# Howard Mitcham - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T16:51:36.509Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 23
- Lots with prices: 18
- First auction date: 2012-07-14
- Latest auction date: 2025-03-01
- Median realised price: $325
- Price range: $150 to $2,100

## Market Takeaway
Howard Mitcham has 23 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $325. 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 \($325\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($225 to $650\) 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: 94.4% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 5.6% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $650
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-03-01
- Days since latest sale: 424
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bakker Auctions: 16 lots
- Eldred's: 4 lots
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Material Culture: 1 lots
- Winter Associates, Inc.: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-14 | Howard Mitcham \(1917\-1996\) Ye Uglie Olde Squidde, 2/50, Woodblock print, 3 1/4 x 4" image, 8 1/4 x 9 3/4" framed | Bakker Auctions | $850
2. 2024-12-14 | Howard Mitcham \(1917\-1996\) Pompano 5/50, Colored woodblock print, 3 3/4 x 7" image, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4" framed | Bakker Auctions | $200
3. 2024-12-14 | Howard Mitcham \(1917\-1996\) Skully Joe 2/50, Woodblock print, 4 x 4" image, 8 3/4 x 8 3/4" framed | Bakker Auctions | $275
4. 2025-03-01 | Howard Mitcham \(1917\-1996\) Codfish, 2/50, Woodblock print, 4 x 3 1/2" image, 9 1/4 x 9 1/4" framed | Bakker Auctions | $650
5. 2025-03-01 | Howard Mitcham \(1917\-1996\) Haddock, 2/50, Woodblock print, 4 x 3 1/2" image, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2" framed | Bakker Auctions | $650
6. 2023-08-30 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(Massachusetts/Mississippi, 1917\-1996\), “Be Happy as a Clam”., Woodcut on heavy paper, 5.5” x 8.5”. Unframed. | Eldred's | $900
7. 2023-05-20 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(1917\-1996\) John J. Gaspie and His Dog, 4/50, Woodblock print, 3 1/4 x 4" | Bakker Auctions | $800
8. 2023-05-20 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(1917\-1996\) Sea Clam, 2/50, Woodblock print, 3 1/2 x 3 3/4" | Bakker Auctions | $375
9. 2022-11-26 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(1917\-1996\) Sheepshead, 5/50, Woodblock print | Bakker Auctions | $200
10. 2022-11-26 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(1917\-1996\) Narkissus, 2/50, Woodblock print | Bakker Auctions | $500
11. 2022-10-08 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(1917\-1996\) The Insatiable Epicurean, 2/50, Handcolored woodblock print | Bakker Auctions | $325
12. 2022-08-06 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(1917\-1996\) The People Who Walked On Their Hands, Woodblock print | Bakker Auctions | $325
13. 2021-11-19 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(Massachusetts/Mississippi, 1917\-1996\), "Quiet Harbor, 1950"., Hand\-colored woodblock print, 5.75" x 7.25". Matted 10" x 12". | Eldred's | $225
14. 2021-03-06 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(1917\-1996\) Faces, Oil on panel | Bakker Auctions | $2,100
15. 2020-07-22 | Howard Mitcham \(Mexican/American, 1917\-1996\) | Material Culture | $175
16. 2020-04-13 | HOWARD MITCHAM, Massachusetts/Mississippi, 1917\-1996, "'Valerie' of Provincetown, Frank Gaspa, Captain"., Watercolor and gouache on.. | Eldred's | $150
17. 2020-01-24 | HOWARD MITCHAM, Massachusetts/Mississippi, 1917\-1996, "'Valerie' of Provincetown, Frank Gaspa, Captain"., Watercolor and gouache on.. | Eldred's | N/A
18. 2016-06-04 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(1917\-1996\), Lot of 10 Woodblock prints | Bakker Auctions | $225
19. 2015-09-06 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(1917\-1996\), Lot of 4 woodblock prints and 2 posters | Bakker Auctions | N/A
20. 2015-09-06 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(1917\-1996\), Lot of 3 Woodblock Prints | Bakker Auctions | N/A
21. 2015-09-06 | HOWARD MITCHAM \(1917\-1996\), Lot of 3 Woodblock Prints | Bakker Auctions | N/A
22. 2013-05-20 | Howard Mitcham \(American, 1917\-1996\), "The State Angels of North Truro Whooping it up for the Vernal Equinox", color woodcut on pape... | Winter Associates, Inc. | N/A
23. 2012-07-14 | Howard Mitcham \(New Orleans\), "Last Supper at Pat O'Brien's," 20th c | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $550

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