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Ulysses Davis

Ulysses Davis

American · 1913–1990 · Sculptor

Ulysses Davis was an African-American barber and self-taught sculptor. Davis is best known for his carvings of historical figures such as a set of mahogany busts of all the… (Wikipedia)

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9auction results2025years recorded100%sold (9)$16kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Three-Headed Representational TotemBrunk Auctions · $24,000≈ £19,328≈ €23,086Sign up to see
  2. Two Heads are Better than One, Even if One is a GoatBrunk Auctions · $20,000≈ £16,107≈ €19,238Sign up to see
  3. Lost TribesBrunk Auctions · $20,000≈ £16,107≈ €19,238Sign up to see

Ulysses Davis’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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median $16kfree account
High
$24kSign up free to see
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Lots sold
9
of 9 offered · 2025–2025
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$3k$10k$32k2025-01-29 · $16,0002025-01-29 · $20,0002025-01-29 · $9,0002025-01-29 · $24,0002025-01-29 · $20,0002025-01-29 · $20,0002025-01-29 · $4,5002025-01-29 · $16,0002025-10-22 · $6,000
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.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Sculpture99100%$15.1kSign up$16kSign up$24kSign 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
202599$16kSign up

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