John Millei

American · b. 1958 · Painter

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Record prices

  1. John Millei, Untitled Drawing #1, 1993, Oil, ink, and graphite on plastic vellumUntitled Drawing #1Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $10,000≈ £6,507≈ €8,793Sign up to see
  2. John Millei, Death of a Martyr, oil on canvas, in two partsDeath of a MartyrBonhams · $6,250≈ £4,307≈ €5,432Sign up to see
  3. John Millei, Untitled #1 (Wallflowers), 1993, Oil, ink, and graphite on plastic vellumUntitled #1 (Wallflowers)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $4,375≈ £3,105≈ €3,968Sign up to see

John Millei’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).

Lot images as published by each auction house (16 lots with an image). Images from houses that reserve their photographs are shown as small thumbnails linking to the house’s site.

John Millei, Blue Lasso, 1990, oil and acrylic emulsion on canvas
Blue Lasso, 1990
Abell Auction Company · Dec 2, 2025
$3,438Sign up free to see
John Millei, Untitled, 1988, acrylic on paper
Untitled, 1988
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Nov 30, 2023
$504Sign up free to see
John Millei, Untitled Drawing #141, 1987, oilstick and acrylic on paper
Untitled Drawing #141, 1987
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 23, 2023
$756Sign up free to see
John Millei, Untitled Painting #44, 1991, oil, ink, and graphite on plastic vellum
Untitled Painting #44, 1991
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 15, 2022
$2,375Sign up free to see
John Millei, Death of a Martyr, oil on canvas, in two parts
Death of a Martyr
Bonhams · May 4, 2016
$6,250Sign up free to see
John Millei, Untitled #1 (Wallflowers), 1993, Oil, ink, and graphite on plastic vellum
Untitled #1 (Wallflowers), 1993
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Feb 21, 2016
$4,375Sign up free to see
John Millei, Untitled Drawing #1, 1993, Oil, ink, and graphite on plastic vellum
Untitled Drawing #1, 1993
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 11, 2015
$10,000Sign up free to see
John Millei, Ideas of the Order (Wallace Stevens), 1990, oil on acrylic emulsion on gesso on canvas
Ideas of the Order (Wallace Stevens), 1990
Abell Auction Company · Dec 2, 2025
John Millei, Getting the Rhyme Wrong for W.C.W.", 1990, oil and acrylic emulsion on gesso on canvase
Getting the Rhyme Wrong for W.C.W.", 1990
Abell Auction Company · Dec 2, 2025
John Millei, Quicksilver Painting No. 1, 1991, oil on canvas
Quicksilver Painting No. 1, 1991
Abell Auction Company · Dec 2, 2025
John Millei, Quicksilver Painting No. 2, 1991, oil on canvas
Quicksilver Painting No. 2, 1991
Abell Auction Company · Dec 2, 2025
John Millei, Quicksilver Painting No. 3, 1991, oil on canvas
Quicksilver Painting No. 3, 1991
Abell Auction Company · Dec 2, 2025
John Millei, Quicksilver Painting No. 4, 1991, oil on canvas
Quicksilver Painting No. 4, 1991
Abell Auction Company · Dec 2, 2025
John Millei, Quicksilver Painting No. 5, 1991, oil on canvas
Quicksilver Painting No. 5, 1991
Abell Auction Company · Dec 2, 2025
John Millei, The Problem with Originality, 1990, oil on acrylic emulsion on gesso on canvas
The Problem with Originality, 1990
Abell Auction Company · Dec 2, 2025
John Millei, Toward an Indirect Language, 1990, oil on acrylic emulsion on gesso on canvas
Toward an Indirect Language, 1990
Abell Auction Company · Dec 2, 2025

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