# Howard John Besnia - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T04:54:42.412Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 8
- Lots with prices: 5
- First auction date: 2023-01-26
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-11
- Median realised price: $100
- Price range: $40 to $175

## Market Takeaway
Howard John Besnia shows thin auction liquidity with 8 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($100\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $70 and $100.
- 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: 100% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $100
- Previous 12 months median: $70
- Median shift: 42.9%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-11
- Days since latest sale: 38
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Kaminski Auctions: 4 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Cutler Bay Auctions: 1 lots
- Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-11 | Howard John Besnia, Visit to Hubble Light, Watercolor | Kaminski Auctions | N/A
2. 2026-01-10 | Howard John Besnia, Farm with Crows, Watercolor | Kaminski Auctions | $100
3. 2026-01-10 | Howard John Besnia, Turkeys, Pastel | Kaminski Auctions | N/A
4. 2026-01-10 | Howard John Besnia, Winter Landscape, Oil on Canvas | Kaminski Auctions | N/A
5. 2024-06-15 | Howard John Besnia \(1921\-2014\) "First Church of Sterling" | Cutler Bay Auctions | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-howard-john-besnia-1921-2014-first-church-of-sterling-4-c-d16402794b
6. 2024-06-14 | HOWARD JOHN BESNIA \(AMERICAN, 20TH C.\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $70
7. 2023-04-19 | HOWARD JOHN BESNIA \(Massachusetts, 1921\-2014\), “Lithographs by Howard John Besnia”., Color woodcut, sheet 17.75” x 6”. Framed 20” x 8.5”. | Eldred's | $40
8. 2023-01-26 | HOWARD JOHN BESNIA \(Massachusetts, 1921\-2014\), "Lobster Harvest \(Goose Rocks, Maine\) 1958"., Watercolor on paper, 22" x 28. Framed 25" x 31". | Eldred's | $175

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