# Catherine Tharp Altvater - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T19:07:02.854Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 38
- Lots with prices: 5
- First auction date: 2020-03-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-17
- Median realised price: $65
- Price range: $25 to $275

## Market Takeaway
Catherine Tharp Altvater has 38 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $65. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($65\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($50 to $100\) 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: 100% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $65
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-17
- Days since latest sale: 254
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- The Rug Life Auctions: 32 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 2 lots
- Weschler's: 2 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 1 lots
- Huntington Museum of Art: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-17 | Catherine Tharp Altvater \(1907 – 1984\) American, Pastel on Paper Cityscape | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A
2. 2025-03-26 | Catherine Tharp Altvater 1950s watercolor Murky Dawn | Concept Art Gallery | $275
3. 2024-06-11 | Catherine Tharp Altvater \(American 1907 \- 1984\), Docked Boats, Watercolor, Signed l.r., Frame: 19 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. \(49.5 x 67.3 cm.\) | Weschler's | $65
4. 2024-06-11 | Catherine Tharp Altvater \(American 1907 \- 1984\), Docked Boats, Watercolor on Paper, Signed l.r., Frame: 18 1/2 x 29 in. \(47 x 73.7 cm.\) | Weschler's | $25
5. 2021-12-11 | Catherine Tharp Altvater \(1907\-1984\) Arkansas, W/C | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A
6. 2021-10-16 | Catherine Tharp Altvater \(American, 1907 \- 1984\), "Bald Head Cliff," watercolor on paper | Huntington Museum of Art | $50
7. 2021-02-23 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | $100
8. 2021-02-11 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
9. 2021-02-03 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
10. 2021-01-21 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
11. 2021-01-12 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
12. 2020-12-31 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
13. 2020-12-22 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
14. 2020-12-10 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
15. 2020-12-01 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
16. 2020-11-19 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
17. 2020-11-10 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
18. 2020-10-29 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
19. 2020-10-20 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
20. 2020-10-08 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
21. 2020-09-29 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
22. 2020-09-15 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
23. 2020-09-01 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
24. 2020-08-20 | CATHERINE THARP ALTVATER \(1907\-1984\) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR TITLED SPRING FANTASY, MATTED, FRAMED AND MEASURING 33in x 24.5in x 1in | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A

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