# William Clift - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T10:04:34.921Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 64
- Lots with prices: 46
- First auction date: 2003-04-25
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-06
- Median realised price: $1,500
- Price range: $50 to $10,157

## Market Takeaway
William Clift has 64 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($1,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($600 to $2,772\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 32.6% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 65.2% (30 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.2% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $450
- Previous 12 months median: $1,905
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-06
- Days since latest sale: 175
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 17 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Finarte: 5 lots
- Freedom Auction Company: 4 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 4 lots
- Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers: 4 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 3 lots
- Hindman: 3 lots
- Clars Auctions: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-16 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(AMERICAN, B. 1944\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-clift-american-b-1944-165-c-23e4ca58fd
2. 2024-10-31 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(1944\- \) Portfolio entitled County Courthouses. 1975\-78. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
3. 2025-11-06 | William Clift, Untitled | Wright | $1,300
4. 2025-08-16 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(AMERICAN, B. 1944\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $450
5. 2025-08-10 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(ATTR.\) PHOTOGRAPH | Freedom Auction Company | $50
6. 2025-08-10 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(ATTR.\) PHOTOGRAPH | Freedom Auction Company | $50
7. 2025-04-05 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(ATTR\) PHOTOGRAPH | Freedom Auction Company | N/A
8. 2025-04-05 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(ATTR\) PHOTOGRAPH | Freedom Auction Company | N/A
9. 2024-11-19 | William Clift \(b. 1944\), "Georgia O' Keeffe, New Mexico," 1981 | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,905
10. 2024-10-15 | William Clift \(1944\) \- Portrait 2, Juan Hamilton Sculptor, from "The Year of Tibet" portfolio, 1983 | Finarte | N/A
11. 2024-09-18 | William Clift, Factory Butte, Utah 1975 / Ca. 1994 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $4,305
12. 2024-05-16 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(1944\- \) Canyon de Chelly, White House Ruin, Arizona. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,375
13. 2023-04-27 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(1944\- \) Reflection, Old St. Louis County Court House, St. Louis, Missouri. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875
14. 2022-12-14 | William Clift \(American, b. 1944\) | Gray's Auctioneers | $400
15. 2022-12-03 | William Clift, Am. b. 1944, Mont St. Michel, 1977, Gelatin silver print, framed under glass, 10 1/4" x 13" sight, 18 7/8" x 22 7/8" framed | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
16. 2022-10-20 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(1944\- \) A group of 4 interiors from the County Courthouses portfolio. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
17. 2022-10-14 | William Clift | Brunk Auctions | $600
18. 2022-10-01 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(AMERICAN, B. 1944\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $600
19. 2022-10-01 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(AMERICAN, B. 1944\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $600
20. 2022-08-13 | William Clift photograph | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $225
21. 2022-05-26 | WILLIAM CLIFT \- COUNTY COURTHOUSES, PORTFOLIO OF 6 | Capsule Gallery Auction | $1,200
22. 2022-05-25 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(B.1944\) White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, 1975 si | Christie's | $2,772
23. 2022-04-14 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(1944\- \) Reflection, Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St. Louis, MO. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,625
24. 2022-02-10 | WILLIAM CLIFT \(1944\- \) Portfolio entitled County Courthouses. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,500

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