# Tony Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T20:18:45.193Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 95
- Lots with prices: 68
- First auction date: 2001-05-16
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-22
- Median realised price: $41,250
- Price range: $36 to $842,500

## Market Takeaway
Tony Smith shows solid auction liquidity with 94 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $41,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-30.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($41,250\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $7,500 and $88,000.
- 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: 7.4% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 19.1% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 73.5% (50 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $18,000
- Previous 12 months median: $37,800
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-30
- Days since latest sale: 141
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 43 lots
- Sotheby's: 21 lots
- Bonhams: 8 lots
- Wright: 4 lots
- Phillips: 3 lots
- DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers: 2 lots
- DuMouchelles: 2 lots
- Eins Auction & Appraisal: 2 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-17 | Tony Smith \(artist\) signed mounted and framed British Greats James Hunt World Champion 1676 print. | Chaucer Auctions | £36
2. 2023-12-06 | Tony Smith | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $800
3. 2026-04-22 | Tony Smith Signed and Numbered 'Michael Makes His Point' Litho 2003 Grand Prix | Absolute Auction Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tony-smith-signed-and-numbered-michael-makes-his-point-litho-2003-grand-prix-213-c-60be722f9f
4. 2025-09-30 | TONY SMITH \(1912\-1980\). Louisenberg \#4. oil on canvas39 ½ x 55 ¼ in. \(100.3 | Christie's | $355,600
5. 2025-04-18 | Tony Smith \(American, 1912\-1980\) Ebony Black Granite 1961, 'Spitball' H 14" W 14" Depth 14" | DuMouchelles | $18,000
6. 2024-10-01 | TONY SMITH \(1912\-1980\). Marriage. bronze with black patina 20 x 20 x 24 in. | Christie's | $37,800
7. 2024-10-01 | TONY SMITH \(1912\-1980\). Untitled. oil on board 15 ¾ x 19 ½ in.\(40 x 50 cm.\) | Christie's | $47,880
8. 2024-07-10 | Tony SMITH | Artcurial | N/A
9. 2024-05-22 | Tony Smith, Source | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
10. 2024-05-17 | Tony Smith \(American, 1912\-1980\) Exhibition Poster, Ca. 1971, "Gracehoper", H 21.5" W 32.5" | DuMouchelles | $350
11. 2024-05-17 | TONY SMITH \(1912\-1980\) Untitled ink on paper 8 3⁄8 x 10 7⁄8 in. \(21.1 x 27. | Christie's | N/A
12. 2024-05-17 | TONY SMITH \(1912\-1980\) Cross cast bronze with black patina 32 x 32 x 32 in. | Christie's | $100,800
13. 2023-10-19 | Tony Smith \(1912\-1980\) For V.T. bronze soudé à patine noire 71 x 150 x 152 | Christie's | €277,200
14. 2023-10-11 | Tony Smith | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | N/A
15. 2023-07-19 | Spitball | Sotheby's | $35,560
16. 2023-07-14 | Tony Smith \(British, 1932\- \), '1957 Syracuse Grand Prix', | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2023-05-19 | Throne | Sotheby's | $355,600
18. 2022-11-17 | Tony Smith \(1912\-1980\) Untitled, 1954 Crayon on paper 8 x 10 inches \(20.3 x 25.4 | Heritage Auctions | $4,000
19. 2022-06-24 | Tony Smith \(British, 1932\-\), 'Raymond Mays ERA at the 1935 Eifel Rennen', | Bonhams | £700
20. 2022-04-13 | Tony Smith \(American, 1912\-1980\) | Gray's Auctioneers | $3,800
21. 2022-03-10 | Tony Smith, The Fourth of July | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $48,000
22. 2022-03-09 | TONY SMITH \(AMERICAN, 1912\-1980\) MAQUETTE FOR LAST, ACRYLIC SHEET MATERIAL AND LACQUER, | Gray's Auctioneers | $4,000
23. 2021-12-09 | Tony Smith \(American, 1912\-1980\) New Piece Wood and lacquer multiple, 1966, signed, dated and numbered 27/40 in black ink on the publisher's label affixed to the base, published by Documenta Foundation, Kassel, overall size 268 x 485 x 520mm \(10 1... | Bonhams | £3,000
24. 2021-05-27 | Tony Smith \(1912\-1980\) The night \(the night when the birds and the beasts i | Christie's | €3,750

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