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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306lots offered2001–2026years recorded93%sold (273)$1.7kSign up free to seemedian price

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The PrincessPhillips · Jun 2019£350,000≈ $444,990≈ €391,372Sign up to see
Chiquita BananaPhillips · Feb 2015£134,500≈ $206,834≈ €181,736Sign up to see
Donut Doll: The Lost Painting of 1965 #42Phillips · Nov 2022$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).

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Average price

$6.7kSign up free to see

median $1.7kfree account

High

$445kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

273

of 295 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

93%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

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.

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