# John Christopher Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T23:30:15.581Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 13
- Lots with prices: 10
- First auction date: 2004-02-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-18
- Median realised price: $3,750
- Price range: $900 to $15,600

## Market Takeaway
John Christopher Smith has 13 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,750. 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 \($3,750\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($2,540 to $7,320\) 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: 10% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 80% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 10% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $2,540
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-18
- Days since latest sale: 163
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- John Moran Auctioneers: 10 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-18 | John Christopher Smith \(1891\-1943\), "The Port of Los Angeles" | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,540
2. 2016-10-25 | John Christopher Smith \(1891\-1943 Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
3. 2016-03-22 | John Christopher Smith \(1891\-1943 Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $4,250
4. 2014-10-21 | John Christopher Smith \(1891\-1943 Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
5. 2014-03-25 | John Christopher Smith \(1891\-1943 Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,400
6. 2013-10-22 | John Christopher Smith \(1891\-1943 Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $9,600
7. 2013-10-22 | John Christopher Smith \(1891\-1943 Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $15,600
8. 2011-02-15 | John Christopher Smith \(1891\-1943 Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $3,750
9. 2010-08-17 | John Christopher Smith \(American, 1891\-1943\) Pueblo scene, believed to be Acoma Pueblo 20 x 24in | Bonhams | $3,355
10. 2009-08-03 | John Christopher Smith \(American, 1891\-1943\) Town by a river; A stand of trees \(double sided\) sight: 12 1/2 x 15 3/4in | Bonhams | N/A
11. 2009-08-03 | John Christopher Smith \(American, 1891\-1943\) 'Thrashing Machine, Oceanside', 1926 20 x 24in | Bonhams | $7,320
12. 2007-07-24 | John Christopher Smith \(1891\-1943 Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $900
13. 2004-02-17 | John Christopher Smith \(1891\-1943 Los Angeles, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $4,400

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