# Will Cotton - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T08:25:25.750Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 53
- Lots with prices: 37
- First auction date: 2008-09-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-20
- Median realised price: $6,250
- Price range: $160 to $125,000

## Market Takeaway
Will Cotton shows solid auction liquidity with 53 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-20.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($6,250\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,140 and $22,680.
- 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: 18.9% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 35.1% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 45.9% (17 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $37,800
- Previous 12 months median: $22,000
- Median shift: 71.8%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-20
- Days since latest sale: 90
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 12 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- EmporiumArt: 4 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 3 lots
- Lettieri Auction & Appraisal: 3 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Phillips: 3 lots
- Wright: 3 lots
- Ashcroft and Moore: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-20 | WILL COTTON \(B. 1965\) Cotton Candy Clouds \(Sandra & Rebecca\) 72 x 96 in \(182.9 x 243.8 cm\) \(Painted in 2006\) | Bonhams | $22,000
2. 2025-07-18 | WILL COTTON \(B. 1965\). Candy Stick Forest. oil on linen60 x 72 ¼ in. \(152.4 | Christie's | $37,800
3. 2025-02-28 | Apparition | Sotheby's | $53,340
4. 2025-01-01 | WILL COTTON, UNTITLED II, OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS | RoGallery | N/A
5. 2024-07-17 | WILL COTTON \(b. 1965\). Falls. oil on canvas 75 x 100 ½ in. \(190.5 x 255.3 c | Christie's | $35,280
6. 2024-05-22 | Will Cotton, Red Pop Ravine | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $22,000
7. 2024-04-11 | Will Cotton, Untitled | Wright | $1,100
8. 2023-12-14 | WILL COTTON \(B. 1965\) Flood oil on linen 80 x 104 in. \(203.6 x 264.3 cm.\) | Christie's | $22,680
9. 2023-11-28 | Will COTTON \(Né en 1965\) Earrings \(red\) \- 2013 Lithographie en couleurs | Artcurial | N/A
10. 2023-09-16 | Will Cotton \(1965 Melrose – lebt in New York\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | N/A
11. 2022-12-14 | WILL COTTON \(B. 1965\) Flood oil on linen 80 x 104 in. \(203.6 x 264.3 cm.\) | Christie's | $22,680
12. 2022-10-20 | Will Cotton, Sweet Nothings | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $15,000
13. 2021-12-15 | WILL COTTON \(b. 1965\) Katy \(Sepia\) oil on paper 55 x 48 in. \(139.7 x 121.9 | Christie's | $6,250
14. 2021-11-18 | Will Cotton \(American, b. 1965\), "Candy Cane" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $3,200
15. 2021-11-18 | Will Cotton \(American, b. 1965\), "Candy Cane" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $3,400
16. 2021-11-18 | Will Cotton \(American, b. 1965\), "Candy Cane" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $3,400
17. 2021-08-15 | Will Cotton \(American, b.1965\) 'Semi Dream Female' Acrylic on Canvas | Leonard Auction | $1,100
18. 2021-05-11 | Will Cotton \(American b. 1965\) Serie Baroque, Unframed Mixed Media, 50 x 50 in | Weschler's | $2,000
19. 2020-09-30 | Will Cotton, Candy Stick Tree | Wright | $3,000
20. 2020-08-18 | WILL COTTON \| Chocolate Bath | Sotheby's | $81,250
21. 2020-06-16 | Will Cotton \(American b 1965\), Serie Baroque, Unframed Mixed Media Collage, 40 x 50 in | Weschler's | $450
22. 2020-03-24 | Will Cotton \(American, b. 1965\)\- Mixed Media ca. 1990. Abstract Painting, prov. Columbus Gallery. 40 x 60 inches | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $475
23. 2020-01-31 | Mixed Media " La Nuit " by Will Cotton | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | $160
24. 2020-01-01 | Mixed Media " La Nuit " by Will Cotton | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A

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