# William Claxton - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T08:26:00.021Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 108
- Lots with prices: 51
- First auction date: 2002-02-19
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-06
- Median realised price: $700
- Price range: $50 to $15,120

## Market Takeaway
William Claxton shows solid auction liquidity with 107 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $700. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($700\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $425 and $1,200.
- 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: 62% (31 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 36% (18 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 21
- Recent 12 months median: $1,200
- Previous 12 months median: $571
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-06
- Days since latest sale: 74
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- TGP Auction: 22 lots
- Leclere \- Maison de ventes: 21 lots
- Finarte: 11 lots
- Millon & Associes: 11 lots
- Phillips: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 4 lots
- Ader: 3 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 3 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-06 | WILLIAM CLAXTON \(American 1927\-2008\) "Jazz Life," 2006, Box: 26 x 21 1/2 x 8 in. \(66 x 54.6 x 20.3 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $1,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-claxton-american-1927-2008-jazz-life-2006-box-26-x-21-1-2-x-8-in-66-x-54-6-x-20-3-cm-166-c-e4b9afa5a3
2. 2025-10-23 | William Claxton \(1927\-2008\) | Veilinggebouw de Zwaan | €1,500
3. 2025-10-16 | William Claxton, 1927\-2008, Lenny Bruce in a Wheelchair | Abell Auction | $600
4. 2025-03-04 | William Claxton, Chet Baker, Dreaming, Hollywood | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $2,600
5. 2024-12-12 | William Claxton, Chet Baker, Dreaming, Hollywood | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,500
6. 2024-11-23 | WILLIAM CLAXTON "Jazz Life. On the trail of jazz around 1960. A journey through America" | Auktionshaus Eppli | €60
7. 2024-08-06 | William Claxton \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
8. 2024-08-06 | William Claxton \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
9. 2024-08-06 | William Claxton \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
10. 2024-08-06 | William Claxton \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
11. 2024-08-06 | William Claxton \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
12. 2024-08-06 | William Claxton \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
13. 2024-08-06 | William Claxton \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
14. 2024-08-06 | William Claxton \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
15. 2024-08-06 | William Claxton \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
16. 2024-08-06 | William Claxton \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
17. 2024-08-06 | William Claxton \(after\) | TGP Auction | N/A
18. 2024-07-23 | WILLIAM CLAXTON \- A GEOFFREY BEENE WINTER 1993\-94 COLLECTION PRINTER'S PROOF | Capsule Gallery Auction | $50
19. 2024-07-10 | William Claxton, Chet Baker, Dreaming, Hollywood | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $4,000
20. 2024-06-25 | William Claxton \(1927\-2008\), "Shadow of the Sauter\-Finegan Orchestra," 1953 | John Moran Auctioneers | $700
21. 2024-06-17 | William Claxton \(1927\-2008\) \- Chet Baker \(At the mirror\), 1950s | Finarte | N/A
22. 2024-06-17 | William Claxton \(1927\-2008\) \- Chet Baker, Jam Session, Pasadena, 1950s | Finarte | €260
23. 2024-06-12 | William Claxton \(1927 \- 2008\), Portrait of Steve McQueen in Bullitt | Sloane Street Auctions | £200
24. 2024-02-28 | WILLIAM CLAXTON \(1927\-2008\) Peggy Moffitt in Rudi Gernreich's “Little Boy” | Christie's | $15,120

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