# Horace Bristol - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T04:52:12.321Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 77
- Lots with prices: 49
- First auction date: 2002-02-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-06
- Median realised price: $1,100
- Price range: $150 to $27,500

## Market Takeaway
Horace Bristol shows solid auction liquidity with 77 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,100\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $500 and $8,500.
- 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: 46.9% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 30.6% (15 sales)
- $10,000\+: 22.4% (11 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $937
- Previous 12 months median: $2,250
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-06
- Days since latest sale: 43
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 9 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 8 lots
- Christie's: 7 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 7 lots
- Clars Auctions: 6 lots
- Phillips: 5 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 5 lots
- Profiles in History: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Caza Sikes: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2020-02-22 | Horace Bristol \(1908\-1997\), "Brakeman Jumping from Train" | Caza Sikes | $350
2. 2026-01-06 | Horace Bristol \(1908\-1997\) California \(three\) | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $160
3. 2025-08-16 | Horace Bristol \(Am. 1908\-1997\), PBY Blister Gunner, 1944, Gelatin silver print, framed under glass | Barridoff Auctions | $10,000
4. 2025-05-08 | HORACE BRISTOL \(1908\-1997\) Silk worms on grid, Japan. 1946. | Swann Auction Galleries | $937
5. 2025-01-30 | HORACE BRISTOL \(1908 \- 1997\) Joad Family Applying for Relief \(The Grapes of Wrath\). 1938; printed circa 1990. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,250
6. 2024-09-25 | Horace Bristol, "Rescue at Rabaul" Platinum Print | Caza Sikes | $9,600
7. 2024-02-27 | Horace Bristol \(1909\-1997\), "Shinto Shrine Melee," 1946, Giclee print on paper, Image: 20" H x 30" W; Sheet: 23.5" H x 33.25" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $889
8. 2023-12-01 | Horace Bristol, Clover Field, Santa Monica | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $600
9. 2023-12-01 | Horace Bristol, Captain Edward Steichen | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $500
10. 2023-10-05 | HORACE BRISTOL \(1908\-1997\) Rescue at Rabaul: PBY Blister Gunner. | Swann Auction Galleries | $27,500
11. 2023-08-02 | Horace Bristol, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $500
12. 2023-08-02 | Horace Bristol, Torpedo Planes in Formation | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $950
13. 2023-08-02 | Horace Bristol, Topping\-Off Gas Tank on Patrol Plane | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $800
14. 2023-08-02 | Horace Bristol, Diving Girls of Hatsushima: Putting on Masks in Row Boat | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $150
15. 2023-08-02 | Horace Bristol, Panorama of Invasion Fleet off the Coast of Morocco | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $500
16. 2023-07-26 | Horace Bristol, Rose of Sharon | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $400
17. 2023-01-01 | Horace Bristol \(1909\-1997\) Singed Silver Gelatin Photograph Print Shinto Shrine Melee, New Year's Day, Tokyo, 1946 | Hughes Auctions | $800
18. 2023-01-01 | Horace Bristol \(1908\-1997\) Silver Gelatin Photograph, 1944 Pearl Harbor | Hughes Auctions | $600
19. 2022-12-07 | Horace Bristol, PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $14,000
20. 2022-11-19 | HORACE BRISTOL \(AMERICAN, 1909\-1997\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $7,500
21. 2022-09-04 | Horace Bristol \(American, 1908\-1997\) Silver Gelatin Photograph, 1944 Pearl Harbor | Hughes Auctions | N/A
22. 2022-04-14 | HORACE BRISTOL \(1908\-1997\) Shinto Shrine Melee, New Year's, Japan. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875
23. 2022-04-14 | HORACE BRISTOL \(1908\-1997\) Rose of Sharon, Tulare County, California. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
24. 2022-02-10 | HORACE BRISTOL \(1908\-1997\) Yakuza Public Baths, Japan. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,000

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