# Ernest Tonk - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T21:32:11.851Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 12
- Lots with prices: 11
- First auction date: 2009-01-25
- Latest auction date: 2024-09-10
- Median realised price: $698
- Price range: $100 to $8,500

## Market Takeaway
Ernest Tonk has 12 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $698. 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 \($698\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($350 to $1,195\) 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: 63.6% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 36.4% (4 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: $660
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-09-10
- Days since latest sale: 612
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- John Moran Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 1 lots
- District Auction: 1 lots
- DuMouchelles: 1 lots
- Hall's Auction Services Ltd.: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Sunset Auction: 1 lots
- Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-10 | Ernest Tonk \(1889\-1968\), Horse and cowboy | John Moran Auctioneers | $698
2. 2024-09-10 | Ernest Tonk \(1889\-1968\), "Enchantment" | John Moran Auctioneers | $660
3. 2024-04-19 | Ernest Tonk \(American, 1889\-1968\) Oil on Masonite, Western Action Scene H 18" W 24" | DuMouchelles | $350
4. 2023-02-07 | Ernest Tonk \(1889\-1968\) Foothills 24 x 30 in. framed 29 x 35 in. | Bonhams | $500
5. 2023-01-22 | ERNEST TONK \(1889\-1968\) WESTERN PAINTING 24" X 36" | Austin Auction Gallery | $850
6. 2017-11-12 | Ernest Tonk \(1889\-1968\) Watercolor and Gouache | District Auction | N/A
7. 2016-03-26 | ERNEST TONK \(1889\-1968\): WATERCOLOR ON PAPER OF SAIL BOATS MOORED ON A LAKE SHORE. FRAME IS 34.5" x 27.25". DISPLAY AREA 21 x 28.25. | Sunset Auction | $300
8. 2013-10-05 | ERNEST TONK \(AMERICAN 1889\-1968\) | Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC | $8,500
9. 2011-07-16 | Ernest Tonk | Brunk Auctions | $1,400
10. 2010-07-20 | Ernest Tonk \(1889\-1968 Glendale, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,150
11. 2010-05-10 | WATERCOLOUR PAINTING | Hall's Auction Services Ltd. | CA$100
12. 2009-01-25 | ERNEST TONK \(American, 1889\-1989\) Boats in Harbor | Heritage Auctions | $1,195

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