# Cabot Lyford - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T19:28:30.336Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 23
- Lots with prices: 20
- First auction date: 2002-12-07
- Latest auction date: 2024-08-25
- Median realised price: $1,200
- Price range: $225 to $3,500

## Market Takeaway
Cabot Lyford has 23 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. 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 \($1,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($700 to $1,900\) 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: 30% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 70% (14 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: $700
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-08-25
- Days since latest sale: 611
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 11 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 4 lots
- Skinner: 4 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- James D. Julia: 1 lots
- New Hampshire Auctions and Appraisals LLC: 1 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-08-25 | CABOT LYFORD \(ME/NH, 1925\-2016\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $700
2. 2024-08-25 | CABOT LYFORD \(ME/NH, 1925\-2016\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
3. 2024-02-16 | MARBLE SCULPTURE | New Hampshire Auctions and Appraisals LLC | $500
4. 2022-07-27 | Cabot Lyford 1925\-2016 Stone Marine Whale Statue | Hill Auction Gallery | $225
5. 2020-10-17 | Cabot Lyford, Am. b. 1925, Untitled, Carved black granite mounted on white marble base, 3" x 2" x 2" including base | Barridoff Auctions | $488
6. 2020-08-30 | CABOT LYFORD \(NY/ME, 1925 \- 2016\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $2,750
7. 2019-10-19 | Cabot Lyford, Am. 1925\-2016, "Woman Reclining", carved stone sculpture, 6.25" height x 32" width x 4" depth | Barridoff Auctions | $2,440
8. 2019-06-22 | Cabot Lyford, Am. 1925, Dolphin, 1996, Carved Wood Sculpture, 9.5" Long | Barridoff Auctions | $1,464
9. 2017-08-25 | CABOT LYFORD \(NH/ME, 1925\-2016\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $3,500
10. 2017-08-25 | CABOT LYFORD \(NH/ME, 1925\-2016\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,900
11. 2016-08-28 | CABOT LYFORD \(NH/ME, 1925 \- \) \- Stone Sculpture from two natural granite sea stones, the top with his 'peapod' shaping, stacked with bronze rod, lichen covered. Roughly 13" x 30" x 12". Beautiful weathering. From a Ya. | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $585
12. 2016-08-28 | CABOT LYFORD \(NH, 1925 \- \) \- Angry Bull, in black granite, pegged to a separate granite plateau, unsigned, 15 x 20" x 7". Good condition. From a Yarmouth Maine collection. | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $2,340
13. 2016-05-05 | Cabot Lyford | Barridoff Auctions | $1,560
14. 2015-08-30 | CABOT LYFORD \(NH, 1925 \- \) \- Three Figures, cast aluminum in five parts, set on pins on rough\-hewn stone base. Unsigned. Roughly 34" x 16" x 10". Disassembles. Weathered. From a private Owls Head, ME collection. | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,600
15. 2015-08-30 | CABOT LYFORD \(NH, 1925 \- \) \- Striped Bass, carved granite, unsigned. 33 1/2" long. Good condition. | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $3,250
16. 2014-11-09 | CABOT LYFORD \(NH, 1925 \- \) \- Three Figures, cast aluminum in five parts, set on pins on rough\-hewn stone base. Unsigned. Roughly 34" x | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
17. 2014-08-24 | CABOT LYFORD \(ME, 1925 \- \) \- Abstract, granite, 38" tall. Nicely weathered, with lichen. | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,200
18. 2011-08-24 | CABOT LYFORD \(American, b. 1925\) CARVED WHALE SCULPTURE. | James D. Julia | $1,050
19. 2008-04-19 | CABOT LYFORD \(American b. 1925\). SHIPS IN | Sloans & Kenyon | N/A
20. 2002-12-07 | Cabot Lyford \(American, b. 1925\) Excercises for the Left Hand. Signed and dated ""LYFORD '68"" on the base, label from Joan Peterson G | Skinner | $1,175
21. 2011-09-09 | Cabot Lyford \(American, b. 1925\) Rabbit Signed and dated "LYFORD 94" on the underside. Carved black granite, 5 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 5 in. ... | Skinner | $889
22. 2010-01-29 | Cabot Lyford \(American, b. 1925\) Kneeling Horse Incised signature "Lyford" l.l. Car... | Skinner | $1,422
23. 2010-01-29 | Cabot Lyford \(American, b. 1925\) Standing Nude Unsigned. Carved granite, approximat... | Skinner | $1,126

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