# Virgil Finlay - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T04:08:25.091Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 30
- Lots with prices: 26
- First auction date: 2002-03-22
- Latest auction date: 2026-05-19
- Median realised price: $1,015
- Price range: $10 to $17,640

## Market Takeaway
Virgil Finlay has 30 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,015. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($1,015\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($20 to $3,107\) 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: 46.2% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.8% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $15
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-05-19
- Days since latest sale: 67
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 12 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 8 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Burchard Galleries Inc: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Guernsey's: 1 lots
- Little Nemo: 1 lots
- Orion Antiques: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots
- Weiss Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-05-19 | Virgil Finlay Lithograph "Pensive Man" | Orion Antiques | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-virgil-finlay-lithograph-pensive-man-154-c-4508efc5d9
2. 2024-09-12 | VIRGIL FINLAY \(1914\-1971\). SPACE SUIT. ink on board 7 ½ x 5 ¼ in. \(19.1 x 1 | Christie's | $17,640
3. 2024-07-26 | Virgil Finlay \(1914\-1971\) Limited Edition Artist Portfolio | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $10
4. 2024-07-26 | Virgil Finlay \(1914\-1971\) 1951 Artists Portfolio | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $15
5. 2024-07-26 | Virgil Finlay 1993 Hard Cover Art Book | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $20 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-virgil-finlay-1993-hard-cover-art-book-627-c-1f54dc2a46
6. 2024-07-26 | Virgil Finlay 1992 Hard Cover Art Book | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $10 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-virgil-finlay-1992-hard-cover-art-book-623-c-b81432086f
7. 2024-07-26 | Virgil Finlay 1994 Far Beyond Hard Cover Art Book | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $10 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-virgil-finlay-1994-far-beyond-hard-cover-art-book-615-c-12b412c92e
8. 2024-07-26 | Virgil Finlay 1992 Hardcover Art Book | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $15 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-virgil-finlay-1992-hardcover-art-book-609-c-52e457bb26
9. 2024-07-26 | Virgil Finlay & Jeff Jones Soft Cover Art Books | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $15
10. 2024-07-26 | Virgil Finlay \(1914\-1971\) 1951 Artists Portfolio | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $35
11. 2024-06-05 | Virgil Finlay \- "Aquarius" Astrology Illustration | Weiss Auctions | $70
12. 2023-10-22 | VIRGIL FINLAY PAINTING THE WINDOW OF THE IMMATURE | Burchard Galleries Inc | $275
13. 2022-12-15 | VIRGIL FINLAY \(1914\-1971\) Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter \- Space War. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,500
14. 2021-01-28 | VIRGIL FINLAY \(1914\-1971\) "On the Storm Planet." \[SCIENCE FICTION\]. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,235
15. 2021-01-28 | VIRGIL FINLAY \(1914\-1971\) "Ripples in the Reeds." | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,240
16. 2020-05-12 | Virgil Finlay \(American, 1914 \- 1971\), The Circle of Sex | Guernsey's | $3,000
17. 2014-06-06 | Virgil Finlay \- The Blonde from Space | Little Nemo | N/A
18. 2013-07-31 | VIRGIL FINLAY \(American, 1914\-1971\) The Luck of Ignatz, | Heritage Auctions | $850
19. 2013-07-31 | VIRGIL FINLAY \(American, 1914\-1971\) The Flying Saucer, | Heritage Auctions | $6,500
20. 2011-05-04 | VIRGIL FINLAY \(American, 1914\-1971\) Famous Fantastic My | Heritage Auctions | $4,500
21. 2010-10-15 | VIRGIL FINLAY \(American, 1914\-1971\) Janus and Venus Graphite on tracing paper 5.75 x 6 in.\(window\) each Both signed lower right Inscribed: Love, to Bill and Ina Chub From an Important California Collection. | Heritage Auctions | N/A
22. 2010-08-17 | VIRGIL FINLAY \(American, 1914\-1971\) Group of preliminar | Heritage Auctions | $2,868
23. 2010-08-17 | VIRGIL FINLAY \(American, 1914\-1971\) Skull, Science Fict | Heritage Auctions | $2,868
24. 2009-10-27 | VIRGIL FINLAY \(American, 1914\-1971\) The Tower Ink | Heritage Auctions | $3,107

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