Mel Ramos
American · 1935–2018 · Painter, Printmaker
Melvin John Ramos was an American figurative painter, specializing most often in paintings of female nudes, whose work incorporates elements of realist and abstract art. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
The PrincessPhillips · £350,000≈ $444,990≈ €391,372Sign up to see
Chiquita BananaPhillips · £134,500≈ $206,834≈ €181,736Sign up to see
Donut Doll: The Lost Painting of 1965 #42Phillips · $151,200≈ £127,037≈ €145,217Sign up to see
Mel Ramos’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).
Coming up at auction
1 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
11 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 | 10 | 5 | 50% | $171kSign up | $151kSign up | $445kSign up |
| Oil | 9 | 4 | 44% | $163kSign up | $99.7kSign up | $445kSign up |
| Acrylic | 1 | 1 | 100% | $207kSign up | $207kSign up | $207kSign up |
| Works on paper | 17 | 12 | 71% | $13.3kSign up | $9.1kSign up | $35.2kSign up |
| Watercolor | 7 | 6 | 86% | $15.3kSign up | $8.1kSign up | $35.2kSign up |
| Drawing | 10 | 6 | 60% | $11.3kSign up | $9.1kSign up | $20.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 245 | 235 | 96% | $2.2kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $26.1kSign up |
| Etching | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.4kSign up | $2.4kSign up | $2.4kSign up |
| Lithograph | 136 | 130 | 96% | $2.3kSign up | $1.7kSign up | $26.1kSign up |
| Screenprint | 61 | 59 | 97% | $2.4kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $9.3kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 3 | 1 | 33% | $9.6kSign up | $9.6kSign up | $9.6kSign up |
| Print (other) | 40 | 40 | 100% | $1.5kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $5.1kSign up |
| Multiple | 4 | 4 | 100% | $2.2kSign up | $1.5kSign up | $4.6kSign up |
| Photography | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.8kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $15.6kSign up |
| Photograph | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.8kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $15.6kSign up |
| Sculpture | 5 | 3 | 60% | $73.2kSign up | $94.4kSign up | $113kSign up |
| Other | 15 | 15 | 100% | $4kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $22.7kSign 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 11 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2025 | 36 | 29 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2024 | 56 | 52 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2023 | 35 | 33 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | $1.8kSign up |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | $4.1kSign up |
| 2019 | 36 | 36 | $3kSign up |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 | $2kSign up |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 | $953Sign up |
| 2015 | 15 | 11 | $2.1kSign up |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | $2.4kSign up |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | $2.6kSign up |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | $874Sign up |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | $714Sign up |