.4cm\) | Bonhams | $1,700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tony-duquette-1914-1999-custom-bed1958green-painted-iron-velvet-fabric-remnantsheight-100in-254cm-length-81in-205-7cm-width-54-1-2in-138-4cm-138-c-65045a490d
21. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) 'Rose' Chest of Drawerscirca 1940painted plaster, woodheight 36in \(91.5cm\); width 46in \(117cm\); depth 19 1/4in \(49cm\) | Bonhams | $7,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tony-duquette-1914-1999-rose-chest-of-drawerscirca-1940painted-plaster-woodheight-36in-91-5cm-width-46in-117cm-depth-19-1-4in-49cm-131-c-a0841febc8
22. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Set of Four Archival Albums mid\-20th centuryphotographs, documents, drawings, archival material and ephemera, volumes one, two and three bound in leather albums, volume four bound in a plastic albumlargest 20 x 13in \(51 x... | Bonhams | $2,800
23. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Two Archival Volumes of Interior Design Photographs of In\-Store Displays for Adrian mid\-20th centuryphotographs, manuscripts, leather albumsdimensions of leather album 12 1/2 x 11 x 2in \(32 x 28 x 5cm\) | Bonhams | $2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tony-duquette-1914-1999-two-archival-volumes-of-interior-design-photographs-of-in-store-displays-for-adrian-mid-20th-centuryphotographs-manuscripts-leather-albumsdimensions-of-leather-album-12-1-2-x-11-x-2in-32-x-28-x-5cm-129-c-04d4201ab5
24. 2024-10-24 | TONY DUQUETTE \(1914\-1999\) Group of Eight Albumsmid\-20th centuryrelating to exhibitions, costume design, set design and interior design, photographs, paper, plastic, variously titled10 ½ x 9 ¼ x ½in \(27 x 23.5 x 1.5cm\) | Bonhams | $2,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tony-duquette-1914-1999-group-of-eight-albumsmid-20th-centuryrelating-to-exhibitions-costume-design-set-design-and-interior-design-photographs-paper-plastic-variously-titled10-1-2-x-9-1-4-x-1-2in-27-x-23-5-x-1-5cm-128-c-f1e430aa6c

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