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Ben

1910–2006

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27auction results2025–2026years recorded78%sold (21)$704Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Ben, Honolulu Street Scene, 1938, oil on canvasHonolulu Street SceneBonhams · $23,040≈ £17,189≈ €20,200Sign up to see
  2. Ben, Palm Grove, 1945, gouache on paperPalm GroveBonhams · $4,096≈ £3,056≈ €3,591Sign up to see
  3. Ben, Passing Shadows in a Hot Country, 1951, oil on canvasPassing Shadows in a Hot CountryBonhams · $3,840≈ £2,868≈ €3,326Sign up to see

Ben’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price
$2.3kSign up free to see
median $704free account
High
$23kSign up free to see
auction record in database
Lots sold
21
of 27 offered · 2025–2026
Sell-through
78%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k20262025-08-06 · $3,2002026-01-22 · $4612026-02-10 · $2562026-03-12 · $3,8402026-03-12 · $1,5362026-07-15 · $23,0402026-07-15 · $7042026-07-15 · $1022026-07-15 · $1,1522026-07-15 · $2052026-07-15 · $3582026-07-15 · $8322026-07-15 · $3582026-07-15 · $2302026-07-15 · $6402026-07-15 · $2432026-07-15 · $2,1762026-07-15 · $2,5602026-07-15 · $1,0242026-07-15 · $4,0962026-07-16 · $512
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings181689%$2.4kSign up$672Sign up$23kSign up
Oil6467%$7.2kSign up$2.7kSign up$23kSign up
Acrylic1111100%$851Sign up$640Sign up$2.6kSign up
Mixed media11100%$205Sign up$205Sign up$205Sign up
Works on paper7343%$2.8kSign up$3.2kSign up$4.1kSign up
Watercolor4125%$1kSign up$1kSign up$1kSign up
Gouache3267%$3.6kSign up$3.6kSign up$4.1kSign up
Prints & multiples22100%$486Sign up$486Sign up$512Sign up
Etching22100%$486Sign up$486Sign up$512Sign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
20262120$672Sign up
202561$3.2kSign up

Related artists, born 1885–1935