# Alfred Cheney Johnston - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T05:27:12.650Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 47
- Lots with prices: 31
- First auction date: 2002-10-22
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-06
- Median realised price: $597
- Price range: $50 to $2,750

## Market Takeaway
Alfred Cheney Johnston shows developing auction liquidity with 47 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $597. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($597\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $425 and $1,000.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 71% (22 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 29% (9 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $50
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-06
- Days since latest sale: 43
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 10 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 7 lots
- Waddington's: 7 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Main Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 2 lots
- WestLicht: 2 lots
- Auctionata US: 1 lots
- Be\-Hold: 1 lots
- Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-06 | Alfred Cheney Johnston \(1885\-1971\) New York | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $50
2. 2023-12-30 | Alfred Cheney Johnston, Martha Mansfield Photo | Nest Egg Auctions | $750
3. 2022-04-24 | Alfred Cheney Johnston \(1884\-1971\) Photographs | Main Auction Galleries | $550
4. 2022-04-24 | Alfred Cheney Johnston \(1884\-1971\) Photographs | Main Auction Galleries | $325
5. 2022-04-24 | Alfred Cheney Johnston \(1884\-1971\) Photograph | Main Auction Galleries | $325
6. 2021-06-17 | Alfred Cheney Johnston \(American, 1884\-1971\) Helen Jesmer, Ziegfeld Girl, 1920 | Hindman | $850
7. 2021-03-11 | ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON \(1885\-1971\) Gertrude Dahl \* Ethel O'Dell. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
8. 2020-06-26 | Alfred Cheney Johnston, Portfolio with photographs of Norma Shearer and an unidentified man. | Be\-Hold | $500
9. 2020-06-11 | ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON \(1885\-1971\) Woman gazing into a mirror. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
10. 2020-06-11 | ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON \(1885\-1971\) Jean Akerman, Ziegfeld girl. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,500
11. 2019-10-02 | ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON \(1885–1971\) The Costello Sisters \(Dolores and Helen\), 1920s titled in pencil \(verso\) image/sheet: 13 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. \(33.2 x 24.7 cm.\) | Christie's | N/A
12. 2019-10-02 | ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON \(1885–1971\) Marion Davies, 1920 stamped photographer's credit and titled in pencil \(verso\) image: 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. \(32.6 x 25 cm.\) sheet: 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. \(33.5 x 26 cm.\) | Christie's | N/A
13. 2019-04-18 | ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON \(1885\-1971\) Nita Naldi \* Dorothy Smith. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,125
14. 2018-07-22 | ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON \(American, 1885\-1971\) | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $300
15. 2018-05-18 | Alfred Cheney Johnston, photograph | Millea Bros Ltd | $175
16. 2018-04-19 | ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON \(1885\-1971\) Kathryn Moylan. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
17. 2017-10-19 | ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON \(1885\-1971\) Model reclining \(Ann Smith\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,000
18. 2017-07-19 | ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON \(AMERICAN, 1885\-1971\) MARY PICKFORD, CIRCA 1920 GELATIN S | Heritage Auctions | $687
19. 2017-02-27 | Alfred Cheney Johnston \(American, 1885\-1971\) Seated nude Gelatin silver 13 x 9\-3 | Heritage Auctions | $937
20. 2016-12-02 | Alfred Cheney Johnston \(NY, 1885\-1971\), Two Photographs of Ziegfeld Follies Showgirls | Leland Little Auctions | $425
21. 2016-10-25 | ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON \(1885\-1971\) Delores. | Swann Auction Galleries | $875
22. 2016-05-10 | Alfred Cheney Johnston \(1884\-1971\) | Finarte Roma | N/A
23. 2015-09-29 | Alfred Cheney Johnston oversize nude Ziegfeld Girl print. | Profiles in History | $475
24. 2015-07-16 | Alfred Cheney Johnston \(1885\-1971\) \- Elsie Behrens, 1920s | Dreweatts 1759 | £372

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