# Frank Vining Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T11:01:20.438Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 148
- Lots with prices: 114
- First auction date: 1994-09-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-14
- Median realised price: $1,898
- Price range: $6 to $32,330

## Market Takeaway
Frank Vining Smith shows solid auction liquidity with 148 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,898. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,898\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $750 and $4,200.
- 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: 33.3% (38 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 59.6% (68 sales)
- $10,000\+: 7% (8 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $2,200
- Previous 12 months median: $900
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-14
- Days since latest sale: 66
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 25 lots
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 17 lots
- Bonhams: 11 lots
- Skinner: 8 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 7 lots
- Cutler Bay Auctions: 6 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- James D. Julia: 5 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 4 lots
- STAIR: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-26 | Frank Vining Smith Oil on Masonite "Evening Surf\-Maine" | Rafael Osona Auctions | $650 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frank-vining-smith-oil-on-masonite-evening-surf-maine-296-c-ca84902ac3
2. 2025-12-14 | FRANK VINING SMITH \(1879 \- 1967\) NAUTICAL PAINTING | White's Auctions | $2,400
3. 2025-09-03 | FRANK VINING SMITH OIL, CLIPPER SHIP AT SEA. | William Smith Auctions | $2,200
4. 2025-06-30 | Frank Vining Smith, "Off Bermuda", 1920, watercolor and gouache, signed and dated lower right, titled lower left, not matted or framed, depicts "S.S. Bermudian" steam ship off the coast of Bermuda, writing on reverse ... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $450
5. 2025-02-27 | FRANK VINING SMITH \(Massachusetts, 1879\-1967\), "Against the Sunset", Oil on canvas, 22” x 28”. Framed 26” x 33”. | Eldred's | $3,000
6. 2024-11-12 | Frank Vining Smith \(1879\-1967\), "Off to the Pacific" | John Moran Auctioneers | $3,175
7. 2024-08-24 | FRANK VINING SMITH \(MA, 1879\-1967\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $900
8. 2024-08-09 | FRANK VINING SMITH \(Massachusetts, 1879\-1967\), "Ship Panay Freshening Breeze"., Oil on masonite, 24" x 30". Framed 28.25" x 34.25". | Eldred's | $2,500
9. 2024-08-01 | Frank Vining Smith \(1879\-1967\): Flying Cloud | STAIR | $3,750
10. 2024-08-01 | Frank Vining Smith \(1879\-1967\): Evening Surf, Coast of Maine | STAIR | $800
11. 2024-06-15 | Frank Vining Smith \(1879\-1967\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | $550
12. 2023-12-17 | Frank Vining Smith \(MA,1879\-1967\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
13. 2023-10-10 | Frank Vining Smith \(1879 \- 1967\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | $850
14. 2023-09-10 | Frank Vining Smith \(MA,1879\-1967\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
15. 2023-08-11 | FRANK VINING SMITH \(Massachusetts, 1879\-1967\), Ship with a bone in her teeth., Oil on canvas, 27" x 33". Framed 30" x 36". | Eldred's | $1,600
16. 2023-07-15 | Frank Vining Smith | Brunk Auctions | $2,400
17. 2023-06-16 | Frank Vining Smith, Maritime print | Blue Box Auction Gallery | $6
18. 2023-06-06 | Frank Vining Smith \(American, 1879–1967\) The James Baines | Freeman's \| Hindman | $3,250
19. 2023-05-06 | Frank Vining Smith \(American, Massachusetts, 1879 \- 1967\), "What's it Say Ma?", mother bear and cubs, oil on board, signed lower rig.. | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $1,600
20. 2023-01-25 | Frank Vining Smith \(American, 1879\-1967\) Shore Acres \(Chatham, Massachusetts\) 22 x 26 in. \(55.9 x 66.0 cm\) framed 30 1/4 x 34 1/2 in. | Bonhams | $1,500
21. 2022-11-18 | Frank Vining Smith \(American/Massachusetts\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
22. 2022-11-06 | FRANK VINING SMITH \(American, 1879\-1967\) | CRN Auctions | $250
23. 2022-06-25 | Frank Vining Smith \(American/Massachusetts, 1879\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
24. 2022-04-24 | Frank Vining Smith, American. "The Reveal". Autumn Sporting scene with men in a canoe viewing a | Tremont Auctions | $4,200

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