# Harry Cassie Best - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T02:16:08.384Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 17
- Lots with prices: 13
- First auction date: 2003-11-18
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-20
- Median realised price: $900
- Price range: $140 to $4,127

## Market Takeaway
Harry Cassie Best has 17 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $900. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($900\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($425 to $1,200\) 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: 61.5% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 38.5% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $4,127
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-20
- Days since latest sale: 344
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Matthew's Galleries: 4 lots
- Doyle New York: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 1 lots
- Fine Estate Inc.: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- San Rafael Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Shapiro Auctions LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-20 | Harry Cassie Best \(1863\-1936\), Figure in a rocky landscape | John Moran Auctioneers | $4,127
2. 2024-08-07 | Harry Cassie Best \(1863 \- 1936\): Figure in Rocky Landscape | Abell Auction | $1,000
3. 2023-08-09 | Harry Cassie Best \(Canadian, 1863\-1936\), Woodland gathering at dusk, oil on artist's board, 10 x 14in \(25.5 x 35.5cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $250
4. 2023-06-25 | Harry Cassie Best \(1863\-1936 American\) | Fine Estate Inc. | $950
5. 2019-05-07 | Harry Cassie Best \(American 1863\-1936\), Mediterranean Coastal Scene with Figures and Ruins, oil on canvas | Weschler's | N/A
6. 2015-07-31 | HARRY CASSIE BEST, American, 1863\-1936, "Yosemite Valley"., Oil on board, 10" x 8". Framed 14" x 12". | Eldred's | $425
7. 2015-07-31 | HARRY CASSIE BEST, American, 1863\-1936, Sunlight through redwoods., Oil on board, 10" x 8". Framed 14" x 12". | Eldred's | $140
8. 2015-05-16 | HARRY CASSIE BEST \(CANADIAN 1863\-1936\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $425
9. 2015-03-28 | Harry Cassie Best, Bolinas Lagoon, oil/canvas board | San Rafael Auction Gallery | $800
10. 2012-03-20 | HARRY CASSIE BEST \(American, 1863 \- 1936\) | Matthew's Galleries | $900
11. 2012-02-07 | HARRY CASSIE BEST \(American, 1863\-1936\) El Capitan Hand | Heritage Auctions | $286
12. 2011-09-20 | HARRY CASSIE BEST \(American, 1863 \- 1936\) | Matthew's Galleries | N/A
13. 2011-09-20 | HARRY CASSIE BEST \(American, 1863 \- 1936\) | Matthew's Galleries | N/A
14. 2010-03-16 | HARRY CASSIE BEST \(American, 1863\-1936\) | Matthew's Galleries | $3,800
15. 2005-03-15 | Harry Cassie Best | Doyle New York | $1,200
16. 2004-05-26 | Harry Cassie Best | Doyle New York | N/A
17. 2003-11-18 | Harry Cassie Best \(1863\-1936 San Francisco, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,430

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