# Wesley Willis - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T09:20:31.588Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 77
- Lots with prices: 74
- First auction date: 2009-09-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $1,500
- Price range: $350 to $4,800

## Market Takeaway
Wesley Willis shows solid auction liquidity with 77 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,100 and $2,250.
- 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: 13.5% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 86.5% (64 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $1,500
- Previous 12 months median: $1,100
- Median shift: 36.4%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 69
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Wright: 23 lots
- Hindman: 21 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 18 lots
- Leonard Auction: 5 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 3 lots
- Material Culture: 2 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-11 | Wesley Willis, Chicago River | Wright | $1,500
2. 2025-06-18 | Wesley Willis, The Dan Ryan Expressway 51st. St. | Wright | $2,800
3. 2024-10-01 | Wesley Willis, Michigan Av. | Wright | $1,500
4. 2024-07-18 | Wesley Willis \(American, 1963\-2003\) The Dan Ryan Expressway, 43rd St., 1991 | Hindman | $3,250
5. 2024-06-18 | Wesley Willis, Sox Park | Wright | $700
6. 2024-06-18 | Wesley Willis, Chicago River | Wright | $1,000
7. 2024-04-21 | Wesley Willis \(American, 1963\-2003\) Mixed Media on Illustration Board | Leonard Auction | $450
8. 2024-02-28 | Wesley Willis 1963\-2003 Chicago Expressway Drawing | Hill Auction Gallery | $1,400
9. 2024-02-23 | Wesley Willis, The Downtown Chicago Skyline Halsted St. at Madison | Wright | $1,100
10. 2024-02-23 | Wesley Willis, Lake Shore Drive | Wright | $1,400
11. 2024-02-23 | Wesley Willis, Dan Ryan Expressway Looking Off 51st Street Toward 47th Street | Wright | $950
12. 2023-09-14 | Wesley Willis, World Trade Center | Wright | $4,800
13. 2023-07-26 | Wesley Willis, The Chicago White Sox Stadium | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,100
14. 2023-07-26 | Wesley Willis, The Dan Ryan Expressway Past 51st. St. Toward 47th St. | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,100
15. 2023-07-26 | Wesley Willis, The Dan Ryan Expressway, Past 51st. Toward 47th. St. | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,400
16. 2023-07-12 | Wesley Willis, The Shore Line | Wright | $2,800
17. 2023-07-12 | Wesley Willis, The Dan Ryan Expressway Past 51st. Toward 47th St. | Wright | $1,700
18. 2023-07-12 | Wesley Willis, The Dan Ryan Expressway Past 39th Toward 35th St. | Wright | $3,500
19. 2023-07-12 | Wesley Willis, The Dan Ryan Expressway | Wright | $2,200
20. 2023-04-19 | Wesley Willis, The Shoreline | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $2,400
21. 2023-04-19 | Wesley Willis, Chicago North Western Container Yard | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $800
22. 2023-04-19 | Wesley Willis, Chicago Sun Times | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,500
23. 2023-04-19 | Wesley Willis, The Shore Line | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $750
24. 2023-04-19 | Wesley Willis, The Dan Ryan Expressway 57th St. through 47th St. | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,400

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