George Luks
American · 1867–1933 · Painter, Printmaker
George Benjamin Luks was an American artist, identified with the aggressively realistic Ashcan School of American painting. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Copley Square, BostonBonhams · $275,000≈ £180,707≈ €257,829Sign up to see
- The Rag PickerBrunk Auctions · $16,000≈ £11,521≈ €13,512Sign up to see
Men of the Auld Palestine Sod at Sweeney's Near Houston StreetBonhams · $7,650≈ £5,676≈ €6,743Sign up to see
George Luks’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).
Price trend
3 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
3 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 | 16 | 11 | 69% | $29.7kSign up | $4.6kSign up | $275kSign up |
| Oil | 16 | 11 | 69% | $29.7kSign up | $4.6kSign up | $275kSign up |
| Works on paper | 33 | 21 | 64% | $657Sign up | $318Sign up | $3.9kSign up |
| Watercolor | 7 | 2 | 29% | $2.6kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $3.9kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Pastel | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Drawing | 23 | 18 | 78% | $405Sign up | $298Sign up | $1.8kSign up |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 100% | $500Sign up | $500Sign up | $500Sign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | $1kSign up |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | $818Sign up |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | $500Sign up |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | $11.8kSign up |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | $1kSign up |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | $500Sign up |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 | $350Sign up |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | $1.6kSign up |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | $138kSign up |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | $1kSign up |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $3.2kSign up |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | $100Sign up |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | $3.9kSign up |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | $295Sign up |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | $175Sign up |