# Howard Russell Butler - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T02:17:22.094Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 127
- Lots with prices: 102
- First auction date: 1993-06-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-28
- Median realised price: $854
- Price range: $150 to $8,125

## Market Takeaway
Howard Russell Butler shows solid auction liquidity with 127 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $854. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($854\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $425 and $1,599.
- 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: 52.9% (54 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 47.1% (48 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $400
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-28
- Days since latest sale: 143
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 9 lots
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Cutler Bay Auctions: 5 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 5 lots
- James D. Julia: 5 lots
- Skinner: 5 lots
- Weschler's: 5 lots
- Eldred's: 4 lots
- Freeman's: 4 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-28 | Howard Russell Butler \(American, 1856 \- 1934\) | Helmuth Stone | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-howard-russell-butler-american-1856-1934-124-c-ddb4e10ade
2. 2024-07-20 | Howard Russell Butler \(1856 \- 1934\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | $425 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-howard-russell-butler-1856-1934-american-31-c-3754a238ef
3. 2025-08-03 | Howard Russell Butler \(NJ,CA,1856\-1934\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $425
4. 2025-06-28 | HOWARD RUSSELL BUTLER \(AMERICAN 1856\-1934\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $400
5. 2025-05-14 | HOWARD RUSSELL BUTLER \(New Jersey/California/New York, 1856\-1934\), "Maine Coast"., Oil on canvas, 28" x 36". Unframed. | Sandwich Auction House | $250
6. 2025-05-11 | Howard Russell Butler \(NJ,CA,1856\-1934\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $240
7. 2025-04-26 | Howard Russell Butler \(American 1856\-1934\), "The Pink Glow, California" Twilight landscape with stream and mountains, 1901, Oil on canvas, Signed lower right "H.R. Butler", Lincoln Safe Deposit Company New York label ... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $550
8. 2025-03-11 | Howard Russell Butler \(1856\-1934\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,980
9. 2025-02-04 | Howard Russell Butler, Waves on Rocks | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,600
10. 2024-10-31 | Howard Russell Butler oil on board | Pook & Pook Inc. | $240
11. 2024-10-10 | Howard Russell Butler \(1856–1934\), COASTAL SUNSET | Waddington's | CA$687
12. 2024-08-27 | Howard Russell Butler \(American, 1856\-1934\), Santa Barbara Coastline, oil on canvas, 12 1/2 x 15 1/2in \(31.5 x 39.5cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $850
13. 2024-08-17 | Howard Russell Butler \(Am. 1856\-1934\), Sunset, York, ME, Pastel on paper, framed under glass | Barridoff Auctions | $400
14. 2024-06-12 | Howard Russell Butler \(American, 1856\-1934\), Santa Barbara Coastline, oil on canvas, 12 1/2 x 15 1/2in \(31.5 x 39.5cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | N/A
15. 2024-06-04 | Howard Russell Butler \(1856 \- 1934\) \- Heavy Pulling, Coast of California | Freeman's | $2,400
16. 2024-04-24 | Howard Russell Butler | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $500
17. 2024-04-05 | HOWARD RUSSELL BUTLER \(New Jersey/California/New York, 1856\-1934\), Sunset over a rocky coast., Oil on canvas, 6" x 9". Framed 7.5" x 10.5". | Eldred's | $375
18. 2024-02-01 | Howard Russell Butler | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | N/A
19. 2023-08-26 | HOWARD RUSSELL BUTLER \(NJ/CA/NY, 1856\-1934\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,200
20. 2023-06-15 | HOWARD RUSSELL BUTLER \(AMERICAN 1856\-1934\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
21. 2023-05-25 | Howard Russell Butler \(1856 \- 1934\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A
22. 2023-05-20 | Howard Russell Butler \(American, 1856\-1934\), Coastal Landscape | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $625
23. 2023-05-20 | Howard Russell Butler \(Am. 1856\-1934\), "Boat House", Oil on canvas, framed | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
24. 2023-04-08 | HOWARD RUSSELL BUTLER \(AMERICAN 1856\-1934\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A

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