Bonhams Made in California and Beyond Auction Totals $1.39m
3 min read · 25 Jun 2026
Portrait of Lucretia Van Horn by Diego Rivera sold for $305,300. Image courtesy of Bonhams
A work by Diego Rivera was the headline sale at Bonhams 'Made in California and Beyond' auction on June 15-24 in Los Angeles.
- The sale totaled $1.39m, meeting the pre-sale estimate.
Snapshot of the sale
- 85 works sold totaling $1.39m.
- Estimates totaled: $960,800 (low) and $1.43m (high), excluding premiums.
- The sell-through rate was 82% of the original 104 lots announced.
The star lot was: Diego Rivera, Portrait of Lucretia Van Horn (1926), which sold for $305,300, 205% above its $100,000 low estimate. It has been traded 3 times in the past.
Untitled (Woman with Purse) by Lucretia van Horn sold for $19,200 (2642% above estimate). Image courtesy of Bonhams
The outperformer sold for 2642% above its low estimate. Lucretia van Horn, Untitled (Woman with Purse) (1935), sold for $19,200 ($700 low estimate). It has been traded 3 times in the past.
- 50 works, or 59%, sold above their high estimate.
- 22 works, or 26%, sold within their low and high estimate.
- 13 works, or 15%, sold below their low estimate.
- 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.
Guaranteed sales
No sales had a guarantee.
Works that did not sell
19 works were bought-in, including: Richard Diebenkorn, Chabot Valley—Early 60 (1960), estimated at $50,000 (low) to $70,000 (high). It has been traded twice in the past.
Withdrawn before the sale
0 works were withdrawn
Terms and definitions
All results include the fees and premiums added to the price of a work of art when the auctioneer's hammer falls. Sale prices are compared to the auction house’s low estimate, which do not include premiums.
Guarantees: Sometimes an auction house guarantees to pay a seller for a work, regardless of whether the bidding reaches the reserve price, a figure that is typically confidential.
Bought-in: If there are no bids for a work, or if bidding falls short of the reserve price, the lot is unsold or “bought-in”.
Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.
Premiums: Typically a sliding-scale of charges paid in addition to the hammer price by the buyer, plus any other fees.
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