# Harold Matthews Brett - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T02:17:17.821Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 54
- Lots with prices: 36
- First auction date: 2003-07-31
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-25
- Median realised price: $1,000
- Price range: $110 to $7,500

## Market Takeaway
Harold Matthews Brett has 54 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. 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 \($1,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($500 to $2,600\) 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: 47.2% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 52.8% (19 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $1,200
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-25
- Days since latest sale: 278
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 38 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- James D. Julia: 2 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots
- Waddington's: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Charlton Hall: 1 lots
- Hannam's Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Revere Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-25 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT \(Massachusetts/New York, 1880\-1955\), "The Yellow Dress"., Oil on canvas, 37" x 24". Framed 41" x 28". | Eldred's | $1,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-harold-matthews-brett-massachusetts-new-york-1880-1955-the-yellow-dress-oil-on-canvas-37-x-24-framed-41-x-28-8098-c-a384ac2a49
2. 2025-07-25 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT \(Massachusetts/New York, 1880\-1955\), Sandwich Glass Shop., Oil on canvas, 20" x 30". Framed 22.5" x 33". | Eldred's | N/A
3. 2025-07-16 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT \(Massachusetts/New York, 1880\-1955\), Portrait of a lady wearing a blue dress., Oil on canvas, 36" x 30". Framed 42" x 36". | Sandwich Auction House | $1,200
4. 2025-04-04 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT \(Massachusetts/New York, 1880\-1955\), Portrait of a lady wearing a blue dress., Oil on canvas, 36" x 30". Framed 42" x 36". | Eldred's | N/A
5. 2025-02-21 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT \(NY/MA, 1880\-1955\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $150
6. 2025-01-29 | Harold Matthews Brett Oil Painting 1909 | Revere Auctions | $4,200
7. 2024-11-22 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT \(Massachusetts/New York, 1880\-1955\), Portrait of a lady wearing a blue dress., Oil on canvas, 36" x 30". Framed 42" x 36". | Eldred's | N/A
8. 2024-10-24 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT \(Massachusetts/New York, 1880\-1955\), Portrait of Mary Anne Susan Davis, age 5, 1938., Oil on board, 16" x 12". Framed 19" x 14". | Eldred's | $500
9. 2024-06-30 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT \(MA/NY, 1880\-1955\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-harold-matthews-brett-ma-ny-1880-1955-3338-c-18c48adb9c
10. 2023-10-10 | Harold Matthews Brett, The Steel Worker | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $500
11. 2023-08-26 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT \(MA/NY, 1880\-1955\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-harold-matthews-brett-ma-ny-1880-1955-2064-c-24e4d56961
12. 2023-04-06 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT \(Massachusetts/New York, 1880\-1955\), “The Sea\-Hawk”., Oil on canvas, 26” x 36”. Framed 42” x 31”. | Eldred's | $3,000
13. 2020-04-13 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT, Massachusetts/New York, 1880\-1955, "Portrait of Tommy Shattuck"., Oil on canvas, 26" x 18". Framed 30" x 22.5". | Eldred's | $130
14. 2020-01-25 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT, Massachusetts/New York, 1880\-1955, "Portrait of Tommy Shattuck"., Oil on canvas, 26" x 18". Framed 30" x 22.5". | Eldred's | N/A
15. 2019-08-02 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT, Massachusetts/New York, 1880\-1955, Unloading the catch., Oil on canvas, 25.25" x 46". Framed 30" x 51". | Eldred's | $2,800
16. 2019-08-02 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT, Massachusetts/New York, 1880\-1955, "Portrait of Tommy Shattuck"., Oil on canvas, 26" x 18". Framed 30" x 22.5". | Eldred's | N/A
17. 2019-02-16 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT, Massachusetts, 1880\-1955, "The Coal Miner"., Oil on canvas, 39" x 32". Framed 42" x 35". | Eldred's | $500
18. 2018-11-17 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT, Massachusetts, 1880\-1955, "The Coal Miner"., Oil on canvas, 39" x 32". Framed 42" x 35". | Eldred's | N/A
19. 2018-04-07 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT, Massachusetts, 1880\-1955, "Brett's Home on Old Harbor Lane, No. Chatham"., Oil on board, 24" x 30". Framed 27.. | Eldred's | $2,500
20. 2018-03-22 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT \(AMERICAN, 1880\-1955\), PORTRAIT OF A DISTINGUISHED WOMAN, OIL ON CANVAS; SIGNED AND DATED 1946 TOP LEFT, 39.8 x 34.8 in — 101 x 88.3 cm | Waddington's | CA$720
21. 2017-10-05 | Harold Matthews Brett \(1880\-1955\), PORTRAIT OF VIRGINIA GILDERSLEEVE, DEAN OF BARNARD COLLEGE IN NEW YORK CITY, 1946, Oil on canvas; signed and dated 1946 upper left, 39.75" x 34.75" — 101 x 88.3 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
22. 2017-08-04 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT, Massachusetts, 1880\-1955, "Brett's Home on Old Harbor Lane, No. Chatham"., Oil on board, 24" x 30". Framed 27.. | Eldred's | $4,250
23. 2017-08-04 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT, Massachusetts, 1885\-1955, "Brewster Church"., Oil on canvas, 30" x 20". Framed 34" x 23". | Eldred's | $4,250
24. 2017-08-04 | HAROLD MATTHEWS BRETT, Massachusetts, 1880\-1955, Figural landscape with church,, Oil on canvas, 24" x 30". Framed 22" x 33.5". | Eldred's | N/A

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