Margaret De Patta: career timeline

American · 1903–1964 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 27 lots (85% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Margaret De Patta: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1930s	8	6	$2.5kSign up	Other
1940s	7	7	$5kSign up	Other
1950s	5	5	$6.3kSign up	Other
1960s	3	3	$17.5kSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1930s 8 works

Sold: 6 of 8
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 10 in (19 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Other (4), Photograph (4)
Subjects: —

c. 1930 Group (25)$3.8kSign up
c. 1930 Pin$2.1kSign up
c. 1930 Belt buckle$2.8kSign up
c. 1930 Pin$3.8kSign up
1939 Photogram with two keys$2.1kSign up
1939 Photogram with white circle$2.1kSign up
1939 Photogram with two keysUnsold
1939 Photogram with white circleUnsold

1940s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $5kSign up
Average: $5kSign up
Typical size: 2 × 3 in (5 × 8 cm)
Mediums: Other (6), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1940 Pin$1.9kSign up
c. 1942 Pin$5.3kSign up
c. 1945 Pin$2.4kSign up
1946 Production Pin #6$5kSign up
1947 Production Pin #22$4kSign up
c. 1947 Pin$8.1kSign up
1949 Production Pin #41$8.2kSign up

1950s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $6.3kSign up
Average: $5.3kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 12.5 in (20 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Other (4), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 Pin$9.4kSign up
c. 1950 Vintage photograph$2.4kSign up
c. 1955 Pin$7.5kSign up
c. 1955 Pin$6.3kSign up
c. 1959 Ephemera$1.2kSign up

1960s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $17.5kSign up
Average: $12.3kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 5 in (41 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Other (3)
Subjects: —

1960 Holiday ornament$625Sign up
c. 1960 Pin$17.5kSign up
c. 1960 Pin$18.8kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $3.3kSign up
Average: $3.7kSign up
Typical size: 3 × 3 in (8 × 7 cm)
Mediums: Other (4)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 Production Pin #22$3.5kSign up
sold 2024 Production Pin 39$3kSign up
sold 2024 Production Pin #41$6.9kSign up
sold 2024 Production Pin #5$1.5kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Margaret De Patta auction results →