# William Joseph Rakocy - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T08:33:42.199Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 6
- Lots with prices: 3
- First auction date: 2011-04-17
- Latest auction date: 2023-02-24
- Median realised price: $110
- Price range: $90 to $180

## Market Takeaway
William Joseph Rakocy has 6 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $110. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($110\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($90 to $180\) 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: 100% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-02-24
- Days since latest sale: 1,161
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals: 3 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 2 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-02-24 | BILL RAKOCY \(1925\-2015\) 'GHOST TOWN OF JEROME' | Austin Auction Gallery | N/A
2. 2017-06-27 | Bill Rakocy, Patterns of Snow, landscape, watercolor, from the Forbes Collection | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $110
3. 2017-06-27 | Bill Rakocy \(American, El Paso, 1924\-2015\), Gold is Where You Find It, landscape, oil on masonite, signed and dated 2005 lower left,... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $90
4. 2017-06-27 | Bill Rakocy \(American, El Paso, 1924\-2015\), western landscape Forbes Ranch, oil on canvas board, signed W Rakocy bottom left, 24" x ... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $180
5. 2012-02-05 | William Joseph Rakocy \(American/Texas, b. 1924\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
6. 2011-04-17 | William Joseph Rakocy \(American/Texas, b. 1924\), | Neal Auction Company | N/A

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