Budd Hopkins: career timeline

American · 1931–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 39 lots (61% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Budd Hopkins: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1950s	3	3	$1kSign up	Oil
1960s	9	9	$2.5kSign up	Oil
1970s	9	7	$650Sign up	Mixed media
1980s	2	0	—	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 18 in (49 × 45 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

1960s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $2.7kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 36 in (51 × 91 cm)
Mediums: Oil (9)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1961 Serge$2.5kSign up
1962 #1$2kSign up
1962 Untitled$4.1kSign up
1964 Untitled (blue abstract)$950Sign up
1964 Untitled$2kSign up
1965 Andorra$4.4kSign up
1967 Untitled (Parachute II)$2.6kSign up
1967 Untitled (Parachute I)$4.9kSign up
1969 Green & Red Stripe & White$800Sign up

1970s 9 works

Sold: 7 of 9
Median: $650Sign up
Average: $728Sign up
Typical size: 18 × 20 in (46 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (3), Oil (2), Screenprint (2)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1970 Ishtar$1.1kSign up
1970 Untitled$396Sign up
1970 Untitled$650Sign up
1970 UntitledResult not published
1970 Untitled Abstract, 1970$550Sign up
1973 Untitled$826Sign up
1973 Valuahon$528Sign up
1979 GuardianResult not published
1979 Guardian X$1kSign up

1980s 2 works

Sold: 0 of 2
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 40 × 26 in (102 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (2)
Subjects: —

1980 Guardian IIIResult not published
1980 Guardian VIIResult not published

Creation date not recorded

15 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $950Sign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 18.5 in (44 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Other (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Abstract (2)

sold 2012 Bud Hopkins, American, 1931 - 2011$700Sign up
sold 2015 #20$325Sign up
sold 2018 Guardian XXV$8.1kSign up
sold 2018 Untitled Abstract$950Sign up
sold 2019 Abstract Composition$4.4kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $850Sign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 13 in (33 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Mixed media (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Abstract (5)

sold 2020 Abstract Composition$750Sign up
sold 2020 Abstract composition$900Sign up
sold 2020 Untitled$800Sign up
sold 2021 Abstract Composition$1.4kSign up
sold 2022 Montezuma Study$900Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled$4kSign up

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sold 2023 Abstract Composition (City Life)$300Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2023 Abstract Composition$1.3kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled$350Sign up
sold 2025 City Sun II$600Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Budd Hopkins auction results →