# John B. Foster - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T08:31:30.625Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 18
- Lots with prices: 10
- First auction date: 2007-03-31
- Latest auction date: 2025-04-26
- Median realised price: $150
- Price range: $50 to $517

## Market Takeaway
John B. Foster has 18 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $150. 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 \($150\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($100 to $275\) 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: 100% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 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: $250
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-04-26
- Days since latest sale: 455
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 9 lots
- Cutler Bay Auctions: 2 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots
- Charlton Hall: 1 lots
- Helmuth Stone: 1 lots
- Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates: 1 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 1 lots
- Vallot Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-26 | John B. Foster \(American 1865\-1930\) New England Harbor Scene Watercolor Signed lower left "J.B. Foster" 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-b-foster-american-1865-1930-new-england-harbor-scene-watercolor-signed-lower-left-j-b-foster-9-1-2-x-13-1-2-183-c-2744132896
2. 2024-07-20 | John B. Foster \(1865\-1930\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-b-foster-1865-1930-american-20-c-4f74ca686a
3. 2024-06-15 | John B. Foster \(1865\-1930\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-b-foster-1865-1930-american-20-c-cf34ffba2e
4. 2022-12-03 | John B. Foster, Am 1865\-1930, Waves Crashing with Distant Ships, Watercolor on paper, framed under glass, 13 1/8" x 19 1/4" actual, 14 5/8" x 21" framed | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
5. 2022-02-10 | JOHN B. FOSTER \(Massachusetts, 1865\-1930\), A North Shore cove., Watercolor on board, 12" x 24". Framed 20" x 30". | Eldred's | $125
6. 2021-10-15 | JOHN B. FOSTER \(Massachusetts, 1865\-1930\), A North Shore cove., Watercolor on board, 12" x 24". Framed 20" x 30". | Eldred's | N/A
7. 2021-09-19 | John B. Foster \(1865\-1930\) American, Watercolor | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A
8. 2021-09-09 | JOHN B. FOSTER \(Massachusetts, 1865\-1930\), Stone bridge across a river., Watercolor on paper, 5.75” x 8.5” sight. Framed 12” x 15”. | Eldred's | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-b-foster-massachusetts-1865-1930-stone-bridge-across-a-river-watercolor-on-paper-5-75-x-8-5-sight-framed-12-x-15-680-c-cef4d3ea74
9. 2021-06-24 | JOHN B. FOSTER \(Massachusetts, 1865\-1930\), A North Shore cove., Watercolor on board, 12" x 24". Framed 20" x 30". | Eldred's | N/A
10. 2021-06-11 | JOHN B. FOSTER \(Massachusetts, 1865\-1930\), Stone bridge across a river., Watercolor on paper, 5.75” x 8.5” sight. Framed 12” x 15”. | Eldred's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-b-foster-massachusetts-1865-1930-stone-bridge-across-a-river-watercolor-on-paper-5-75-x-8-5-sight-framed-12-x-15-1122-c-e2745d7831
11. 2021-01-21 | JOHN B. FOSTER \(Massachusetts, 1865\-1930\), Two schooners under full sail., Watercolor and gouache on paper, 14" x 20" sight. Framed 22.5" x 28". | Eldred's | $275
12. 2020-05-21 | JOHN B. FOSTER, Massachusetts, 1865\-1930, "Annisquam, Gloucester Mass"., Watercolor on paper, 9.25" x 13" sight. Framed 16.25" x 20.... | Eldred's | $150
13. 2019-10-27 | John B. Foster \(Massachusetts, 1865 \- 1930\) | Helmuth Stone | N/A
14. 2019-08-24 | JOHN B. FOSTER \(AMERICAN, 1965\-1930\) HARBOR SCENE | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $70
15. 2019-04-25 | John B. Foster \(American 1865 \- 1930\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $100
16. 2017-03-09 | JOHN B. FOSTER, Massachusetts, 1865\-1930, Shore scene with lobster traps and skiffs., Watercolor on paper, 12.5" x 18.5" sight. Fram... | Eldred's | $300
17. 2008-09-07 | John B. Foster | Charlton Hall | N/A
18. 2007-03-31 | JOHN B. FOSTER, American, born 1865, North Shore | Eldred's | $517

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