# Virgilio Retrosi - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T11:12:01.584Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 12
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2011-11-11
- Latest auction date: 2023-10-25
- Median realised price: $500
- Price range: $260 to $1,250

## Market Takeaway
Virgilio Retrosi has 12 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $500. 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 \($500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($406 to $800\) 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: 85.7% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 14.3% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 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: 2023-10-25
- Days since latest sale: 919
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 5 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 2 lots
- Poster Auctions International Inc: 2 lots
- Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.: 1 lots
- Cambi Casa d'Aste: 1 lots
- Gonnelli Casa d'Aste: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-10-25 | Virgilio Retrosi \(1892\-1975\) Visitate la Sicilia | Lyon & Turnbull | £460
2. 2023-10-25 | Virgilio Retrosi \(1892\-1975\) Roma | Lyon & Turnbull | £500
3. 2022-11-30 | Virgilio Retrosi | Cambi Casa d'Aste | €260
4. 2021-08-05 | VIRGILIO RETROSI \(1892\-1975\). PAESTUM. 1950. 39¼x24 inches, 101x61 cm. Di Mauro, Cava. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,250
5. 2020-11-15 | Roma. ca. 1932. | Poster Auctions International Inc | $700
6. 2019-12-05 | Cat | Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l. | N/A
7. 2019-08-07 | VIRGILIO RETROSI \(1892\-1975\). ROMA. Circa 1930. 37x24 inches, 95x63 cm. Novissma, Rome. | Swann Auction Galleries | $406
8. 2019-05-23 | VIRGILIO RETROSI \(1892\-1975\). LA CORSA DEI MILIONI / LOTTERIA DI TRIPOLI. Windowcard. 1934. 18x12 inches, 47x31 cm. I.G.A.P., Rome. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2019-02-07 | VIRGILIO RETROSI \(1892\-1975\). ROMA. Circa 1930. 39x24 inches, 100x62 cm. Novissimo, Rome. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
10. 2016-05-15 | Roma. ca. 1932 | Poster Auctions International Inc | $800
11. 2015-12-12 | Virgilio Retrosi, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 27 aprile\-10 giugno 1937. 1937 ca. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | N/A
12. 2011-11-11 | VIRGILIO RETROSI \(1892\-1975\). ROMA. Circa 1930. 39x24 inches, 99x62 cm. Novissima, Rome. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A

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