# Arthur Putnam - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T17:52:59.755Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 45
- Lots with prices: 36
- First auction date: 2005-11-16
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-11
- Median realised price: $7,200
- Price range: $200 to $45,000

## Market Takeaway
Arthur Putnam has 45 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,200. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($7,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,750 to $11,590\) 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: 8.3% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 55.6% (20 sales)
- $10,000\+: 36.1% (13 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $20,000
- Previous 12 months median: $2,540
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-11
- Days since latest sale: 168
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 22 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc.: 4 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques: 3 lots
- Main Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals: 2 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 1 lots
- CRN Auctions: 1 lots
- California Historical Design, Inc: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-07-15 | Arthur Putnam \- Pair of Saber\-Toothed Tigers | Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc. | $200
2. 2012-05-01 | Arthur Putnam \(American, 1873\-1930\) | Bonhams | $3,125
3. 2010-04-20 | Arthur Putnam \(American, 1873\-1930\) The lovers, nuzzling pumas, 1904 height: 7in | Bonhams | $14,640
4. 2009-11-23 | Arthur Putnam \(American, 1873\-1930\) Tiger Walking, 1912 \(a group of two\) the first, height: 7 1/4in; the second, height: 6 1/2in | Bonhams | $15,860
5. 2009-04-07 | Arthur Putnam \(American, 1873\-1930\) 'Prospector' height: 10 3/4in | Bonhams | $5,490
6. 2009-04-07 | Arthur Putnam \(American, 1873\-1930\) Standing Puma 4 x 7in | Bonhams | $7,320
7. 2008-11-24 | Arthur Putnam \(American, 1873\-1930\) Child with Lynx height: 21 1/2in | Bonhams | $30,000
8. 2007-10-24 | Wrestling the Lion | Christie's | N/A
9. 2007-04-25 | 'Wrestling the Panther' | Christie's | $7,200
10. 2025-11-11 | Arthur Putnam \(1873\-1930\) The Mermaid 32 in. high | Bonhams | $20,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-arthur-putnam-1873-1930-the-mermaid-32-in-high-110-c-f79f9b3be1
11. 2025-11-11 | Arthur Putnam \(1873\-1930\) Puma with Cub and Puma \(a group of two\) first 38 1/4 in. high and second 37 in. high | Bonhams | $45,000
12. 2025-05-06 | Arthur Putnam \(1873\-1930\), "The Lovers, Nuzzling Pumas," 1904 | John Moran Auctioneers | $10,160
13. 2024-07-30 | Arthur Putnam \(1873\-1930\), Untitled \(Panther\), 1908 | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,540
14. 2024-04-10 | Arthur Putnam \(1873\-1930\), "Cub" | John Moran Auctioneers | $792
15. 2023-07-15 | Arthur Putnam \- "Satyr and Bird," 1924 | Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc. | $4,000
16. 2023-07-15 | Arthur Putnam \- "Bear Walking," 1910 | Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc. | $4,500
17. 2023-07-15 | Arthur Putnam \- "Descending Panther," 1908\-10 | Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc. | $3,750
18. 2023-06-03 | AMERICAN BRONZE SCULPTURE TIGER BY ARTHUR PUTNAM | Antique Arena Inc | $650
19. 2023-04-25 | Arthur Putnam \(1873\-1930\) Snarling Jaguar 3 in. high \(Modeled in 1906, cast circa 1909.\) | Bonhams | $3,800
20. 2022-11-01 | Arthur Putnam \(American, 1897\-1986\) Combat: Indian, Horse and Buffalo | Hindman | $8,500
21. 2022-06-19 | ARTHUR PUTNAM \(American, 1873\-1930\) BRONZE | CRN Auctions | $3,750
22. 2021-11-23 | Arthur Putnam \(1873\-1930\) The Mermaid 32in high | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2020-09-13 | Arthur Putnam \(1873\-1930\) Bronze \(CA,MS/France\) | Main Auction Galleries | $3,100
24. 2020-09-13 | Arthur Putnam \(1873\-1930\) Bronze \(CA,MS/France\) | Main Auction Galleries | $7,500

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