# Alphonse Joseph Shelton - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T19:07:04.732Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 25
- Lots with prices: 24
- First auction date: 2006-05-13
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-22
- Median realised price: $375
- Price range: $75 to $1,955

## Market Takeaway
Alphonse Joseph Shelton has 25 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $375. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($375\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($250 to $575\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 95.8% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 4.2% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $350
- Previous 12 months median: $550
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-22
- Days since latest sale: 65
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 6 lots
- James D. Julia: 3 lots
- Winter Associates, Inc.: 3 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots
- Charlton Hall: 1 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Huntington Museum of Art: 1 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Potomack Company: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-22 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON \(ME/UK, 1905\-1976\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $850 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-alphonse-joseph-shelton-me-uk-1905-1976-3381-c-f7daca83ba
2. 2025-06-26 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON \(Maine, 1905\-1976\), Rocky coastline., Oil on board, 7" x 10". Framed 12" x 15". | Eldred's | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-alphonse-joseph-shelton-maine-1905-1976-rocky-coastline-oil-on-board-7-x-10-framed-12-x-15-1551-c-cfa4b0e84b
3. 2025-02-22 | Alphonse Joseph Shelton \(American 1905\-1976\) "The Island" Oil on canvas Signed lower left A.J.Shelton 24" x 36" sight size Provenance: Newman Galleries, 1625 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA Condition: overall good conditi... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $400
4. 2024-11-22 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON \(AMERICAN, 1905\-1976\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $550
5. 2024-08-25 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON \(NH/ME., 1905\-1976\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $850
6. 2023-11-15 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON \(Maine, 1905\-1976\), “Rough Water”., Oil on canvas board, 18” x 24”. Framed 24” x 31”. | Eldred's | $375
7. 2022-12-03 | Alphonse Joseph Shelton, Am. 1905\-1976, Coastal Surf, Maine, Oil on board, framed, 11 3/8" x 15 5/16" sight, 17 3/8" x 21 5/16" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $500
8. 2020-11-02 | Alphonse Joseph Shelton \(American, 1905\-1976\), oil on masonite, depicts Maine seascape, with waves crashing on rocks, signed lower l... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $150
9. 2020-11-02 | Alphonse Joseph Shelton \(American, 1905\-1976\), oil on masonite, depicts costal | Winter Associates, Inc. | $325
10. 2020-04-29 | Alphonse Joseph Shelton \(American, 1905\-1976\) Oil on canvas, | Gray's Auctioneers | $170
11. 2019-10-06 | Alphonse Joseph Shelton \(British/American, Maine, 1905 \- 1976\), "Coastal Maine Landscape," oil on masonite | Huntington Museum of Art | $325
12. 2019-07-15 | Alphonse Joseph Shelton \(American, 1905 \- 1976\), framed oil on panel, palette knife, depicts seascape with crashing waves and rocks,... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $100
13. 2017-11-26 | Alphonse Joseph Shelton \(Maine 1905 \- 1976\) | Sarasota Estate Auction | $150
14. 2016-09-01 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON, Maine, 1905\-1976, Building on an inlet, likely Maine., Oil on masonite, 8" x 10". Framed 10" x 12". | Eldred's | N/A
15. 2014-06-17 | Alphonse Joseph Shelton, American born England, active New England, 1905, 1976, oil on canvas, "Clearing Day", signed Lower Right, 3... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $250
16. 2011-09-10 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON \(American, 1905\-1976\); Oil | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $434
17. 2011-04-09 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON, American, 1905\-1976, "Blue Day",, Oil on canvas, 12" x 16". Framed. | Eldred's | $250
18. 2010-07-22 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON, American, 1905\-1976, Waves crashing on a rocky coast., Oil on board, 12" x 16". Framed. | Eldred's | $250
19. 2010-07-21 | Alphonse Joseph Shelton \(American, 1905\-1976\) Western Shores, N. Atlantic. Titled and signed on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 28 x 33 in. | Skinner | $652
20. 2009-08-25 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON \(American, 1905\-1976\) "FIRST SNOW". | James D. Julia | $575
21. 2008-07-17 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON, American, 1905\-1976, "Maine Harbor"., Oil on masonite, 12" x 16". Framed. | Eldred's | $75
22. 2008-04-05 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON \(AMERICAN, 1905\-1976\) SEASCAPE Oil on canvas: 23 1/4 x 35 1/4 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | $950
23. 2008-02-02 | Alphonse Joseph Shelton | Charlton Hall | $546
24. 2006-08-22 | ALPHONSE JOSEPH SHELTON \(American, 1905\-1976\) "EVENING, OCEAN POINT" | James D. Julia | $1,955

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