# James Walter Folger - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T09:31:06.957Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2000-05-12
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-02
- Median realised price: $750
- Price range: $50 to $15,000

## Market Takeaway
James Walter Folger has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $750. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. 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 \($750\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($600 to $3,750\) 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: 53.3% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6.7% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $3,750
- Previous 12 months median: $100
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-02
- Days since latest sale: 358
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 8 lots
- Rafael Osona Auctions: 3 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2015-07-31 | JAMES WALTER FOLGER, Nantucket, 1851\-1915, Applied relief model of a whale boat with painted sea and sky background., Framed 15" x 19". | Eldred's | $2,000
2. 2025-08-02 | James Walter Folger Oil on Wood Panel "Mill Hill" | Rafael Osona Auctions | $3,750
3. 2024-12-07 | James Walter Folger 1909 Print "A View of Brant Point" | Rafael Osona Auctions | $100
4. 2024-07-26 | JAMES WALTER FOLGER \(Nantucket, 1851\-1918\), Nantucket homestead, possibly the home of Captain Benjamin Whitford Joy., Oil on canvas, 8" x 15". Framed 9.5" x 16.5". | Eldred's | $6,000
5. 2024-04-27 | James Walter Folger Photo Print "The Four Original Grist Mills on Mill Hill in 1822" | Rafael Osona Auctions | $50
6. 2023-09-15 | JAMES WALTER FOLGER \(Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1851\-1918\), Early 20th Century black and white lithograph "A View of Brant Point And Entrance to Harbor at Nantucket, Mass. From 1820 to 1842"., On paper, 10.5" x 20.5" sigh | Eldred's | $300
7. 2020-07-30 | JAMES WALTER FOLGER, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1851\-1918, Red\-breasted merganser drake in flight,, Oil on board, 15.5" x 24". Drake... | Eldred's | $15,000
8. 2019-11-22 | JAMES WALTER FOLGER, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1851\-1918, Pair of carved wooden panels depicting The Old Mill, Nantucket., 9.5" x 13... | Eldred's | $600
9. 2019-07-13 | JAMES WALTER FOLGER, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1851\-1918, Pair of carved wooden panels depicting "The Old Mill, Nantucket"., 9.5" x... | Eldred's | N/A
10. 2015-03-25 | James Walter Folger \(1851\-1918\) A Deserted Hearthstone, Watercolor and gouache on paper, | Gray's Auctioneers | $600
11. 2015-03-25 | James Walter Folger \(1851\-1918\) Interior Scene, Watercolor and gouache on paper, | Gray's Auctioneers | $600
12. 2014-08-16 | JAMES WALTER FOLGER \(AMERICAN 1851\-1915\). TWO CARVED MAHOGANY AND MAPLE PLAQUES OF THE "OLD MILL," NANTUCKET, LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $750
13. 2012-03-04 | James Walter Folger \(Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1851\-1918\) Nantucket Cottage Hearth. Signed and dated "Jas. Walter Folger Nantucket Nov | Skinner | $1,541
14. 2011-04-09 | JAMES WALTER FOLGER, American, 1851\-1918, "Old Windmill Nantucket Is"., Oil on canvas, 9" x 7". Framed. | Eldred's | $1,610
15. 2008-11-22 | JAMES WALTER FOLGER \- NANTUCKET WINDMILL | Eldred's | $7,000
16. 2000-05-12 | James Walter Folger \(American, 1851\-1918\), The Old Homestead/Nantucket Signed and dated ;Jas Walter Folger 1909; l.l. Watercolor with gouache on paper/board, sight size 13 x 18 in. \(33.0 x45.7 cm\), framed. Condition: Not examined out of frame. | Skinner | $690 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-walter-folger-american-1851-1918-the-old-homestead-nantucket-signed-and-dated-jas-walter-folger-1909-l-l-watercolor-with-gouache-on-paper-board-sight-size-13-x-18-in-33-0-x45-7-cm-framed-condition-not-examined-out-of-frame-64-c-fg9rn2yuol

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