American, 1940–2021
Chuck Close
650results on record
76%sell-through
$8,255median result (USD, incl. premium; 97% observed, 3% estimated from hammer)
$4,832,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 650 recorded results (554 sold · 96 passed) across 12 auction houses, 1998–2026. 3 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 97% observed, 3% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.
Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
| Medium | Results | Sell-through | Median result (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| prints | 199 | 86% | $6,875 |
| photography | 70 | 83% | $11,822 |
| ceramics & design | 30 | 95% | $3,188 |
| other | 21 | 84% | $7,565 |
| works on paper | 14 | 60% | $138,600 |
| painting | 6 | 100% | $811,500 |
| sculpture | 3 | 50% | $22,892 |
Medium is recorded for 343 of 650 results (53%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Andy Warhol Chuck Close Andy Warhol
| Metric | Chuck Close | Andy Warhol |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $8,255 | $32,500 |
| Record price | $4,832,000 | $195,040,000 |
| Results on record | 650 | 15,103 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Andy WarholRoy LichtensteinDavid HockneyKeith Haring
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
70/ 100
- Sell-through76%
- Meets estimate48%
- Market depth650 results
How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →
Where this artist sells best
| House | Results | Sell-through | Median | vs. estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's | 200 | 73% | $11,875 | 0.80× |
| Christie's | 131 | 90% | $10,000 | — |
| Phillips | 94 | 79% | $8,619 | — |
| Heritage Auctions | 71 | 82% | $6,125 | — |
| Rago | 47 | 91% | $3,500 | — |
| Bonhams | 71 | 54% | $5,398 | 0.77× |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 14 | 100% | $3,281 | 0.85× |
| Wright | 13 | 85% | $1,875 | — |
| Grisebach | 2 | — | $78,168 | — |
| Dorotheum | 4 | 50% | $43,620 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 1 | — | $6,496 | — |
| Lempertz | 1 | 0% | — | — |
The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →
Prices realized 663 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 96 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·08 | Leslie/Fingerprint, 1986 | direct gravure etching | $6,000–$8,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2026·07 | Self-Portrait | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2026·07 | Self-Portrait | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·06 | A Couple of Ways of Doing Something | Signed and editioned 28/75 | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·06 | Self-Portrait | $10,000–$15,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·06 | Hillary 3/4 View | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·06 | Kate #3 | $6,000–$8,000 | Rago | |||
| 2026·05 | Cecily | Screenprint in colors with felt stamped oil paint on handmade Twinrocker paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·05 | Nat/Colored Pencil | $60,000–$80,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·05 | Linda/Maquette | Dye coupler print laid on board with mixed media | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·05 | Study for Keith Mezzotint | Gelatin silver print with applied ink laid on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·04 | Self-Portrait (tapestry), 1993 | silk jacquard weave | $1,500–$2,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2026·04 | Self Portrait | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·04 | Self-Portrait | relief etching, on | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·04 | Alex | woodcut in colors, on | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·03 | Willem Dafoe, 1997 | $3,450–$5,750 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·02 | Self-portrait | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·02 | Self Portrait II | $1,500–$2,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2026·02 | Self Portrait | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2026·02 | Self-Portrait | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2026·02 | Phil (detail) | $800–$1,200 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·12 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2025·12 | Brad Pitt | $4,000–$6,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·12 | Untitled (Study of Brad Pitt) (two works) | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·11 | Untitled Torso Diptych | $9,266–$13,900 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Fuji Mums | $30,000–$50,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·11 | Self-Portrait | $4,000–$6,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·10 | Kara/Felt Hand Stamp | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·10 | Susan (B. 50) | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·10 | Keith V | Handmade paper pulp in colors | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·10 | Lyle | Screenprint in colors on Saunders Waterford paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·10 | Self-Portrait | Screenprint in colors on Saunders Waterford paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·10 | Cecily | Screenprint in colors with felt stamped oil paint on handmade Twinrocker paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·10 | Self-Portrait / Pulp | Paper pulp and stenciled colors on black handmade paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·10 | Kate Moss (diptych) | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Kate #18) | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·09 | Obama 2012 (I) | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | Keith/Four Times (B. 5) | $2,723–$4,085 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·09 | Robert I | Pressed paper pulp on handmade paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·09 | Self Portrait/Pulp/Pochoir | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·08 | Keith IV - State II | Lithograph on Arches paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·08 | Arne | Spit-bite etching and aquatint on Hahnemühle paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·08 | Georgia Fingerprint, State II | Etching on grey B.F.K. Rives paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·07 | Roy/Reduction Linocut | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·07 | Phil/Spitbite | $4,000–$6,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·06 | Phil/Fingerprint (B. 16) | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·06 | John I; and John II | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·06 | Self-Portrait | $20,000–$40,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·06 | Emma | $12,000–$18,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·06 | Self Portrait | $15,000–$25,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·06 | Keith 1 | $4,000–$6,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·05 | Self-Portrait (Parkett 60) | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·05 | Self-Portrait | $4,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·05 | Mark | oil on canvas | $600,000–$800,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·05 | Keith | ink and graphite on paper | $70,000–$90,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·04 | Kate Moss (diptych) | Digital pigment print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·04 | Lyle | Screenprint in colors on Saunders Waterford paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·04 | Self-Portrait | Woodcut in colors on Shiramine paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·04 | Phil/Manipulated | $12,000–$18,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·04 | Self-Portrait | $3,000–$4,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·04 | Untitled (Kate) | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·04 | Roy II | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·04 | Kate Moss (diptych) | $15,000–$25,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·03 | Lucas/Book | $400–$600 | Rago | |||
| 2025·02 | Cecily | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·02 | Untitled (Kate #14) | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Self-Portrait (for Parkett 60) | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·02 | Self-Portrait | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·02 | Lucas/Woodcut | $10,000–$15,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·02 | Keith IV (State II) | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·02 | Self-portrait (tapestry) | $1,500–$2,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·02 | Georgia; Georgia/Fingerprint I; and Georgia/Fingerprint II | $7,000–$9,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·02 | Emma | $15,000–$20,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·01 | Untitled (In Honor of Peter Hujar), from 1989: A Portfolio Honouring Artists Lost to AIDS | $985–$1,478 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·12 | John | Screenprint in colors on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·12 | Alex | Woodcut in colors on Japon paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·11 | Self-Portrait | $10,000–$15,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·11 | Self-Portrait (Parkett 60) | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·11 | Keith V | Handmade paper in colors | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·11 | Susan | Handmade paper in colors | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·11 | Leslie | Lithograph in colors on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·10 | Self-Portrait | $8,000–$12,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·10 | Self-Portrait Chuck Close | $8,000–$12,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·10 | Hillary | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·10 | Self Portrait, from 20 Years of Art Magazine | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·10 | Obama 2012 (II) | $8,000–$12,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·10 | Emily/Fingerprint; Leslie/Fingerprint; and Marta/Fingerprint | $7,000–$9,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·10 | Kate | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·10 | Cecily | $25,000–$35,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·10 | Phil/Fingerprint | $6,000–$8,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·10 | Untitled | Unique Polaroid print | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·10 | James | Screenprint in colors on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·10 | Kate Moss (diptych) | Woodburytype | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·09 | Norman Lear, 2018 | archival watercolor pigment print | $8,000–$12,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2024·08 | Andres | $25,494–$38,241 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | Philip, 1991 | archival pigment print | $2,000–$3,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2024·06 | Zhang Huan II | $10,242–$15,363 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·05 | Leslie/Fingerprint | $8,000–$12,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·05 | Norman Lear | archival watercolor print, on Hahnemühle rag paper | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·05 | Keith III | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
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