# Benjamin Blessum - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:04:38.387Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 5
- Lots with prices: 5
- First auction date: 2007-06-28
- Latest auction date: 2020-07-11
- Median realised price: $480
- Price range: $150 to $1,235

## Market Takeaway
Benjamin Blessum has 5 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $480. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($480\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($275 to $500\) 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: 80% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2020-07-11
- Days since latest sale: 2,117
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2020-07-11 | Benjamin Blessum, Norwegian Landscape | Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals | $275 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-benjamin-blessum-norwegian-landscape-317-c-1c34e74a55
2. 2020-02-13 | BENJAMIN BLESSUM \(1877\-1954\). NORWAY / THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN. Circa 1925. 37x24 inches, 96x61 cm. Norwegian Government Railways. | Swann Auction Galleries | $500
3. 2017-03-16 | BENJAMIN BLESSUM \(1877\-1954\). NORWAY / THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN. Circa 1925. 37x24 inches, 94x62 cm. Norwegian Government Railways. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,235
4. 2014-05-10 | Ben Blessum lithographic travel poster | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $150
5. 2007-06-28 | NORWAY | Christie's | £480

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