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Over the last 24 months the median price was $1,259 including buyer’s premium (middle half $859–$2,227, n=16). The auction record is $21,420 for Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, near Homestead, Florida, Feb 1939 (2021, Sotheby's). Source: OpeningBid, an independent auction-results database.","title":"Marion Post Wolcott value: auction records & prices (updated Nov 2026)"}}