# Harry Willson Watrous - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T04:40:41.257Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2002-05-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-25
- Median realised price: $1,912
- Price range: $500 to $37,500

## Market Takeaway
Harry Willson Watrous has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,912. 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 \($1,912\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($960 to $4,000\) 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: 25% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 62.5% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 12.5% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $5,500
- Previous 12 months median: $2,800
- Median shift: 96.4%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-25
- Days since latest sale: 277
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Eldred's: 3 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 3 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 1 lots
- Doyle New York: 1 lots
- Freeman's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-25 | HARRY WILLSON WATROUS \(New York/California, 1857\-1940\), Still life of porcelain., Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10". Framed 10" x 12". | Eldred's | $5,500
2. 2024-10-22 | Harry Willson Watrous, Still Life with Statue and Vases | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-harry-willson-watrous-still-life-with-statue-and-vases-213-c-c0d4ab3a26
3. 2022-11-10 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American, 1857\-1940\) Untitled Oil on canvas 20\-1/4 x 24\-1 | Heritage Auctions | $4,000
4. 2021-11-12 | Harry Willson Watrous, An Old Saint | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $12,000
5. 2021-04-17 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American, 1857\-1940\) | Neal Auction Company | $4,800
6. 2020-11-20 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American, 1857\-1940\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
7. 2018-08-20 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American, 1857\-1940\) Oil on Board | Material Culture | $700
8. 2018-08-01 | HARRY WILLSON WATROUS, New York/California, 1857\-1940, Still life of shells, a book and vases., Oil on board, 12" x 18.5". Framed 16... | Eldred's | N/A
9. 2018-04-18 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American, 1857\-1940\) \- The Line of Love | Christie's | $37,500
10. 2017-09-23 | HARRY WILLSON WATROUS \(AMERICAN, 1857\-1940\) THE SOURCE OIL ON CANVAS 25\-1/4 X 30 | Heritage Auctions | $750
11. 2016-07-30 | HARRY WILLSON WATROUS \| The Fishing Pole | Sotheby's | N/A
12. 2016-06-09 | HARRY WILLSON WATROUS \| Madonna and Child | Sotheby's | $1,375
13. 2014-04-27 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American, 1857\-1940\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
14. 2013-10-25 | HARRY WILLSON WATROUS \(1857\-1940\) OIL ON BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $1,000
15. 2012-08-03 | HARRY WILLSON WATROUS, American, 1857\-1940, "Ancient and Modern"., Oil on canvas, 24" x 18". Framed. | Eldred's | N/A
16. 2010-06-25 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American, 1857\-1940\) | Christie's | N/A
17. 2010-06-24 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American, 1857\-1940\) | Christie's | $500
18. 2009-05-15 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American, 1857\-1940\) | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $960
19. 2009-03-06 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American, 1857\-1940\) The Turquoise Pool Signed "Watrous" l.l., t... | Skinner | $1,422
20. 2008-06-22 | HARRY WILLSON WATROUS \(AMERICAN 1857\-1940\) | Freeman's | N/A
21. 2007-12-06 | HARRY WILLSON WATROUS \(American 1857\-1940\) House | Heritage Auctions | N/A
22. 2004-05-26 | Harry Willson Watrous | Doyle New York | $1,912
23. 2004-04-24 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American 1857\-1940\),Still Life with Asian Jar and Ancient Glass,Signed Watrous l.r.,Oil on canvasboard,9 x 8 in \(22.9 x 20.3 | Weschler's | $2,300
24. 2002-05-10 | Harry Willson Watrous \(American, 1857\-1940\), Moonlight on the Hudson, Signed ""Watrous"" l.r., titled on a presentation plaque affixed | Skinner | $1,998

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