# Ernesto Fontana - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-28T02:44:50.939Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 55
- Lots with prices: 29
- First auction date: 2003-12-10
- Latest auction date: 2026-06-24
- Median realised price: $950
- Price range: $150 to $11,000

## Market Takeaway
Ernesto Fontana has 55 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $950. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 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 \($950\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($550 to $2,600\) 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: 51.7% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 44.8% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.4% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $6,250
- Previous 12 months median: $450
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-06-24
- Days since latest sale: 33
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 14 lots
- Il Ponte Auction House: 5 lots
- Casa d'Aste Babuino: 3 lots
- Finarte: 3 lots
- Wannenes Art Auctions: 3 lots
- Bonino: 2 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 2 lots
- RB Fine Arts: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-06-24 | Ernesto Fontana ... | Il Ponte Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ernesto-fontana-63-c-f76866c23b
2. 2026-03-01 | Ernesto Fontana \(Italy,1837\-1918\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ernesto-fontana-italy-1837-1918-oil-painting-antique-289-c-6cad2296af
3. 2026-01-23 | Ernesto Fontana, Italian 1837\-1918, "Portrait of a Young Italian Girl", oil on linen | Neal Auction Company | $6,250
4. 2025-12-06 | Ernesto Fontana | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | N/A
5. 2025-10-26 | Ernesto Fontana \(Italy,1837\-1918\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
6. 2025-04-06 | Ernesto Fontana \(Italy,1837\-1918\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
7. 2025-01-05 | Ernesto Fontana \(Italy,1837\-1918\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $450
8. 2024-06-16 | Ernesto Fontana \(Italy,1837\-1918\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $675
9. 2024-05-15 | Ernesto Fontana \(1837 \- 1918\) Civetteria, 1869 | Bonino | N/A
10. 2024-02-29 | Ernesto Fontana \(1837 \- 1918\) Civetteria, 1869 | Bonino | N/A
11. 2023-12-09 | ANTIQUE OIL PAINTING LEFEVRE AFTER ERNESTO FONTANA | Antique Arena Inc | $2,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-antique-oil-painting-lefevre-after-ernesto-fontana-36-c-2944e99931
12. 2023-10-20 | ERNESTO FONTANA \(CURIGLIA, 1837 \- 1918\) \- CORTEGGIAMENTO | Pananti Casa D'Aste SRL | €300
13. 2023-10-08 | Ernesto Fontana \(Italy,1837\-1918\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
14. 2023-07-20 | ERNESTO FONTANA \(ATTR.\) | Clarke Auction Gallery | $150
15. 2023-07-02 | Ernesto Fontana \(Italy,1837\-1918\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
16. 2023-04-09 | Ernesto Fontana \(Italy,1837\-1918\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
17. 2023-03-02 | Ernesto Fontana \(Milano 1837\-Cureglia 1918\) \- Female portrait | Finarte | N/A
18. 2023-02-19 | ERNESTO FONTANA \(ATTR.\) | Clarke Auction Gallery | N/A
19. 2023-02-19 | 19th c. Italian Figural Oil Painting by Ernesto Fontana | Worthington Galleries | $600
20. 2023-01-02 | Ernesto Fontana \(Italy,1837\-1918\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
21. 2022-10-09 | Ernesto Fontana \(Italy,1837\-1918\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
22. 2022-07-21 | OIL PAINTING BY ERNESTO FONTANA | Casa d'Aste Babuino | €240
23. 2022-07-03 | Ernesto Fontana \(Italy,1837\-1918\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
24. 2022-06-13 | ERNESTO FONTANA \(1837\-1918\) | Haynault | N/A

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