Mid-Century Modern

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42lots offered2008–2026years recorded100%sold (41)$1.1kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Mid-Century Modern, Hanging light, c. 1960, StilnovoHanging lightLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $7,500≈ £4,503≈ €5,461Sign up to see
  2. Mid-Century Modern, Pole light, c. 1955, StiffelPole lightLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $6,875≈ £4,220≈ €4,926Sign up to see
  3. Mid-Century Modern, Pole light, c. 1955, StiffelPole lightLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $6,000≈ £4,038≈ €4,737Sign up to see

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Average price
median $1.1kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
41
of 41 offered · 2008–2026
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$10$100$1k$10k2010201220142016201820202022202420262008-06-29 · $1,2002008-06-29 · $1,5602008-06-29 · $5402008-06-29 · $1,8002008-06-29 · $1,9202008-06-29 · $2,8802008-06-29 · $3,6002008-12-07 · $1202008-12-07 · $1,3202008-12-07 · $6,0002008-12-07 · $4802008-12-07 · $2,2802008-12-07 · $9002008-12-07 · $1,9202008-12-07 · $1,6802008-12-07 · $3602008-12-07 · $1,2002008-12-07 · $1922009-06-07 · $1,2002009-06-07 · $6602009-12-06 · $1,5312011-03-06 · $6,8752014-02-23 · $7,5002014-10-12 · $1,0632015-03-01 · $3,7502015-05-17 · $1,1252020-03-04 · $3,1202021-03-03 · $1,0402023-07-25 · $8322026-03-05 · $4612026-03-05 · $1,5362026-03-05 · $1542026-03-05 · $2822026-03-05 · $2562026-03-05 · $132026-03-05 · $1542026-03-05 · $772026-08-05 · $2562026-09-03 · $5,1202026-09-03 · $7322026-09-03 · $960
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) 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

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings11100%$1kSign up$1kSign up$1kSign up
Acrylic11100%$1kSign up$1kSign up$1kSign up
Sculpture88100%$708Sign up$256Sign up$3.1kSign up
Other3232100%$1.9kSign up$1.3kSign up$7.5kSign 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
20261212$269Sign up
202311$832Sign up
202111$1kSign up
202011$3.1kSign up
201522$2.4kSign up
201422$4.3kSign up
201111$6.9kSign up
200933$1.2kSign up
20081818$1.4kSign up