# Vera Cummings - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T08:30:01.374Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 22
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2002-05-30
- Latest auction date: 2022-10-04
- Median realised price: $2,900
- Price range: $800 to $10,500

## Market Takeaway
Vera Cummings has 22 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,900. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($2,900\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,900 to $6,500\) 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: 6.7% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 80% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 13.3% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2022-10-04
- Days since latest sale: 1,304
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- International Art Centre: 11 lots
- Sworders: 4 lots
- Leonard Joel: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Gibson's: 1 lots
- Gorringes: 1 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-10-04 | Vera Cummings \(New Zealander, 1891\-1949\) | Sworders | £4,200
2. 2021-09-15 | Vera Cummings \(New Zealand, 1891\-1949\) | Sworders | £2,000
3. 2020-12-09 | Vera Cummings \(New Zealand, 1891\-1949\) | Sworders | £4,200
4. 2020-12-09 | Vera Cummings \(New Zealand, 1891\-1949\) | Sworders | £4,400
5. 2020-06-15 | VERA CUMMINGS \(NEW ZEALAND 1891\-1949\) Maori Elderstwo oil on canvas | Gibson's | A$6,500
6. 2020-03-17 | VERA CUMMINGS \(New Zealander, 1891\-1949\) Princess Te Puea Herangi oil on canvas | Leonard Joel | A$8,000
7. 2019-10-23 | VERA CUMMINGS \- Wiremu Patara Te Tuhi | International Art Centre | NZ$10,500
8. 2019-10-23 | VERA CUMMINGS \- Harata Rewiri Tarapata, Nga Puhi | International Art Centre | NZ$10,000
9. 2018-08-25 | VERA CUMMINGS \(NEW ZEALAND, 1891\-1949\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,300
10. 2014-02-06 | Vera Cummings \(1891\-1949\) Portrait of maori, 9.5 x 8in. | Gorringes | £1,900
11. 2013-07-31 | Vera Cummings 1891\-1949\-A Hot Day Oil on canvas | International Art Centre | N/A
12. 2013-07-31 | Vera Cummings 1891\-1949\-Maori Woman Oil on canvas | International Art Centre | N/A
13. 2012-07-26 | Vera Cummings | International Art Centre | N/A
14. 2012-07-26 | Vera Cummings | International Art Centre | N/A
15. 2012-07-26 | Vera Cummings | International Art Centre | N/A
16. 2012-07-26 | Vera Cummings | International Art Centre | N/A
17. 2010-10-24 | Vera Cummings \(New Zealander, 1891\-1949\) Maggie Papakura oil on canvas | Leonard Joel | A$2,280
18. 2010-07-28 | Artwork by: Vera Cummings "Maori Woman with Pipe" | International Art Centre | NZ$2,600
19. 2010-07-28 | Artwork by: Vera Cummings "Lighting Up" | International Art Centre | N/A
20. 2009-08-27 | Vera Cummings: Ana | International Art Centre | NZ$2,900
21. 2005-10-26 | Vera Cummings \(New Zealander, 1891\-1949\) | Bonhams | £800
22. 2002-05-30 | Vera Cummings \(1891\-1949\) | Christie's | $1,887

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