# Dorothy Davis - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:56:22.030Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 40
- Lots with prices: 32
- First auction date: 2003-11-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-16
- Median realised price: $190
- Price range: $30 to $550

## Market Takeaway
Dorothy Davis has 40 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $190. 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 \($190\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $275\) 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% (32 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $150
- Previous 12 months median: $175
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-16
- Days since latest sale: 286
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 37 lots
- Sandwich Auction House: 2 lots
- DuMouchelles: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-16 | DOROTHY DAVIS \(Massachusetts, 1910\-1991\), "Kitchen with Dedhamware"., Oil on breadboard, 19" x 15.5". Unframed. | Sandwich Auction House | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothy-davis-massachusetts-1910-1991-kitchen-with-dedhamware-oil-on-breadboard-19-x-15-5-unframed-100-c-d33426fb29
2. 2025-05-22 | DOROTHY DAVIS \(Massachusetts, 1910\-1991\), Whaling scene., Oil on board, 8" x 15.25". Framed 9.75" x 17". | Eldred's | $250
3. 2025-02-12 | DOROTHY DAVIS \(Massachusetts, 1910\-1991\), "No. 844", a fishmonger selling his catch to a mother and daughter., Oil on breadboard, 19" x 22". Framed 22.5" x 25.5". | Sandwich Auction House | $175
4. 2024-10-16 | DOROTHY DAVIS \(Massachusetts, 1910\-1991\), Two works:, Oils on board, 20" x 26" and 20" x 26.5". | Eldred's | $325
5. 2023-04-18 | DOROTHY DAVIS \(Massachusetts, 1910\-1991\), Clammer's return to a seaside cottage., Oil on board, 9" x 11". Framed 12" x 14". | Eldred's | $550
6. 2023-01-27 | DOROTHY DAVIS \(Massachusetts, 1910\-1991\), Pine cupboard with painted decoration of a seaside village., Height 51”. Width 23”. Depth 13.5”. | Eldred's | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothy-davis-massachusetts-1910-1991-pine-cupboard-with-painted-decoration-of-a-seaside-village-height-51-width-23-depth-13-5-1530-c-43e4b37982
7. 2022-11-18 | DOROTHY DAVIS \(Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1910\-1991\), Two works, one depicting Dick Bourne auctioning under a tent and the other depicting figures outside a house., Oils on board, the largest 15" x 20". Framed 18.5" x 23.5 | Eldred's | $200
8. 2021-12-02 | DOROTHY DAVIS \(Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1910\-1991\), Wintertime scene of figures on a dock and a distant ship., Oil on board, 18” x 35”. Framed 22” x 40”. | Eldred's | $175
9. 2021-02-11 | DOROTHY DAVIS , Massachusetts, 1910\-1991, A sailor onshore holding a kite., Signed lower right "D. Davis"., Oil on wood panel, 13.75" x 11.5". Framed 15" x 13". | Eldred's | $250
10. 2020-10-22 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Massachusetts, 1910\-1991, A sailor onshore holding a kite., Oil on wood panel, 13.75" x 11.5". Framed 15" x 13". | Eldred's | N/A
11. 2019-09-21 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Cape Cod, 1910\-1991, Portrait of a woman and three children., Oil on maple board, 14" x 10". Framed 16.5" x 12.5". | Eldred's | $30
12. 2018-06-22 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Cape Cod, 1910\-1991, Pair of portraits., Oils on board, 13.25" x 10.5". Framed 15.5" x 12.5". | Eldred's | $70
13. 2017-11-18 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Cape Cod, 1910\-1991, Ship's chest with painted decoration of a whaling scene., Height 18.75". Width 50". Depth 18". | Eldred's | $190
14. 2017-09-23 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Cape Cod, 1910\-1991, "Little Girl in Kitchen Chair"., Oil on board, 16" x 13". Framed 20" x 16.5". | Eldred's | $60
15. 2017-09-23 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Cape Cod, 1910\-1991, Three works: | Eldred's | $80
16. 2017-09-23 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Cape Cod, 1910\-1991, Dock scene with figures., Oil on breadboard, 20" x 26". Framed 23.5." x 29.5". | Eldred's | $275
17. 2017-09-23 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Cape Cod, 1910\-1991, "Yankee Kitchen"., Oil on breadboard, 20" x 26". | Eldred's | $150
18. 2016-08-05 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Massachusetts, 1910\-1991, A sailor holding a kite., Oil on wood panel, 13.75" x 11.5". Framed 15" x 13". | Eldred's | $200
19. 2016-07-14 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Massachusetts, 1910\-1991, Young girl with an Uncle Sam bank., Oil on artist board, 14" x 10". Framed 15.5" x 12". | Eldred's | $160
20. 2016-07-14 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Massachusetts, 1910\-1991, Interior of the Osterville post office., Oil on artist board, 16" x 19". Framed 20.5" x 23.5". | Eldred's | $140
21. 2016-01-23 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Massachusetts, 1910\-1991, Mother and Daughter with a Fisherman., Oil on panel, 19.25" x 22". Framed 22.75" x 25.25". | Eldred's | $275
22. 2015-07-09 | DOROTHY DAVIS, Cape Cod, 1910\-1991, Portrait of a woman and three children., Oil on maple board, 14" x 10". Framed. | Eldred's | $120
23. 2015-04-04 | DOROTHY DAVIS, American, 1910\-1991, A mother and child making a pie., Oil on pine board, 17" x 14". Framed. | Eldred's | $160
24. 2015-04-04 | DOROTHY DAVIS, American, 1910\-1991, A young girl with a cow and other farm animals., Oil on barn board, 20" x 27". Unframed. | Eldred's | N/A

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