Charles Gaines

American · b. 1944 · Painter, Printmaker

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12auction results2018–2025years recorded92%sold (11)$12.1kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Charles Gaines, Numbers and Trees: Central Park Series III: Tree #6, Gina, 2016, acrylic sheet, acrylic paint and photographNumbers and Trees: Central Park Series III: Tree #6, GinaPhillips · $167,700≈ £128,152≈ €145,573Sign up to see
  2. Charles Gaines, Explosion #29, 2009, graphite on paper, in 2 partsExplosion #29Phillips · $55,000≈ £41,816≈ €46,773Sign up to see
  3. Charles Gaines, Explosion #29, 2009, graphite on paper, in 2 partsExplosion #29Phillips · $20,000≈ £15,585≈ €17,082Sign up to see

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Average price
median $12.1kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
11
of 12 offered · 2018–2025
Sell-through
92%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$3k$10k$32k$100k$316k20192020202120222023202420252018-09-21 · $55,0002020-09-30 · $20,0002022-04-19 · $8,8202022-10-24 · $11,3402023-06-13 · $8,1902023-06-13 · $5,6702023-06-21 · $8,5152023-06-21 · $12,6002024-10-22 · $19,0502024-12-04 · $12,0652025-11-21 · $167,700
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

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

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202511$168kSign up
202422$15.6kSign up
202344$8.4kSign up
202222$10.1kSign up
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202011$20kSign up
201811$55kSign up

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