# Frank William Cuprien - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T07:05:50.647Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 33
- Lots with prices: 24
- First auction date: 2008-08-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-18
- Median realised price: $8,750
- Price range: $1,600 to $40,000

## Market Takeaway
Frank William Cuprien shows developing auction liquidity with 33 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $8,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($8,750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $5,000 and $14,000.
- 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 54.2% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 45.8% (11 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $13,970
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-18
- Days since latest sale: 92
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 25 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots
- Clars Auctions: 1 lots
- James D. Julia: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-18 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\), "The Sunset Hour" | John Moran Auctioneers | $13,970
2. 2025-11-11 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) The Shore at Twilight 17 x 23 1/4 in. | Bonhams | $4,800
3. 2025-11-11 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) Incoming Tide 18 x 26 in. | Bonhams | $18,000
4. 2025-06-01 | Frank William Cuprien, 1871\-1948, Golden Sunset | Abell Auction | $14,000
5. 2025-05-06 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\), Coastal rock | John Moran Auctioneers | $4,445
6. 2023-09-19 | Frank William Cuprien \(American, 1871\-1948\) Evening's Splendor 24 x 32 in. framed 29 1/4 x 37 x 2 1/2 in. | Bonhams | $12,000
7. 2023-08-02 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) Opalescent Evening 16 x 24 in. framed 23 1/4 x 31 1/2 in. | Bonhams | $22,000
8. 2023-08-02 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) Opalescence 40 1/8 x 50 1/8 in. framed 44 3/4 x 54 3/4 in. \(Painted in 1928.\) | Bonhams | $40,000
9. 2021-11-23 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) Shadows of Evening 24 x 28in framed 29 x 33in | Bonhams | $11,000
10. 2021-08-03 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) In Golden Mist 20 x 26in framed 26 x 32in | Bonhams | $6,500
11. 2021-08-03 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) The Playfullness of the Waves 24 x 30in framed 28 1/2 x 34 3/4in \(Painted prior to 1923.\) | Bonhams | $6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frank-william-cuprien-1871-1948-the-playfullness-of-the-waves-24-x-30in-framed-28-1-2-x-34-3-4in-painted-prior-to-1923-64-c-3c64f808d1
12. 2020-10-13 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) Shadows of Evening 24 x 28in framed 29 x 33in | Bonhams | $16,000
13. 2020-10-13 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) When Day is Done 7 1/2 x 8 1/2in framed 12 3/4 x 13 3/4in \(Painted in 1929.\) | Bonhams | $6,500
14. 2020-03-17 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) Twilight Hour 16 x 22in | Bonhams | $8,000
15. 2019-11-25 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) End of a Perfect Day 24 x 32in | Bonhams | $20,000
16. 2018-08-07 | Frank William Cuprien \(1871\-1948\) Sunset, Laguna Beach, Cal. 28 x 40in overall: 37 x 49in US$ 8,000 \- 12,000 | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2016-11-14 | Frank William Cuprien \(American, 1871\-1948\) Natural Arch, No. 1 | Bonhams | $4,000
18. 2016-08-02 | FRANK WILLIAM CUPRIEN \(1871\-1948\) A Summer Evening | Bonhams | $8,750
19. 2016-07-17 | Frank William Cuprien, painting | Clars Auctions | N/A
20. 2015-08-25 | FRANK WILLIAM CUPRIEN \(American, 1871\-1948\) THREE WORKS AND PHOTOGRAPH AND ARTIST'S LITERATURE | James D. Julia | N/A
21. 2015-04-29 | Frank William Cuprien | Barridoff Auctions | $1,600
22. 2013-08-06 | Frank William Cuprien \(American, 1871\-1948\) | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2013-08-06 | Frank William Cuprien \(American, 1871\-1948\) | Bonhams | $5,000
24. 2012-05-01 | Frank William Cuprien \(American, 1871\-1948\) | Bonhams | $11,250

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