# Hortense T. Ferne - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T10:47:08.816Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 22
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2002-05-10
- Latest auction date: 2024-10-16
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $50 to $4,500

## Market Takeaway
Hortense T. Ferne has 22 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($260 to $475\) 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: 81.3% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 18.8% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $50
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-10-16
- Days since latest sale: 648
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 10 lots
- Eldred's: 4 lots
- Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC: 2 lots
- Freeman's: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Kaminski Auctions: 1 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 1 lots
- Myers Fine Art: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2016-08-28 | HORTENSE T. FERNE \(ME/NY, 1885\-1976\) \- \(4\) Tunisian Street Scenes, pastel on paper, circa 1930, including: "In the Souk, Tunis", in matched corner frame, matted and glazed, unsigned, OS: 17" x 14", SS: 11 1/2" x 8 3/4... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $510
2. 2024-10-16 | Hortense Ferne \(New York, 1885\-1976\) Monotype | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hortense-ferne-new-york-1885-1976-monotype-141-c-4a74af2af4
3. 2023-04-30 | Hortense Ferne \(American, 1885\-1976\) Oil Painting | Myers Fine Art | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hortense-ferne-american-1885-1976-oil-painting-139-c-b254258ae0
4. 2023-02-01 | HORTENSE T. FERNE \(ME/NY, 1885\-1976\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $300
5. 2021-08-27 | HORTENSE T. FERNE \(ME/NY, 1885\-1976\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
6. 2019-07-10 | HORTENSE T. FERNE \(ME/NY, 1885\-1976\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $300
7. 2019-01-31 | Hortense Ferne Signed Etching | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $70
8. 2018-11-11 | HORTENSE T. FERNE \(ME/NY, 1885\-1976\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2018-09-21 | HORTENSE FERNE \(AMERICAN, 1885\-1976\) ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1938 LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER 1 | Heritage Auctions | $260
10. 2017-06-27 | Hortense Ferne, LIncoln portrait etching | Millea Bros Ltd | $50
11. 2017-01-24 | HORTENSE T. FERNE, New York, 1885\-1976, The town clock tower, Orange Street, Nantucket., Oil on canvas, 18" x 20". Framed 21.5" x 23... | Eldred's | $1,200
12. 2016-08-28 | HORTENSE T. FERNE \(ME/NY, 1885\-1976\) \- \(3\) Tunisian Street Scenes, pastel on paper, circa 1930, all signed "H Ferne" and titled verso, in matching half round gilt frames, matted and glazed, including: "Coffee House, S... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $420
13. 2016-08-28 | HORTENSE T. FERNE \(ME/NY, 1885\-1976\) \- \(3\) Northeast Harbor Scenes, pastel on paper, circa 1930, including: \(2\) Views of Gloucester Harbor, "Gloucester Boats", signed lower left "Ferne", titled verso, in gold molded f... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $360
14. 2016-08-28 | HORTENSE T. FERNE \(ME/NY, 1885\-1976\) \- Moroccan Bazaar Scene, circa 1930, oil on linen, signed lower right "Hortense Ferne", in the original hand carved and whitewashed gilt frame, OS: 23 1/2" x 27 1/2", SS: 17 1/2" x... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $360
15. 2016-08-28 | HORTENSE T. FERNE \(ME/NY, 1885\-1976\) \- "Entrance to Grand Mosque", circa 1930, oil on linen, signed lower left "Ferne", titled on stretcher, in the original hand carved and whitewashed gilt frame, OS: 23 1/2" x 27 1/2... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $275
16. 2016-08-27 | HORTENSE T. FERNE \(ME/NY, 1885\-1976\) \- Dona Bella at the Bullfights, oil on canvas, signed lower right "H. Ferne", in the original hand carved and gilt frame, OS: 38 1/2" x 48 1/2", SS: 29 1/2" x 39 1/2". One small ch... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
17. 2016-08-05 | HORTENSE T. FERNE, New York, 1885\-1976, The town clock tower, Orange Street, Nantucket., Oil on canvas, 18" x 20". Framed 21.5" x 23... | Eldred's | N/A
18. 2015-06-07 | HORTENSE FERNE, MAN WEARING BLACK HAT, O/C | Kaminski Auctions | $275
19. 2012-11-17 | HORTENSE T. FERNE, American, 1885\-1976, Still life of a floral arrangement and a cherub\-form candlestick., Oil on canvas, 36" x 40".... | Eldred's | $475
20. 2011-08-05 | HORTENSE T. FERNE, American, 1885\-1976, Portrait of a semi\-nude young woman., Oil on canvas, 40" x 36". Framed. | Eldred's | $4,500
21. 2005-01-21 | HORTENSE FERNE | Freeman's | N/A
22. 2002-05-10 | Hortense Ferne \(American, 1885\-1976\), High Bridge, Spain, Signed ""H. Ferne"" l.r., partial label on the reverse., Condition: Minor sca | Skinner | $1,175

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