# Zero Mostel - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T17:17:28.259Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 38
- Lots with prices: 30
- First auction date: 2005-06-09
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-21
- Median realised price: $270
- Price range: $40 to $8,000

## Market Takeaway
Zero Mostel has 38 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $270. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 7 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 \($270\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($100 to $575\) 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: 86.7% (26 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 13.3% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $75
- Previous 12 months median: $400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-21
- Days since latest sale: 72
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Antique Arena Inc: 3 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 3 lots
- Jackson's International: 3 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 2 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 2 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Litchfield Auctions: 2 lots
- Seminole Estate Auction & Liq. LLC: 2 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-11 | Vintage Etching "Figures" by Zero Mostel | Seminole Estate Auction & Liq. LLC | $60 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-vintage-etching-figures-by-zero-mostel-62-c-240502552b
2. 2026-02-21 | Zero Mostel \(American 1915\-1977\) Nude Portrait Study of Sidney, 1965 Pastel on paper Inscribed verso along with Mostel estate stamp 11" x 13" sheet | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $75 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-zero-mostel-american-1915-1977-nude-portrait-study-of-sidney-1965-pastel-on-paper-inscribed-verso-along-with-mostel-estate-stamp-11-x-13-sheet-416-c-68be41b6f1
3. 2025-12-16 | Zero Mostel \(1915\-1977\), Figure playing the violin | John Moran Auctioneers | $444
4. 2025-12-16 | Zero Mostel \(1915\-1977\), Face, 1960 | John Moran Auctioneers | $254
5. 2025-06-17 | 4 ORIGINAL WORKS BY ZERO MOSTEL | Jackson's International | $40
6. 2025-06-17 | 2 ORIGINAL ZERO MOSTEL PAINTINGS | Jackson's International | $225
7. 2025-06-17 | 3 ORIGINAL ZERO MOSTEL PAINTINGS | Jackson's International | N/A
8. 2024-12-10 | Zero Mostel \(American, 1915\-1977\), The Owl, oil on canvas, signed lower left, image: 19.69"h x 15.75"w \(50 x 40 cm\), overall \(with f... | Clars Auctions | $400
9. 2024-06-02 | Zero Mostel Lithograph | Seminole Estate Auction & Liq. LLC | N/A
10. 2024-04-17 | Zero Mostel 'Moon Models' Painting | Abington Auction Gallery | $1,300
11. 2024-02-29 | Zero Mostel \(American, 1915\-1977\), Untitled nude, 1960, graphite and color pencil on wove paper, 15 x 11in \(38 x 28cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $200
12. 2023-11-29 | Zero Mostel \(American, 1915\-1977\), Untitled nude, 1960, graphite and color pencil on wove paper, 15 x 11in \(38 x 28cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | N/A
13. 2022-02-14 | Zero Mostel Signed Mixed Media Portrait | Clarke Auction Gallery | $350
14. 2021-12-09 | ZERO MOSTEL \- SELF PORTRAIT | Capsule Gallery Auction | $425
15. 2021-11-27 | AMERICAN CHARCOAL PAINTING PAPER BY ZERO MOSTEL | Antique Arena Inc | $100
16. 2021-07-31 | AMERICAN CHARCOAL PAINTING PAPER BY ZERO MOSTEL | Antique Arena Inc | $125
17. 2021-07-17 | AMERICAN CHARCOAL PAINTING PAPER BY ZERO MOSTEL | Antique Arena Inc | $100
18. 2021-06-29 | ZERO MOSTEL \- SELF PORTRAIT | Capsule Gallery Auction | N/A
19. 2021-05-27 | ZERO MOSTEL \- HEADS | Capsule Gallery Auction | $650
20. 2020-06-28 | ZERO MOSTEL \(AMERICAN, 1915\-1977\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $600
21. 2020-04-05 | Zero Mostel \(NY,1915\-1977\) mixed media painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $950
22. 2019-08-25 | ZERO MOSTEL \(NY, 1915\-1977\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $2,500
23. 2018-11-25 | Zero Mostel, Am, 1915\-1977, Self Portraits, W/C | Litchfield Auctions | $100
24. 2018-10-27 | ZERO MOSTEL \(American, 1915\-1977\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | $300

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