# Frank Tenney Johnson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T12:48:01.390Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 160
- Lots with prices: 120
- First auction date: 1990-11-30
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-20
- Median realised price: $15,000
- Price range: $15 to $1,016,000

## Market Takeaway
Frank Tenney Johnson shows deep auction liquidity with 158 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $15,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($15,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,750 and $100,800.
- 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: 5.9% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 36.1% (43 sales)
- $10,000\+: 58% (69 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 12
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $60,000
- Previous 12 months median: $60,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-06
- Days since latest sale: 74
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 29 lots
- Bonhams: 27 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 16 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 13 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 10 lots
- Coeur d’Alene Art Auction: 7 lots
- Hindman: 5 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 4 lots
- Abell Auction: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-06 | FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON \(American 1874\-1939\) "The Santa Fe Trail," CIRCA 1928, 96 x 259 in. \(243.8 x 657.9 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $30,000
2. 2025-11-11 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874\-1939\) A Wyoming Night Herder 24 x 30 1/4 in. | Bonhams | $120,000
3. 2025-11-11 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874\-1939\) California Mission, San Juan Bautista 5 1/2 x 9 in. | Bonhams | $6,500
4. 2025-11-09 | FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON "MOONLIGHT REVERIE" OIL ON BOARD | Bradford's | $60,000
5. 2025-11-01 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874\-1939\), Night Sentinel, 1931, oil on canvas, 16.125 x 12.125 inches | Lone Star Art Auction | $100,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frank-tenney-johnson-1874-1939-night-sentinel-1931-oil-on-canvas-16-125-x-12-125-inches-76-c-11c4b52855
6. 2025-11-01 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874\-1939\), The Lawless Frontier, 1930, oil on canvas, 25 x 30.25 inches | Lone Star Art Auction | $195,000
7. 2025-06-21 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(American, 1874\-1939\), Western Scene with Figures on Horseback | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $3,000
8. 2025-06-01 | Frank Tenney Johnson, 1874\-1939, Man on Horseback | Abell Auction | $1,200
9. 2025-06-01 | Frank Tenney Johnson, 1874\-1939, Moonlight Reverie | Abell Auction | $42,500
10. 2025-06-01 | Frank Tenney Johnson, 1874\-1939, Desert Moon | Abell Auction | $95,000
11. 2025-05-08 | Frank Tenney Johnson, Mexican Freight Haulers | Santa Fe Art Auction | N/A
12. 2025-04-30 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874\-1939\) Mountain Meadows 40 1/8 x 50 1/8 in. \(101.9 x 127.3 cm.\) \(Painted in 1929.\) | Bonhams | $720,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frank-tenney-johnson-1874-1939-mountain-meadows-40-1-8-x-50-1-8-in-101-9-x-127-3-cm-painted-in-1929-53-c-0f547c197a
13. 2024-10-12 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874\-1939\) Down the Canyon Floor, 1938 | Lone Star Art Auction | $100,000
14. 2024-09-14 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874\-1939\), Night Rider, 1925 | Jackson Hole Art Auction | $40,000
15. 2024-09-10 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874\-1939\), Rocky landscape | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
16. 2024-04-13 | Frank Tenney Johnson, "Moonrise Over Trail" | Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC | $60,000
17. 2024-01-18 | FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON \(1874\-1939\) \- Two Moons | Christie's | $100,800
18. 2023-09-16 | Frank Tenney Johnson | Brunk Auctions | N/A
19. 2023-08-26 | Frank Tenney Johnson, "Set of two: Stella Seated; The Whittler" | Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC | $1,400
20. 2023-05-21 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874 \- 1939\) Oil on Canvas | California Auctioneers | $15,000
21. 2023-04-30 | FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON "FIELD SKETCH" OIL ON BOARD | Bradford's | $1,150
22. 2023-04-26 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874\-1939\) Close of Day 16 x 20 in. framed 23 x 27 in. \(Painted circa late 1920s.\) | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frank-tenney-johnson-1874-1939-close-of-day-16-x-20-in-framed-23-x-27-in-painted-circa-late-1920s-48-c-55a43088ec
23. 2022-11-01 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874\-1939\) An Idle Dreamer 24 1/4 x 30 in. framed 29 x 35 in. | Bonhams | $190,000
24. 2022-11-01 | Frank Tenney Johnson \(1874\-1939\) Rim Rock Wrangler 28 x 36 in. framed 34 x 42 in. | Bonhams | $250,000

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