# Vija Celmins - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-03T08:28:58.947Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 260
- Lots with prices: 203
- First auction date: 2000-12-12
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-03
- Median realised price: $10,080
- Price range: $400 to $4,212,500

## Market Takeaway
Vija Celmins shows deep auction liquidity with 259 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,080. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-13.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($10,080\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $6,000 and $23,750.
- 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: 1.5% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 46% (93 sales)
- $10,000\+: 52.5% (106 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 11
- Recent 12 months median: $9,000
- Previous 12 months median: $7,000
- Median shift: 28.6%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-13
- Days since latest sale: 97
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 108 lots
- Sotheby's: 53 lots
- Phillips: 28 lots
- Bonhams: 16 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 9 lots
- Hindman: 6 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 5 lots
- STAIR: 5 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-29 | Vija Celmins \- Spider Web \- 2009 Serigraph \- SIGNED 17.5" x 19" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
2. 2024-07-03 | Vija Celmins \(b.1938\) The Stars | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
3. 2026-02-03 | Vija Celmins \(b. 1938\) Latvian American | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-vija-celmins-b-1938-latvian-american-17-c-283677f8fc
4. 2025-11-13 | Vija Celmins \(b. 1938\), Spider Web, 2009. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,032
5. 2025-10-29 | Vija Celmins \(b.1938\) Spider's Web | Forum Auctions \- UK | £2,400
6. 2025-10-07 | Vija Celmins \(born 1939\); Untitled \(Desert\); | Bonhams | $12,000
7. 2025-07-16 | VIJA CELMINS \(B. 1938\). Untitled Portfolio. Each Image: 12 ½ x 16 ½ in. \(317 x 419 mm.\)Largest Sheet: 16 ½ x 20 ½ in. \(419 x 520 mm.\)\(4\).75 | Christie's | $50,400
8. 2025-07-15 | December 1984 | Sotheby's | $16,510
9. 2025-07-09 | Vija Celmins \(b.1938\) Spider's Web | Forum Auctions \- UK | £2,600
10. 2025-06-05 | Vija Celmins, Night Sky | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $9,000
11. 2025-05-22 | Vija Celmins \(born 1939\); Spider Web; | Bonhams | $3,800
12. 2025-04-16 | Vija Celmins \- Spider Web \- 2009 Serigraph \- SIGNED 17.5" x 19" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
13. 2025-04-08 | Vija Celmins \(born 1939\); Untitled \(Ocean\); | Bonhams | $25,000
14. 2024-12-08 | VIJA CELMINS \(AMERICAN, B. 1938\) | James Cox Gallery | $2,500
15. 2024-10-30 | Vija Celmins SIGNED Drawings of the Night Sky 1/480 ltd ed | Concept Art Gallery | $400
16. 2024-10-25 | VIJA CELMINS \(B. 1938\). Six Prints by the Artist. Untitled \(Dark Sky 1\-5\) I | Christie's | $151,200
17. 2024-10-25 | VIJA CELMINS \(B. 1938\). Untitled \(Web 1\), from The MOCA Portfolio. Image: 7 | Christie's | $8,820
18. 2024-09-26 | Vija Celmins \(American/Latvian, b. 1938\) Desert \(from Untitled Portfolio\), 1975 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $7,000
19. 2024-06-06 | Vija Celmins \(b. 1939\): Saturn | STAIR | $3,250
20. 2024-05-23 | Vija Celmins \(born 1939\); Spider Web; | Bonhams | $3,000
21. 2024-05-14 | VIJA CELMINS \(B. 1939\) Web \#10 graphite and charcoal on acrylic ground pape | Christie's | $3,075,000
22. 2024-04-16 | VIJA CELMINS \(B. 1938\) Untitled \(Ocean with Cross \#1\) Image: 17 5⁄8 x 22 5 | Christie's | $15,120
23. 2023-12-14 | Vija Celmins \(American/Latvian, b. 1938\) Constellation \- Uccello, 1983 | Hindman | $6,000
24. 2023-10-30 | Vija Celmins \(born 1939\); Spider Web; | Bonhams | $3,500

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