What is a Ed Ruscha print worth?
b. 1937 · Price guide from past auction results
Based on 995 priced auction sales, works by Ed Ruscha have sold for a median of $5,938Sign up free to see. Half of them sold between $2,540Sign up free to see and $17,990Sign up free to see. For prints alone, the median is $5,313Sign up free to see across 757 sales. In the last five years the median was $4,990Sign up free to see across 490 sales. These are past auction results, not a valuation: medium, size, condition and provenance all change what a particular work brings.
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Ed Ruscha prices by medium
- Auction results
- 1,095
- Sold rate
- 93%
- Active at auction
- 2004–2026
- Median price
- $5.9kSign up free to see
- Record price
- $4.9MSign up free to see Alvarado to Doheny, Phillips, May 2025
| Medium | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prints | 757 | $2.5k–$12.5kSign up free to see | $5.3kSign up free to see |
| Works on Paper | 74 | $27.5k–$291kSign up free to see | $143kSign up free to see |
| Paintings | 44 | $47.7k–$875kSign up free to see | $428kSign up free to see |
| Photographs | 31 | $3.5k–$20.3kSign up free to see | $8.1kSign up free to see |
Top auction houses: Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (426), Phillips (404), Rago Auctions (80)
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Typical range is the middle half of priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). Past auction results, not a valuation.
Prices by size
| Size (longest side) | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (under 30 cm) | 236 | $824–$5.4kSign up free to see | $1.9kSign up free to see |
| Mid-size (30–75 cm) | 283 | $4.3k–$44.5kSign up free to see | $10.2kSign up free to see |
| Large (75–150 cm) | 204 | $4.3k–$22.6kSign up free to see | $9.4kSign up free to see |
| Very large (over 150 cm) | 32 | $4.8k–$1.1MSign up free to see | $327kSign up free to see |
Recent Ed Ruscha sales
- Exploding Cheese (from the Various Cheeses series), lithograph in colors — $3,328Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Sep 10, 2026
- Hot Air Being Blown, etching in colors on Arches 88 — $5,120Sign up free to see, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Sep 10, 2026
- L.C., from the Leo Castelli 90th Birthday portfolio (E. 260), Screenprint in colours, on Somerset Satin paper, the full sheet — $1,393Sign up free to see, Phillips, Sep 3, 2026
- WOW (Works on Whatever) Project beach towel, digital print on brushed cotton towel — $256Sign up free to see, Rago Auctions, Aug 28, 2026
- Every Building on the Sunset Strip, black offset lithograph on white paper, accordion bound — $3,072Sign up free to see, Wright, Aug 6, 2026
- Potato Print Fish Hook, Cannabis Twig Fish Hook, Acrylic potato print on digital photo print in colors on wove paper — $1,024Sign up free to see, Bonhams, Jul 30, 2026
- Spooning (Engberg 72, Cirrus p. 345), Lithograph (without hand-coloring) on wove paper — $6,400Sign up free to see, Bonhams, Jul 30, 2026
- He Up and Went Downtown, from the Artist Plate Project, Porcelain dinner plate multiple — $333Sign up free to see, Bonhams, Jul 30, 2026
Questions about Ed Ruscha prices
What is a Ed Ruscha print worth?
Based on 995 priced auction sales recorded by ArtSell, works by Ed Ruscha have sold for a median of $5,938, and half of them sold between $2,540 and $17,990. For prints alone the median is $5,313 (757 sales). Medium, size, condition, subject and provenance all affect the price of a particular work; these are past auction results, not a valuation.
What is the most expensive work by Ed Ruscha sold at auction?
The highest price in ArtSell’s records is $4,900,000 for “Alvarado to Doheny” at Phillips in May 2025.
Which Ed Ruscha medium sells for the most?
By median price, paintings lead with $428,200 (44 sales).
How often do Ed Ruscha works sell at auction?
93% of the 1,095 lots recorded between 2004 and 2026 sold.
How can I sell a Ed Ruscha print?
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ArtSell has recorded 1,095 auction results for Ed Ruscha between 2004 and 2026, and 1,016 of them sold (93%).
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