# Frank W. Handlen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T06:02:22.370Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 15
- Lots with prices: 9
- First auction date: 2014-04-30
- Latest auction date: 2024-10-12
- Median realised price: $550
- Price range: $100 to $2,100

## Market Takeaway
Frank W. Handlen has 15 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $550. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($550\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($400 to $750\) 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: 88.9% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 11.1% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $150
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-10-12
- Days since latest sale: 564
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Casco Bay Auctions: 7 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots
- James D. Julia: 1 lots
- Pook & Pook Inc.: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-12 | Frank W. Handlen \(Born 1916\). Shipbuilding: Hewing Logs. | Casco Bay Auctions | $450
2. 2024-09-27 | Frank W. Handlen \(American b. 1916\), oil on board | Pook & Pook Inc. | $650
3. 2024-06-28 | FRANK W. HANDLEN \(KENNEBUNKPORT, ME/NJ, 1916\-2023\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $150
4. 2024-06-28 | FRANK W. HANDLEN \(KENNEBUNKPORT, ME/NJ, 1916\-2023\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $100
5. 2024-02-25 | FRANK W. HANDLEN \(KENNEBUNKPORT, ME/NJ, 1916\-2023\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $2,100
6. 2023-05-06 | Frank W. Handlen \(Born 1916\). Shipbuilding: Hewing Logs. | Casco Bay Auctions | N/A
7. 2022-11-12 | Frank W. Handlen \(Born 1916\). Shipbuilding: Hewing Logs. | Casco Bay Auctions | N/A
8. 2022-08-13 | Frank W. Handlen \(Born 1916\). Shipbuilding: Hewing Logs. | Casco Bay Auctions | N/A
9. 2022-03-12 | Frank W. Handlen \(Born 1916\). Life Cycles. | Casco Bay Auctions | N/A
10. 2022-03-12 | Frank W. Handlen \(Born 1916\). Harbor at Sunrise. | Casco Bay Auctions | $750
11. 2022-03-12 | Frank W. Handlen \(Born 1916\). Shipbuilding: Hewing Logs. | Casco Bay Auctions | N/A
12. 2020-02-01 | Frank W. Handlen \(b. 1916\), oil on canvas, "Ocean Cove with Sailboat", signed lower right Handlen. size 24" x 36". | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $400
13. 2020-02-01 | Frank W. Handlen \(b. 1916\), oil on canvas, "Beach Dunes", signed lower right Handlen. size 18" x 28". | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $550
14. 2015-02-04 | FRANK W. HANDLEN \(American, 1916\-2013\) GRANITE POINT MARSH, MAINE | James D. Julia | $988
15. 2014-04-30 | Frank W. Handlen \- Walking the Dog | Barridoff Auctions | N/A

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