# Herbert Ponting - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T07:44:12.780Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 145
- Lots with prices: 93
- First auction date: 1998-11-20
- Latest auction date: 2024-11-21
- Median realised price: $3,088
- Price range: $87 to $169,250

## Market Takeaway
Herbert Ponting shows solid auction liquidity with 145 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,088. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-11-21.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,088\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,678 and $6,200.
- 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: 15.1% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 74.2% (69 sales)
- $10,000\+: 10.8% (10 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $2,800
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-11-21
- Days since latest sale: 454
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 89 lots
- Leonard Joel: 16 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 11 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Charles Miller Ltd: 3 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Phillips: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Ader: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-21 | Herbert George Ponting \(1870\-1935\): Western Geological Party | STAIR | $2,600
2. 2024-10-31 | HERBERT PONTING \(1870\-1935\) A group of 29 photographs documenting the Terra Nova Expedition. 1910\-11. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,250
3. 2024-06-06 | Herbert George Ponting \(1870\-1935\) | Chiswick Auctions | £2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herbert-george-ponting-1870-1935-92-c-f7e435e96c
4. 2024-06-06 | Herbert George Ponting \(1870\-1935\) | Chiswick Auctions | £8,500
5. 2022-05-24 | Herbert Ponting \(1870\-1935\) | Chiswick Auctions | £400
6. 2022-04-26 | HERBERT PONTING \(1870\-1935\) \- A sledge dog listening to the gramophone | Charles Miller Ltd | £450
7. 2021-09-07 | Herbert George Ponting \(1870 \-1935\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
8. 2021-09-07 | Herbert George Ponting \(1870 \-1935\) | Chiswick Auctions | £420
9. 2021-05-28 | Herbert George Ponting \(1870\-1935\) | Chiswick Auctions | £1,300
10. 2020-11-29 | HERBERT GEORGE PONTING \(1871\-1935\), A Weddell Seal about to dive, signed €˜H. G. Ponting.€™ \(lower right\), the artist€™s stamps €˜PHOTOGRAPH BY HERBERT G. PONTING, F.R.G.S. / BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 1910.€™ twice on reverse, and titled € | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$1,000
11. 2020-10-28 | Herbert George Ponting \(1870\-1935\) | Chiswick Auctions | £400
12. 2019-11-14 | Herbert Ponting \(1870\-1935\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
13. 2019-05-16 | Herbert George Ponting \(1870\-1935\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
14. 2019-05-16 | Herbert George Ponting \(1870\-1935\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
15. 2019-05-16 | Herbert George Ponting \(1870\-1935\) | Chiswick Auctions | £3,750
16. 2019-03-17 | Herbert Ponting \- Cap'n Oates & Pony Chris\-Topher | New England Auctions | $600
17. 2018-12-14 | Herbert George Ponting \(1870\-1935\) \- The Freezing of the Sea | Christie's | £6,500
18. 2018-11-15 | HERBERT PONTING, United States, 1870\-1935, "The Ship Terra Nova at the Ice Foot, Cape Evans". | Eldred's | $700
19. 2018-10-04 | HERBERT PONTING \- Selected Images of Captain Robert Falcon Scott?s Expedition to the Antarctic, 1910\-1911 | Phillips | $20,000
20. 2018-07-19 | HERBERT PONTING, American, 1870\-1935, "The Ship Terra Nova at the Ice Foot, Cape Evans". | Eldred's | N/A
21. 2018-06-27 | HERBERT PONTING, Ananda Temple in Bagan, Burma. 9 5/8 x 17 \-inch gold toned carbon print, 1906. | Be\-Hold | $1,800
22. 2018-05-18 | HERBERT PONTING \- Penguins and Iceberg, Antartica, 1910\-1913 | Phillips | £3,000
23. 2017-09-01 | HERBERT PONTING \(British, 1870\-1935\) Mother & Baby Seal c.1912 gelatin silver print | Leonard Joel | A$1,100
24. 2017-07-06 | HERBERT PONTING, DR ATKINSON IN HIS BRITISH ANTARTICA EXPEDITIONS CAMP LABORATORY, SILVER GELATIN PRINT, 30.5 X 40CM | Leonard Joel | N/A

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