Buckminster Fuller
American · 1895–1983 · Printmaker
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)
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Record prices
Unique ‘Dymaxion Airocean World Map’, for the Third National Bank, DaytonPhillips · £56,250≈ $94,590≈ €68,415Sign up to see
Single-cell JitterbugWright · $15,360≈ £11,385≈ €13,317Sign up to see
Complex of JitterbugsWright · $13,200≈ £7,545≈ €10,924Sign up to see
Buckminster Fuller’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).
Lots sold
32
of 36 offered · 2003–2026
Sell-through
89%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
1 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 3 | 1 | 33% | $8.3kSign up | $8.3kSign up | $8.3kSign up |
| Acrylic | 2 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Works on paper | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.3kSign up | $4kSign up | $10.1kSign up |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.3kSign up | $4kSign up | $10.1kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 17 | 15 | 88% | $8.8kSign up | $2.5kSign up | $94.6kSign up |
| Lithograph | 5 | 4 | 80% | $2.8kSign up | $2.5kSign up | $5.3kSign up |
| Screenprint | 12 | 11 | 92% | $11kSign up | $2.5kSign up | $94.6kSign up |
| Photography | 1 | 1 | 100% | $3.3kSign up | $3.3kSign up | $3.3kSign up |
| Photograph | 1 | 1 | 100% | $3.3kSign up | $3.3kSign up | $3.3kSign up |
| Sculpture | 1 | 1 | 100% | $13.2kSign up | $13.2kSign up | $13.2kSign up |
| Other | 11 | 11 | 100% | $6.8kSign up | $6.7kSign up | $15.4kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.