# Francis Chapin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T07:06:39.647Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 62
- Lots with prices: 52
- First auction date: 2002-07-11
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-18
- Median realised price: $260
- Price range: $30 to $3,800

## Market Takeaway
Francis Chapin shows solid auction liquidity with 62 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $260. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($260\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $175 and $646.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 90.4% (47 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 9.6% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $330
- Previous 12 months median: $200
- Median shift: 65%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-18
- Days since latest sale: 123
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- SUSANIN'S: 10 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 9 lots
- Eldred's: 6 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 4 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 4 lots
- Skinner: 4 lots
- Abell Auction: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC: 2 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-18 | Francis Chapin | Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company | $260
2. 2025-10-07 | Francis Chapin \(1899\-1965\), Tugboat | John Moran Auctioneers | $330
3. 2025-07-09 | Francis Chapin \(1899\-1965\): At the Tracks | STAIR | $150
4. 2025-02-22 | Francis Chapin \(American 1899\-1965\) "Lake Front, Chicago" Watercolor on paper Signed lower right Francis Chapin 15" x 22" sight size Condition: overall good condition | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $350
5. 2025-02-20 | Francis Chapin, City Landscape | Wright | $1,500
6. 2025-01-08 | FRANCIS CHAPIN \(Illinois/Michigan/Ohio, 1899\-1965\), "Nantucket steamboat", Oil on board, 5.5" x 9.75". Framed 10.5" x 14.5". | Eldred's | $275
7. 2024-10-24 | FRANCIS CHAPIN \(Illinois/Michigan/Ohio, 1899\-1965\), View of a lighthouse., Oil on masonite, 10" x 8". Framed 16.5" x 14.5". | Eldred's | $425
8. 2024-06-27 | Francis Chapin, Illinois Town | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $200
9. 2024-06-27 | Francis Chapin, Town Square with Church and Palm Trees | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $200
10. 2024-01-23 | Francis Chapin \(1899\-1965\), Portrait of a little girl, Oil on canvas, 17.5" H x 13.5" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $63
11. 2023-11-18 | Francis Chapin | Brunk Auctions | $850
12. 2023-02-09 | Francis Chapin \(American, 1899\-1965\) View from the Park Watercolor on paper 15\-1 | Heritage Auctions | $240
13. 2022-12-15 | Francis Chapin \(American, 1899\-1965\) View from the Park Watercolor on paper 15\-1 | Heritage Auctions | N/A
14. 2022-11-03 | FRANCIS CHAPIN \(1899 \- 1965\): HARBOR SCENE | Abell Auction | $150
15. 2022-10-19 | Francis Chapin \(American, 1899\-1965\) | Hindman | $800
16. 2022-10-06 | FRANCIS CHAPIN \(1899 \- 1965\): HARBOR SCENE | Abell Auction | N/A
17. 2022-09-14 | Francis Chapin \(1899\-1965\) Art Watercolor Painting | MiddleManBrokers | $100
18. 2021-12-09 | Francis Chapin \(American, 1899\-1965\) Sunny Afternoon Mixed media on paper 15 x 2 | Heritage Auctions | N/A
19. 2021-07-09 | Francis Chapin | Brunk Auctions | N/A
20. 2021-05-15 | Francis Chapin, Am. 1899\-1965, "Boats and People", Oil on panel, framed, 6 7/8" x 7 1/8" sight, 12 1/2" x 12 5/8" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $350
21. 2020-08-22 | 3 Francis Chapin watercolors | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $225
22. 2020-08-22 | 2 American lithographs | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $110
23. 2019-05-26 | Francis Chapin \(1899 \- 1965\) American, Lithograph | Sarasota Estate Auction | $30
24. 2018-10-19 | FRANCIS CHAPIN, Illinois/Michigan/Ohio, 1899\-1965, Sailboats., Mixed media, 6.5" x 26". Framed 15" x 36". | Eldred's | N/A

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