# Walker Evans - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T15:25:15.553Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 915
- Lots with prices: 643
- First auction date: 2001-04-25
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-14
- Median realised price: $3,360
- Price range: $25 to $389,000

## Market Takeaway
Walker Evans shows very deep auction liquidity with 900 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 61 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-29.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,600 and $10,000.
- 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: 13.7% (86 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 60.6% (381 sales)
- $10,000\+: 25.8% (162 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 61
- Previous 12 months sales: 55
- Recent 12 months median: $1,000
- Previous 12 months median: $2,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-29
- Days since latest sale: 19
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 277 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 136 lots
- Sotheby's: 111 lots
- Phillips: 84 lots
- Bonhams: 44 lots
- STAIR: 39 lots
- Skinner: 27 lots
- Leland Little Auctions: 15 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 13 lots
- Hindman: 13 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-13 | WALKER EVANS \(1903\-1975\) Two Bobbins, Ivory Coast. 1935. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,000
2. 2025-02-13 | Walker Evans, Russel Lee, Etc. Photographs, 6 | Auctions at Showplace | $125 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walker-evans-russel-lee-etc-photographs-6-102-c-9794006b98
3. 2024-10-03 | WALKER EVANS \(1903\-1975\). Bedroom, Tengle Family House, Hale County, Alabam | Christie's | N/A
4. 2024-09-26 | WALKER EVANS \(1903\-1975\) The Brooklyn Bridge Portfolio. 1928\-29; printed 1994. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,000
5. 2020-06-19 | Walker Evans, Pendant in form of a mask, Belgian Congo, BaPende, Ivory Africa, 1935 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walker-evans-pendant-in-form-of-a-mask-belgian-congo-bapende-ivory-africa-1935-491-c-a5d4e95813
6. 2019-10-02 | WALKER EVANS \(1903–1975\) Alabama cotton tenant farmer family \(Fields family\), 1936 credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label, stamped with Museum of Modern Art collection stamp \(mount, verso\) image/sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. | Christie's | $81,250
7. 2026-04-14 | Walker Evans \(1903\-1975\) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1935, Gelatin Silver Print, 10" x 13" | Material Culture | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walker-evans-1903-1975-bethlehem-pennsylvania-1935-gelatin-silver-print-10-x-13-152-c-d071dafd61
8. 2026-04-01 | Walker Evans \(1903 \- 1975\) \- Container Corporation, 1950s | Finarte | €2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walker-evans-1903-1975-container-corporation-1950s-185-c-84d6a953be
9. 2026-02-08 | WALKER EVANS \(AMERICAN, 1903\-1975\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walker-evans-american-1903-1975-12-c-3e1d914e68
10. 2026-01-29 | Walker Evans, Lunchroom Window on the Bowery, People's Restaurant, New York City, 1933\-34; printed circa 1970. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
11. 2026-01-29 | Walker Evans, Washroom and dining area of Floyd Burroughs' home, Hale County, Alabama. Summer 1936, printed 1970s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $850
12. 2026-01-29 | Walker Evans, Mining Town, West Virginia, 1936; printed circa 1960. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
13. 2026-01-20 | WALKER EVANS \(U.S.A., 1903\-1975\) "Mississippi." Photograph. Signed on the reverse. With stamp on the back: "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress". | Setdart Auction House | €800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walker-evans-u-s-a-1903-1975-mississippi-photograph-signed-on-the-reverse-with-stamp-on-the-back-reproduced-from-the-collection-of-the-library-of-congress-133-c-4143edd5cb
14. 2025-12-03 | Walker Evans, Lunchroom buddies, New York City, 1931 | Lempertz | €1,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walker-evans-lunchroom-buddies-new-york-city-1931-569-c-2aaee9914b
15. 2025-12-03 | Walker Evans, Shoe Shine Sign in Southern Town, 1936 | Lempertz | €750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walker-evans-shoe-shine-sign-in-southern-town-1936-567-c-eff25646f4
16. 2025-12-03 | Walker Evans, Main Street, Ossining, New York, 1932 | Lempertz | €1,100
17. 2025-12-03 | Walker Evans, Kitchen Wall, Alabama Farmstead, 1936 | Lempertz | €1,000
18. 2025-12-03 | Walker Evans, Tin False Front Building, Moundville, Alabama, 1936 | Lempertz | €1,200
19. 2025-11-20 | ALS from Walker Evans to Henry James scholar Leon Edel | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-als-from-walker-evans-to-henry-james-scholar-leon-edel-50-c-676ba8f8b6
20. 2025-11-19 | Walker Evans \(1903\-1975\): Untitled \(Two Wicker Chairs with Sneakers\) | STAIR | $900
21. 2025-11-19 | Walker Evans \(1903\-1975\): Untitled \(Boathouse\) | STAIR | $900
22. 2025-11-19 | Walker Evans \(1903\-1975\): Untitled \(Interior View with Stove\) | STAIR | $700
23. 2025-11-19 | Walker Evans \(1903\-1975\): Untitled \(White Farmhouse\) | STAIR | $800
24. 2025-11-19 | Walker Evans \(1903\-1975\): Robert LaHotan, Cranberry Island, Maine | STAIR | $450

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