Sam Messer
American · b. 1955 · Painter
Sam Messer, is a painter living in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, film writer and director Eleanor Gaver, and daughter. He is Professor Emeritus at the Yale School of Art. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Double Portrait Without SedgClarke Auction Gallery · $1,000≈ £619≈ €740Sign up to see
In the GardenBonhams · $704≈ £537≈ €610Sign up to see
UntitledClarke Auction Gallery · $600≈ £463≈ €551Sign up to see
Sam Messer’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).
Lots sold
5
of 7 offered · 2013–2025
Sell-through
71%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
9 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 | 3 | 2 | 67% | $502Sign up | $502Sign up | $704Sign up |
| Oil | 3 | 2 | 67% | $502Sign up | $502Sign up | $704Sign up |
| Works on paper | 1 | 1 | 100% | $100Sign up | $100Sign up | $100Sign up |
| Drawing | 1 | 1 | 100% | $100Sign up | $100Sign up | $100Sign up |
| Prints & multiples | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Lithograph | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Other | 2 | 2 | 100% | $800Sign up | $800Sign up | $1kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.