# Earl Cunningham - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T02:05:29.977Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 46
- Lots with prices: 32
- First auction date: 2003-12-07
- Latest auction date: 2022-11-17
- Median realised price: $6,000
- Price range: $1,610 to $21,600

## Market Takeaway
Earl Cunningham has 46 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,000. 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 \($6,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,000 to $8,850\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 84.4% (27 sales)
- $10,000\+: 15.6% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2022-11-17
- Days since latest sale: 1,259
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- James D. Julia: 20 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 9 lots
- Christie's: 6 lots
- Burchard Galleries Inc: 3 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Charlton Hall: 1 lots
- Freeman's: 1 lots
- Imperial Auction: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-11-17 | Earl Cunningham \(1893\-1978\) Bird's Day Out 6 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. \(16.5 x 35.2 cm.\) | Bonhams | $2,000
2. 2022-02-25 | EARL CUNNINGHAM \(ME/FL, 1893\-1977\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $6,500
3. 2022-02-25 | EARL CUNNINGHAM \(ME/FL, 1893\-1977\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $5,000
4. 2021-12-10 | Earl Cunningham \(American 1893\-1978\), Port Royal Island, Oil on Board, 16 x 24 in | Weschler's | $3,000
5. 2021-07-10 | EARL CUNNINGHAM \(ME/FL, 1893\-1977\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $3,000
6. 2021-07-10 | EARL CUNNINGHAM \(ME/FL, 1893\-1977\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $3,000
7. 2021-07-10 | EARL CUNNINGHAM \(ME/FL, 1893\-1977\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
8. 2021-07-10 | EARL CUNNINGHAM \(ME/FL, 1893\-1977\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2021-07-10 | EARL CUNNINGHAM \(ME/FL, 1893\-1977\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $6,500
10. 2020-01-17 | Earl Cunningham \(1893\-1978\) Purple Sail oil on Masonite 20 x 36 in. | Christie's | $16,250
11. 2019-08-23 | EARL CUNNINGHAM \(FL/ME, 1893\-1977\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $2,000
12. 2017-02-11 | EARL CUNNINGHAM \(FL/ME, 1893\-1977\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $9,000
13. 2016-03-13 | EARL CUNNINGHAM OIL PAINTING \(1893\-1977\) CHRISTIES | Imperial Auction | $3,500
14. 2014-04-30 | Earl Cunningham \- Busy Days, a Triptych : Dry Dock, Two Worlds, and Red Three Masted Portrait | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
15. 2014-02-26 | Earl Cunningham \(1893\-1978\) | Christie's | N/A
16. 2014-01-24 | Earl Cunningham \(1893\-1978\) | Christie's | $3,750
17. 2014-01-24 | Earl Cunningham \(1893\-1978\) | Christie's | $8,125
18. 2012-06-24 | EARL CUNNINGHAM PAINTING WITH VIKINGS | Burchard Galleries Inc | N/A
19. 2012-06-24 | EARL CUNNINGHAM "BLACK SCHOONER AT FULL SPEED | Burchard Galleries Inc | N/A
20. 2012-06-24 | EARL CUNNINGHAM "RED ROOF INN" PAINTING | Burchard Galleries Inc | N/A
21. 2011-08-05 | Earl Cunningham Oil on Masonite | Barridoff Auctions | $21,600
22. 2011-03-03 | Earl Cunningham \(1893\-1977\) | Christie's | N/A
23. 2010-09-29 | EARL CUNNINGHAM | Sotheby's | $7,500
24. 2010-09-12 | Earl Cunningham | Charlton Hall | $9,000

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