# Bruce Nelson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T17:33:24.340Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 28
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2005-06-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-04-25
- Median realised price: $950
- Price range: $30 to $9,500

## Market Takeaway
Bruce Nelson has 28 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $950. 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 \($950\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($750 to $3,585\) 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: 50% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $600
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-04-25
- Days since latest sale: 368
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 4 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Charlton Hall: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Cottone Auctions: 1 lots
- Dargate Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-25 | Bruce Nelson | Charlton Hall | $875
2. 2024-08-03 | Bruce Nelson, "Seagulls" | Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC | $600
3. 2023-01-11 | Bruce Nelson \(American, 1888\-1952\) | Cottone Auctions | $750
4. 2022-09-08 | BRUCE NELSON \(California, 1888\-1971\) | Leighton Galleries | N/A
5. 2022-05-22 | BRUCE NELSON \(1888 \- 1971\): CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE | Abell Auction | $1,200
6. 2022-01-27 | BRUCE NELSON \(California, 1888\-1971\), Coastal study., Mixed media, 17” x 23” sight. Framed 19” x 25”. | Eldred's | $375
7. 2021-11-23 | Bruce Nelson \(1888\-1952\) Along the Water's Edge 20 1/4 x 25 1/4in framed 25 1/4 x 30 1/4in | Bonhams | $9,500
8. 2020-03-17 | Bruce Nelson \(1888\-1952\) Carmel Coast 25 1/4 x 30in | Bonhams | $5,000
9. 2018-10-14 | Bruce Nelson \(american,1888\-1971\) oil on board | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $925
10. 2018-06-03 | Bruce Nelson \(american,1888\-1971\) oil on board | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
11. 2017-12-05 | Bruce Nelson \(american,1888\-1971\) oil on board | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $950
12. 2017-06-20 | Bruce Nelson \(american, 1888 \- 1971\) oil on board | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $1,200
13. 2017-02-26 | Bruce Nelson 1988 Pastel/Paper Abstract | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A
14. 2016-06-24 | Bruce Nelson \(1888\-1971\) "Point Heuneme, CA" | J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC | N/A
15. 2015-11-19 | BRUCE NELSON, LANDSCAPE AND FIGURE, OIL ON CANVAS, 89 X 61CM | Leonard Joel | N/A
16. 2015-10-20 | Bruce Nelson \(1888\-1952 San Francisco, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,800
17. 2013-04-23 | Bruce Nelson \(1888\-1971 Pacific Grove, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
18. 2013-02-23 | Bruce Nelson \(American/California, 1888\-1971\) | Neal Auction Company | $3,585
19. 2010-09-28 | Bruce Nelson \(1888\-1952\) | Christie's | N/A
20. 2009-11-08 | BRUCE NELSON DRAWING | Pacific Galleries | $30
21. 2009-09-29 | Bruce Nelson \(1888\-1952\) | Christie's | N/A
22. 2009-09-29 | Bruce Nelson \(1888\-1952\) | Christie's | $5,000
23. 2008-11-24 | Bruce Nelson \(American, 1888\-1952\) Winter Scene with Distant Farmhouses 24 x 30in | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2008-09-07 | Ernest Bruce Nelson \(manner of\) | Charlton Hall | $915

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