# Alma W. Thomas - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T17:57:01.828Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 38
- Lots with prices: 34
- First auction date: 2008-05-14
- Latest auction date: 2025-02-06
- Median realised price: $32,500
- Price range: $200 to $840,000

## Market Takeaway
Alma W. Thomas shows developing auction liquidity with 38 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $32,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-02-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($32,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $10,000 and $87,500.
- 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: 2.9% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20.6% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 76.5% (26 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $100,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-02-06
- Days since latest sale: 377
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 25 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 5 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Black Art Auction: 2 lots
- Nye & Company: 1 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-12-01 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978, AMERICAN\) Reflections. | Swann Auction Galleries | $557,000
2. 2017-04-06 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Hello Dolly. | Swann Auction Galleries | $11,250
3. 2025-02-06 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $100,000
4. 2024-10-03 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Atmosphere \(Atmospheric Effect No. 4\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $149,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-alma-w-thomas-1891-1978-atmosphere-atmospheric-effect-no-4-80-c-7b046ca91d
5. 2023-10-19 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Transcendental. | Swann Auction Galleries | $149,000
6. 2023-10-19 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $9,375
7. 2023-10-19 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $32,500
8. 2023-10-19 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Etude. | Swann Auction Galleries | $161,000
9. 2023-05-20 | Alma W. Thomas, 1891\-1978, Still Life With Corn | Black Art Auction | N/A
10. 2023-05-20 | 1949 Abstract Watercolor Signed Thomas | Sarasota Estate Auction | $200
11. 2023-05-19 | Untitled | Sotheby's | $273,050
12. 2022-12-01 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978, AMERICAN\) Carousel. | Swann Auction Galleries | $25,000
13. 2022-12-01 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978, AMERICAN\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $37,500
14. 2022-11-19 | Alma W. Thomas, 1891\-1978, untitled | Black Art Auction | $840,000
15. 2022-09-07 | Alma W. Thomas, Watercolor on Paper, Abstract | Nye & Company | $10,000
16. 2021-04-22 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Untitled \(Garden Composition\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $81,250
17. 2021-04-22 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) My Fall Garden. | Swann Auction Galleries | $75,000
18. 2020-12-10 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Untitled \(Composition in Dark Blue Black and Deep Pink\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $62,500
19. 2017-10-05 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Etude in Brown \(Saint Cecilia at the Organ\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
20. 2017-10-05 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) In the Studio. | Swann Auction Galleries | $45,000
21. 2017-04-06 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Untitled \(Red Composition\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $6,250
22. 2017-04-06 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Untitled \(Orange and Burgundy Composition\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $18,750
23. 2017-04-06 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Untitled \(Orange and Blue Composition\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $18,750
24. 2017-04-06 | ALMA W. THOMAS \(1891 \- 1978\) Untitled \(Yellow and Brown Composition\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $11,875

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