# William Ludwig - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T02:37:40.122Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 11
- Lots with prices: 10
- First auction date: 2011-02-13
- Latest auction date: 2024-11-10
- Median realised price: $610
- Price range: $170 to $5,000

## Market Takeaway
William Ludwig has 11 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $610. 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 \($610\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($500 to $1,968\) 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: 70% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 30% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-11-10
- Days since latest sale: 536
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Neal Auction Company: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Guyette & Deeter: 1 lots
- Lilly Auction & Gallery: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-10 | William Ludwig \(Ludwig & Ludwig\) Chicago, Illinois. | Guyette & Deeter | $500
2. 2020-09-11 | William Ludwig \(American/New Orleans, 1935\-2011\) | Neal Auction Company | $750
3. 2018-09-03 | Bronze "Large Bust of Woman" by William Ludwig | Lilly Auction & Gallery | $170
4. 2018-06-06 | William Ludwig \(American, 1935\-2011\) Standing figure; together with three companion works each bronze with gold patina the largest 24 ½ x 8 ½ x 6 ½ in. \(62.2 x 21.6 x 16.5 cm.\) overall \(4\) | Christie's | $3,250
5. 2018-06-06 | William Ludwig \(American, 1935\-2011\) Three stylized busts bronze with gold patina 13 ½ x 8 ½ x 7 in. \(34.3 x 21.6 x 17.8 cm.\) overall \(5\) | Christie's | $5,000
6. 2015-05-31 | William Ludwig \(American/New Orleans, 1935\-2011\) | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $1,968
7. 2014-07-27 | William Ludwig \(American/New Orleans, 1935\-2011\) | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $922
8. 2014-02-08 | William Ludwig \(American, 1935\-2011\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
9. 2012-09-29 | William Ludwig \(1935\- 2011\), "Abstract Female \#3," 1968, bronze, mounted on a mahogany base, signed and dated on the bottom, with a ... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $550
10. 2012-09-29 | William Ludwig \(1935\- 2011\), Abstract Female \#4," 1968, bronze, mounted on a mahogany base, signed and dated on the bottom, with a G... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $400
11. 2011-02-13 | William Ludwig \(American/Louisiana, b. 1935\), | Neal Auction Company | $610

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