# Frederick Ferdinand Schafer - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T12:37:54.662Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 59
- Lots with prices: 43
- First auction date: 2004-04-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-18
- Median realised price: $2,196
- Price range: $200 to $39,000

## Market Takeaway
Frederick Ferdinand Schafer shows solid auction liquidity with 59 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,196. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,196\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,300 and $4,880.
- 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: 18.6% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 69.8% (30 sales)
- $10,000\+: 11.6% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $1,400
- Previous 12 months median: $6,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-18
- Days since latest sale: 92
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 26 lots
- Cutler Bay Auctions: 6 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- Charlton Hall: 2 lots
- Clars Auctions: 2 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-18 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(1839\-1927\), "'Sailboats at Sunset,' Near Golden Gate" | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,848
2. 2025-03-22 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(1839\-1927\) Painting "Lake Tahoe Sierra N. Mtns" c1890s | California Historical Design, Inc | $1,400
3. 2024-08-24 | FREDERICK FERDINAND SCHAFER \(CA/GERMANY, 1839\-1927\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $6,500
4. 2024-06-07 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer Painting \- "Franz Creek" | Artemis Gallery | $800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frederick-ferdinand-schafer-painting-franz-creek-184-c-21e4bf7826
5. 2024-05-30 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(1839 \- 1927\) American/Germany | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A
6. 2024-05-09 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer | Brunk Auctions | $15,000
7. 2024-04-18 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(1839 \- 1927\) American/Germany | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A
8. 2023-09-24 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(1839\-1927\): Yosemite | Abell Auction | $4,750
9. 2023-07-01 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(1839 \- 1927\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | $200
10. 2023-04-29 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(1839 \- 1927\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A
11. 2022-09-21 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(1839 \- 1927\) American / Germany | Cutler Bay Auctions | $700
12. 2022-07-27 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(1839 \- 1927\) American / Germany | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A
13. 2018-06-02 | FREDERICK FERDINAND SCHAFER \(CA, 1839\-1927\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,500
14. 2018-04-24 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(1839\-1927\) Catskill Fall, Catskill Mountains, | Bonhams | $8,750
15. 2016-08-02 | FREDERICK FERDINAND SCHAFER \(1839\-1927\) Winter on the plains | Bonhams | $3,125
16. 2016-06-29 | Frederick Ferdinand SCHAFER \(1839\-1927\) German artist painting | Antiques Supermarket | $2,300
17. 2015-07-31 | FREDERICK FERDINAND SCHAFER, German/American, 1839\-1927, Cattle by the river's edge., Oil on canvas, 12" x 9". Framed 20" x 17". | Eldred's | $400
18. 2015-01-25 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(German/American, 1839\-1927\) Indian camp in winter 20 x 36in | Bonhams | $1,500
19. 2014-03-16 | Painting by Frederick Ferdinand Schafer | Clars Auctions | $700
20. 2014-02-16 | Painting by Frederick Ferdinand Schafer | Clars Auctions | $1,300
21. 2013-09-29 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(German/American, 1839 | Bonhams | N/A
22. 2013-08-25 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(German/American, 1839\-1927\) | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2013-04-14 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(German/American, 1839\-1927\) | Bonhams | $750
24. 2012-06-12 | Frederick Ferdinand Schafer \(1839\-1927\), German/American EVENING ON MT. SHASTA CALIFORNIA; Oil on canvas; titled lower right, signed, titled, and dated June 24, 1890 and inscribed: "Presented to the Sisters of the Nuntiate of Oakland, Cal" and | Waddington's | CA$2,400

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