# Daniel Chester French - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-08-28T17:00:14.664Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 43
- Lots with prices: 35
- First auction date: 2001-11-28
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-14
- Median realised price: $1,950
- Price range: $30 to $280,750

## Market Takeaway
Daniel Chester French has 43 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,950. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($1,950\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($320 to $8,812\) 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: 40% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 37.1% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 22.9% (8 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $12,065
- Previous 12 months median: $320
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-14
- Days since latest sale: 167
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 6 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 4 lots
- Potomack Company: 3 lots
- RR Auction: 3 lots
- Skinner: 3 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 2 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 2 lots
- Weschler's: 2 lots
- Alex Cooper: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-24 | Daniel Chester French \(Am. 1850\-1931\), Seated Lincoln, 1915, Bronze | Barridoff Auctions | $61,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-daniel-chester-french-am-1850-1931-seated-lincoln-1915-bronze-57-c-ea0c788990
2. 2025-03-16 | Antique 19th century Parian ware Daniel Chester French figural match holder of owls titled MATCH MAKING with four containers of matches, approx 19cm H x 15cm W | Vickers & Hoad | A$320 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-antique-19th-century-parian-ware-daniel-chester-french-figural-match-holder-of-owls-titled-match-making-with-four-containers-of-matches-approx-19cm-h-x-15cm-w-56-c-1c24905abf
3. 2016-10-16 | Bronze Cast Of Susan Taft By Daniel Chester French | Premier Auction Galleries | $1,950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bronze-cast-of-susan-taft-by-daniel-chester-french-10-c-d28426888f
4. 2026-03-14 | Daniel Chester French \(after\) Plaster Sculpture. | Casco Bay Auctions | $30 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-daniel-chester-french-after-plaster-sculpture-153-c-a0bbbb3e44
5. 2026-01-23 | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH \(1850\-1931\). Fine Arts and Military Valor: A Pair of | Christie's | $12,065 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-daniel-chester-french-1850-1931-fine-arts-and-military-valor-a-pair-of-423-c-054e747dd2
6. 2023-05-07 | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH \(1850\-1931\) Signed Photo | John McInnis Auctioneers | $200
7. 2023-02-25 | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH \(American 1850\-1931\) A SCULPTURE, "Bust of a Woman," 1923 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $2,250
8. 2022-12-04 | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH \(American, 1850\-1931\) | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $2,000
9. 2022-07-16 | Daniel Chester French 1922 Signed Typed Letter | Kaminski Auctions | $175
10. 2019-09-24 | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH \(AMERICAN, 1850\-1931\) | Echoes Antiques & Auction Gallery | $425
11. 2019-05-22 | Daniel Chester French \(1850\-1931\) The Concord Minute Man of 1775 bronze with greenish\-brown patina 32 in. \(81.3 cm.\) high | Christie's | $212,500
12. 2019-03-02 | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH \(1850\-1931\) | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | $7,000
13. 2018-10-02 | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH \| General William F. Draper | Sotheby's | $26,000
14. 2018-05-22 | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH \(1850\-1931\) \- George Washington | Christie's | N/A
15. 2017-05-23 | Daniel Chester French \(1850\-1931\) Seated Lincoln | Christie's | $62,500
16. 2017-05-03 | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH \(AMERICAN, 1850\-1931\) RIP VAN WINKLE, 1925 BRONZE WITH BRO | Heritage Auctions | N/A
17. 2016-11-16 | Daniel Chester French \(1850\-1931\), Bust of Abraham Lincoln \(1809\-1865\) | Freeman's \| Hindman | N/A
18. 2016-10-20 | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH \| Allegories for 'Architecture' and 'Painting and Sculpture': Two Bronzes | Sotheby's | N/A
19. 2016-07-20 | Daniel Chester French \(American, 1850\-1931\), Bust of Abraham Lincoln | Freeman's \| Hindman | N/A
20. 2014-09-19 | Daniel Chester French \(American, 1850\-1931\), Plaster Bas Relief of Muses, c. 1910, Inscribed "To/Mrs. Henry Warwick/Compliments of/Dani | Skinner | $1,845
21. 2013-09-11 | DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $160 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-daniel-chester-french-1153-c-35bfba2fd2
22. 2012-05-18 | Daniel Chester French \(American 1850\-1931\), Seated Lincoln, bronze sculpture, height: 10 in | Weschler's | $6,500
23. 2012-05-12 | Daniel Chester French \(American, 1850 \- 1931\) Dolly Varden and Joe Willet: Joe"s Fairwell, c. 1880 | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
24. 2012-05-12 | Daniel Chester French \(American, 1850\-1931\) Lincoln Bookend \(Single\) | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,000

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