George Rhoads

American · 1926–2021 · Painter, Sculptor

George Rhoads was a contemporary American painter, sculptor and origami master. He was best known for his whimsical audiokinetic sculptures in airports, science museums,… (Wikipedia)

4auction results2017–2025years recorded100%sold (4)$8.8kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. George Rhoads, Monumental Ball Machine, 1986, enameled steel, aluminum, copper, nylon rolling ballsMonumental Ball MachineLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $25,400≈ £18,886≈ €21,823Sign up to see
  2. George Rhoads, Odyssey of the SpheresOdyssey of the SpheresRago Auctions · $8,750≈ £6,763≈ €7,983Sign up to see
  3. George Rhoads, Ball Machine, 1971, enamel on steel with wood, brass, and ping pong ballsBall MachineRago Auctions · $750≈ £634≈ €693Sign up to see

George Rhoads’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).

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Average price
median $8.8kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
4
of 4 offered · 2017–2025
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$316$1k$3k$10k$32k201820192020202120222023202420252017-05-06 · $8,7502020-03-25 · $7502025-08-21 · $25,400
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

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Sculpture22100%$13.1kSign up$13.1kSign up$25.4kSign up
Other22100%$8.8kSign up$8.8kSign up$8.8kSign up

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$25.4kSign up
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202011$750Sign up
201711$8.8kSign up

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