# Val Bertoia - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T09:00:36.806Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 176
- Lots with prices: 140
- First auction date: 2002-03-16
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-30
- Median realised price: $3,000
- Price range: $60 to $15,000

## Market Takeaway
Val Bertoia shows deep auction liquidity with 173 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-30.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,600 and $4,400.
- 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: 12.2% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 82% (114 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5.8% (8 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 16
- Recent 12 months median: $1,300
- Previous 12 months median: $2,200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-30
- Days since latest sale: 80
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 40 lots
- Bonhams: 23 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 19 lots
- Material Culture: 16 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 12 lots
- Abington Auction Gallery: 8 lots
- Wright: 8 lots
- Alderfer Auction: 7 lots
- Waddington's: 6 lots
- Treadway Gallery: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-20 | Val Bertoia \(B. 1949\): Cat\-Tail Sounds | Abell Auction | $2,750
2. 2025-01-30 | Val Bertoia \(b. 1949\), B\-2410, MY LOVE LOVE FOR YOU SOUNDS SOUNDS GOOD, 2020 | Waddington's | N/A
3. 2025-11-30 | Val Bertoia \(American, B. 1949\) Sound Sculpture, Sounds Fine In Line, B\-3029 | Hoch LTD. | $1,100
4. 2025-11-30 | Val Bertoia \(American, B. 1949\) Sound Sculpture, Sounds Fine 34 in Line, B\-3034 | Hoch LTD. | $650
5. 2025-11-24 | Val Bertoia \(American, b. 1949\) | Material Culture | $1,900
6. 2025-11-15 | Val Bertoia 3 TREES ON THE MOUNTAIN Sculpture | Palm Beach Modern Auctions | $700
7. 2025-09-21 | Val Bertoia, Bronze Cat Gong / Wall Sculpture | Hoch LTD. | N/A
8. 2025-08-19 | Val Bertoia \(American, b. 1949\) Untitled \(Sound Sculpture\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $4,000
9. 2025-08-13 | Val Bertoia 'Sounds From Clock Compass' Sculpture | Abington Auction Gallery | $1,300
10. 2025-06-25 | Val Bertoia \(American, b. 1949\) Sculpture | Material Culture | N/A
11. 2025-06-25 | Val Bertoia \(b. 1949\) "4\-Heart Flower Sounding Gong", 2019 | Material Culture | N/A
12. 2025-06-25 | Val Bertoia \(b. 1949\) "Experimental Sounding Triangle", 2024 | Material Culture | $650
13. 2025-06-18 | Val Bertoia Sculpture 'Rays of Sound' | Abington Auction Gallery | $2,250
14. 2025-03-27 | Val Bertoia \(b. 1949\), B\-2925, SOUNDS: FINE FROM SQUARE WITH 49, 2024 | Waddington's | CA$750
15. 2025-03-16 | Val Bertoia \(B. 1949\): Fine Line Sounds Fine | Abell Auction | $3,000
16. 2024-12-03 | VAL BERTOIA 3FT TONAL SCULPTURE. 2 HEAVY BRONZE CATTAIL TOP RODS. BRONZE SILVERED TO BRASS BASE. MOU | Uniques & Antiques | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-val-bertoia-3ft-tonal-sculpture-2-heavy-bronze-cattail-top-rods-bronze-silvered-to-brass-base-mou-1108-c-80c4893aee
17. 2024-12-03 | VAL BERTOIA 3FT TONAL SCULPTURE. 69 MONAL RODS SILVERED IN LINE TO BRASS BASE. SCULPTURE HAS ORIGIN | Uniques & Antiques | $1,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-val-bertoia-3ft-tonal-sculpture-69-monal-rods-silvered-in-line-to-brass-base-sculpture-has-origin-1106-c-3ea48c4b4f
18. 2024-11-18 | Val Bertoia \(b. 1949\) Sonambient Sculpture \(B\-2946\) | Material Culture | N/A
19. 2024-11-18 | Val Bertoia \(American, b. 1949\) Sonambient Sculpture | Material Culture | $4,000
20. 2024-10-10 | Val Bertoia \(b. 1949\), B\-2937, 29 RODS IN A LEAP YEAR SOUND FINE TO THE EAR, SOUNDING SCULPTURE, 2024 | Waddington's | CA$1,250
21. 2024-08-22 | Val Bertoia \(American, b. 1949\) Five In Drum For Nice Hum, 2012 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,500
22. 2024-08-06 | VAL BERTOIA B\-1185 BRONZE HANGING 4\-D GONG. SCULPTURE WITH CLAPPER. SOLID CUT SANDED INCONEL. INCLUD | Uniques & Antiques | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-val-bertoia-b-1185-bronze-hanging-4-d-gong-sculpture-with-clapper-solid-cut-sanded-inconel-includ-154-c-05e4a6790c
23. 2024-07-17 | Val Bertoia \(American, b. 1949\) "Move Six For Sound Tricks" | Material Culture | N/A
24. 2024-07-17 | Val Bertoia \(b. 1949\) "Sound Clock with 12 Tops" | Material Culture | $1,400

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