# Walter Darby Bannard - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T16:24:04.503Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 135
- Lots with prices: 99
- First auction date: 2003-11-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-25
- Median realised price: $3,125
- Price range: $37 to $35,280

## Market Takeaway
Walter Darby Bannard shows solid auction liquidity with 135 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,125. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-25.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,125\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,063 and $6,500.
- 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: 24.2% (24 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 65.7% (65 sales)
- $10,000\+: 10.1% (10 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 29
- Recent 12 months median: $381
- Previous 12 months median: $6,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-25
- Days since latest sale: 85
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 23 lots
- Christie's: 19 lots
- Hindman: 11 lots
- RoGallery: 9 lots
- Wright: 9 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 5 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 5 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 5 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 5 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-05-23 | Walter Darby Bannard, The Plains \#1 | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $17,000
2. 2025-11-25 | Walter Darby Bannard \(American 1934\-2016\), Pacific Glass, Serigraph, Signed l.r., Numbered 38/75 l.l., and Titled l.c., Frame: 27 3/4 x 37 3/4 in. \(70 1/2 x 95.9 cm.\) | Weschler's | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-darby-bannard-american-1934-2016-pacific-glass-serigraph-signed-l-r-numbered-38-75-l-l-and-titled-l-c-frame-27-3-4-x-37-3-4-in-70-1-2-x-95-9-cm-620-c-07bd64add1
3. 2025-11-19 | WALTER DARBY BANNARD \(1934\-2016\). Skyways: three prints. Each sheet: 10 x 1 | Christie's | $381
4. 2025-11-12 | Walter Darby Bannard, Zeno | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $13,000
5. 2025-09-26 | Walter Darby Bannard, Sicilian Magician | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,200
6. 2025-08-21 | WALTER DARBY BANNARD, STONE POND, SCREENPRINT ON RIVES BFK PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
7. 2025-08-15 | Walter Darby Bannard, Four works | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $100
8. 2025-08-13 | WALTER DARBY BANNARD, SICILIAN MAGICIAN, SCREENPRINT | RoGallery | N/A
9. 2025-02-04 | Walter Darby Bannard \(American, 1934\-2016\) Courier, 2009 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,000
10. 2025-01-01 | WALTER DARBY BANNARD, BLACK HOUND NIGHT, SCREENPRINT ON RIVES BFK PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
11. 2024-12-11 | Walter Darby Bannard, Sebastian | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
12. 2024-12-11 | Walter Darby Bannard \(American, 1934\-2016\) Apache, 2012 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
13. 2024-12-11 | Walter Darby Bannard \(American, 1934\-2016\) Mindo, 2010 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
14. 2024-12-11 | Walter Darby Bannard \(American, 1934\-2016\) Stygian, 2011 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
15. 2024-11-12 | WALTER DARBY BANNARD \(1934 \- 2016, AMERICAN\) White Oak Swamp. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
16. 2024-10-20 | WALTER DARBY BANNARD \(American 1934\-2016\) A PAINTING, “Persian Thermal,” 1977 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | N/A
17. 2024-10-02 | Columbia | Sotheby's | $6,000
18. 2024-09-21 | WALTER DARBY BANNARD \(American 1934\-2016\) A PAINTING, “Persian Thermal,” 1977 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | N/A
19. 2024-07-31 | Walter Darby Bannard, Green Valentine \#5 | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $8,500
20. 2024-07-18 | Walter Darby Bannard \(American, 1934\-2016\) Courier, 2009 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
21. 2024-07-18 | Walter Darby Bannard \(American, 1934\-2016\) Smoky Roller, 2012 | Hindman | $2,500
22. 2024-07-18 | Walter Darby Bannard \(American, 1934\-2016\) Second Thoughts, 2016 | Hindman | $2,500
23. 2024-06-11 | Walter Darby Bannard, Memnon | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $7,500
24. 2024-06-11 | Walter Darby Bannard, Amazon Slide | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,200

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