# Benjamin Russell - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T19:29:17.348Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 10
- Lots with prices: 9
- First auction date: 2007-10-13
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-21
- Median realised price: $650
- Price range: $70 to $2,400

## Market Takeaway
Benjamin Russell has 10 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $650. 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 \($650\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($500 to $1,900\) 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: 66.7% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.3% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $275
- Previous 12 months median: $70
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-21
- Days since latest sale: 97
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 4 lots
- Alex Cooper: 1 lots
- Americana Auctions: 1 lots
- Rafael Osona Auctions: 1 lots
- Sandwich Auction House: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots
- Willis Henry Auctions Inc.: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-21 | BENJAMIN RUSSELL \(Massachusetts/Rhode Island, 1804\-1885\), "Sperm Whaling With Its Varieties", 1870., Colored lithograph, 18" x 33". Framed 29.5" x 41". | Sandwich Auction House | $275
2. 2025-09-18 | BENJAMIN RUSSELL \(Massachusetts/Rhode Island, 1804\-1885\), "Sperm Whaling With Its Varieties", 1870., Colored lithograph, 18" x 33". Framed 29.5" x 41". | Eldred's | N/A
3. 2025-01-08 | BENJAMIN RUSSELL \(Massachusetts/Rhode Island, 1804\-1885\), "A Ship on the North\-Coast Cutting in her Last Right Whale"., Print, 20.75" x 28.25" sight. Framed 24.75" x 32.5". | Eldred's | $70
4. 2024-11-20 | BENJAMIN RUSSELL \(Massachusetts, 1804\-1885\), Portrait of the whaleship Moctezuma., Mixed media on paper, 17.25" x 24.75" sight. Framed 27.75" x 34.75". | Eldred's | $1,900
5. 2022-08-07 | Benjamin Russell Watercolor, Gouache, and Ink Over Pencil Underdrawing Ship Portrait, circa 1874 | Rafael Osona Auctions | $650
6. 2021-08-01 | Print "Sperm Whaling with its Varieties" | Willis Henry Auctions Inc. | $500
7. 2017-03-04 | "Abandonment of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean" | Alex Cooper | $650
8. 2015-08-06 | Benjamin Russell Painting of Ship "Malvink" | Americana Auctions | $700
9. 2012-07-20 | BENJAMIN RUSSELL, American, 1804\-1885, "Schooner D.M. Anthony, James M. Lane Master"., Watercolor and gouache on paper, 23" x 35" si... | Eldred's | $2,400
10. 2007-10-13 | Benjamin Russell \(American 1804\-1885\) Schooner | Weschler's | $1,900

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