# Frank H. Desch - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T02:24:54.395Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 11
- First auction date: 2006-03-02
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-23
- Median realised price: $850
- Price range: $100 to $32,500

## Market Takeaway
Frank H. Desch has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $850. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 9 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 \($850\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($375 to $7,800\) 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: 54.5% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 36.4% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 9.1% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $450
- Previous 12 months median: $850
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-23
- Days since latest sale: 95
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 6 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Freeman’s: 2 lots
- Curated Gallery Auctions: 1 lots
- DuMouchelles: 1 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 1 lots
- James D. Julia: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-31 | Frank H. Desch \(1873\-1934\) Signed Antique Boston School Flower Still Life Impressionist Oil Painting | Curated Gallery Auctions | $850
2. 2026-01-23 | Frank H. Desch \(American, 1873\-1934\) Oil on Canvas, 1891, 'Ship in a Rough Sea', H 12" W 18" Frame Size: H 20" W 26" | DuMouchelles | $375
3. 2025-06-16 | Frank H. Desch \(American, 1873\-1934\) Isabelle \(Portrait of a Lady with a Green Necklace\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,700
4. 2025-06-16 | Frank H. Desch \(American, 1873\-1934\) Portrait of a Woman in Profile, Looking Down | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
5. 2025-06-16 | Frank H. Desch \(American, 1873\-1934\) The Pink Bow \(Portrait of Patricia Groves\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $450
6. 2025-06-16 | Frank H. Desch \(American, 1873\-1934\) Portrait of Mrs. Percival Eaton \(née Emily Craft\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $350
7. 2025-06-16 | Frank H. Desch \(American, 1873\-1934\) Portrait of Dr. Percival Eaton, 1928 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
8. 2025-06-08 | Frank H. Desch \(American, 1873\-1934\) Seated Lady in Purple, Reading a Book | Freeman’s | $8,500
9. 2025-06-08 | Frank H. Desch \(American, 1873\-1934\) The Blueberry Pickers, c. 1920 | Freeman’s | $32,500
10. 2025-06-08 | Frank H. Desch \(American, 1873\-1934\) Seated Woman with a Fan | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
11. 2021-02-20 | Frank H. Desch 'Crystal' Framed Print | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $100
12. 2020-07-30 | FRANK H. DESCH, Massachusetts, 1873\-1934, Seated female nude., Oil on canvas, 16.5" x 12.25". Framed 27" x 23". | Eldred's | $1,400
13. 2016-04-06 | Frank H. Desch \(1877\-1924\) Still Life with Flowers, Oil on canvas, | Gray's Auctioneers | $850
14. 2010-08-25 | FRANK H. DESCH \(American, 1873\-1934\) EVENING REFLECTIONS. | James D. Julia | N/A
15. 2009-03-19 | Frank H. Desch \(American, 1873\-1934\) | Christie's | N/A
16. 2006-03-02 | Frank H. Desch \(1873\-1934\) | Christie's | $7,800

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