# Arthur William Best - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T19:39:47.450Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 81
- Lots with prices: 61
- First auction date: 2003-04-19
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-03
- Median realised price: $600
- Price range: $150 to $5,040

## Market Takeaway
Arthur William Best shows solid auction liquidity with 81 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $425 and $1,159.
- 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: 70.5% (43 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 29.5% (18 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $375
- Previous 12 months median: $726
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-03
- Days since latest sale: 260
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Matthew's Galleries: 49 lots
- Bonhams: 13 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 4 lots
- California Historical Design, Inc: 3 lots
- Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.: 3 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Arader Galleries: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Copake Auction Inc.: 1 lots
- DuMouchelles: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2020-10-26 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST \(California/Arizona/Canada, 18 | O'Gallerie | $225
2. 2025-06-03 | Arthur William Best \(1859\-1935\), "Sonora Pass," 1934 | John Moran Auctioneers | $3,492
3. 2025-03-23 | Arthur William Best \(1859\-1935\) Pastel Mountain Lake c1910s | California Historical Design, Inc | $375
4. 2024-07-16 | Arthur William Best \(1859\-1935\), Landscape with mountain | John Moran Auctioneers | $726
5. 2024-06-04 | Arthur William Best \(1859\-1935\), "Grand Canyon," circa 1925, Oil on canvas laid to board, 10" H x 14" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $5,000
6. 2024-03-24 | Arthur William Best \(1859\-1935\) Small California Painting c1910s | California Historical Design, Inc | $300
7. 2023-11-15 | Arthur William Best \(1859\-1935\), "Grand Canyon," circa 1925, Oil on canvas laid to board, 10" H x 14" W | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
8. 2023-09-17 | Arthur William Best \(1859\-1935\) Small California Painting c1910s | California Historical Design, Inc | N/A
9. 2018-12-16 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST OIL ON CANVAS LANDSCAPE | DuMouchelles | $500
10. 2017-06-24 | Arthur William Best \(1859\-1935\) | Copake Auction Inc. | $625
11. 2016-11-19 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST \(CA/AZ/Canada, 1859\-1935\) \- "Painted Desert & Canyon De Chelly", oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled verso, in magnificent gilt carved Arts & Crafts style frame, OS: 28" x 33 1/2", SS: 18 1/2"... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
12. 2016-09-05 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST \(1859\-1935\), OIL ON CANVAS | Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc. | $850
13. 2016-08-27 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST \(CA/AZ/Canada, 1859\-1935\) \- "Painted Desert & Canyon De Chelly", oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled verso, in magnificent gilt carved Arts & Crafts style frame, OS: 28: x 33 1/2", SS: 18 1/2"... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
14. 2015-01-24 | Arthur William Best, Grand Canyon | Arader Galleries | $700
15. 2014-11-16 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST, OIL ON CANVAS | Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc. | N/A
16. 2014-10-12 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST, OIL ON CANVAS | Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc. | N/A
17. 2013-07-28 | Arthur William Best \(American, 1859\-1935\) | Bonhams | $312
18. 2013-06-25 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST \(American, 1859\-1935\) | Matthew's Galleries | $650
19. 2013-06-25 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST \(American, 1859\-1935\) | Matthew's Galleries | $600
20. 2013-06-25 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST \(American, 1859\-1935\) | Matthew's Galleries | $1,300
21. 2013-04-14 | Arthur William Best \(American, 1859\-1935\) | Bonhams | N/A
22. 2013-03-12 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST \(American, 1859\-1935\) | Matthew's Galleries | $170
23. 2013-03-12 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST \(American, 1859\-1935\) | Matthew's Galleries | $700
24. 2013-03-12 | ARTHUR WILLIAM BEST \(American, 1859\-1935\) | Matthew's Galleries | $850

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