# Wright Morris - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T14:50:19.018Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 59
- Lots with prices: 32
- First auction date: 2001-10-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-06
- Median realised price: $1,560
- Price range: $10 to $11,875

## Market Takeaway
Wright Morris shows solid auction liquidity with 57 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,625. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-04.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,625\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $875 and $4,200.
- 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: 29% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 64.5% (20 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6.5% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $2,750
- Previous 12 months median: $250
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-04
- Days since latest sale: 106
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 18 lots
- Christie's: 12 lots
- Be\-Hold: 6 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 6 lots
- PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers: 3 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- DuMouchelles: 1 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-06 | Model T signed by Wright Morris | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-model-t-signed-by-wright-morris-63-c-3691b61272
2. 2025-11-04 | Wright Morris, Model T with California Top | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
3. 2025-09-11 | 11 Volumes by Wright Morris | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $120 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-11-volumes-by-wright-morris-311-c-01b46c2be4
4. 2025-05-08 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) Portfolio titled "Wright Morris." 1940\-50; printed 1981. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-wright-morris-1910-1998-portfolio-titled-wright-morris-1940-50-printed-1981-21-c-5a44a89edf
5. 2025-05-08 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) Ed's Farm, from The Home Place. 1947. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
6. 2025-01-16 | Wright Morris \(American, 1910\-1998\) Silver Gelatin Print, "Model T in Shed, Near Norfolk, Nebraska, 1947", H 10" W 8" | DuMouchelles | $300
7. 2024-10-31 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) "Gano" Grain Elevator, Western Kansas. 1940; printed circa 1960s. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
8. 2024-10-31 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) White Church Facade, Rahway, New Jersey. 1940. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2024-06-22 | Wright Morris Signed Photographs & Words Book | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $10
10. 2024-05-16 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) Dresser Drawer, Ed's Place, Nebraska. | Swann Auction Galleries | $750
11. 2024-05-16 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) Ed’s Place. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
12. 2024-05-01 | Wright Morris \(American 1910\-1998\), "Model T", 1947 | South Bay Auctions Inc | $250
13. 2024-02-15 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) Gano Grain Elevator, Wood River, Nebraska. | Swann Auction Galleries | $10,000
14. 2023-10-05 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) Untitled \(Uncle Harry\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
15. 2023-10-05 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) Southbury, Connecticut \(Barn\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,250
16. 2023-10-05 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1992\) Barbershop, Weeping Water, Nebraska. | Swann Auction Galleries | $875
17. 2023-05-06 | Wright Morris \(1910\-1998\) Powerhouse and Palm Tree, near Lordsburg, 1940 | Santa Monica Auctions | $1,000
18. 2023-04-27 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) “Gano” Grain Elevator \* Ed’s Place \* Front Room Reflected in Mirror \* Dresser Drawer \* Church Facade. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
19. 2023-02-23 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) Drawer with Silverware. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,625
20. 2022-12-06 | Wright Morris \(1910\-1998\) Jukebox, Roadside Cafe, Southern Indiana, 1950   | Hindman | N/A
21. 2022-12-01 | Signed by Wright Morris | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A
22. 2022-09-28 | Wright Morris "Basket of Cobs" Silver Gelatin | Revere Auctions | N/A
23. 2022-06-01 | Wright Morris, Drawer with Silverware, Home Place, 1947 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €1,000
24. 2021-10-21 | WRIGHT MORRIS \(1910\-1998\) Barber Chair, Cahow’s Barber Shop, Chapman, Nebraska \* Straightback Chair \* Bedroom with Portrait \* Padded Ro | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A

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