# John Frederick Kensett - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T02:41:13.429Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 136
- Lots with prices: 91
- First auction date: 1992-04-01
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-03
- Median realised price: $21,000
- Price range: $60 to $847,500

## Market Takeaway
John Frederick Kensett shows solid auction liquidity with 135 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $21,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-21.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($21,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $5,000 and $65,000.
- 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: 6.6% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 27.5% (25 sales)
- $10,000\+: 65.9% (60 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $7,000
- Previous 12 months median: $20,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-21
- Days since latest sale: 89
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 39 lots
- Bonhams: 13 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 8 lots
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Greenwich Auction: 6 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 6 lots
- Charlton Hall: 5 lots
- James D. Julia: 5 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-28 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT \(NY/CT, 1816\-1872\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $7,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-frederick-kensett-ny-ct-1816-1872-2086-c-1014af5a87
2. 2025-12-03 | John Frederick Kensett, 1816\-1872, Rocky Coastline, Oil on Canvas | Nye & Company | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-frederick-kensett-1816-1872-rocky-coastline-oil-on-canvas-180-c-d2738ba5e4
3. 2025-11-21 | John Frederick Kensett, American/New York 1816\-1872, "Tree on a Hillside", oil on board | Neal Auction Company | $1,300
4. 2025-11-20 | John Frederick Kensett, Ship at Sea | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,500
5. 2025-11-20 | John Frederick Kensett, Study for Trees on the Beverly Coast | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $26,000
6. 2025-11-18 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT \(1816\-1872\) Rocks, Conway, N.H. 9 x 12 in. \(22.9 x 30.5 cm.\) | Bonhams | $11,000
7. 2025-11-18 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT \(1816\-1872\) Kaaterskill, NY 18 1/8 x 24 in. \(46 x 61 cm.\) | Bonhams | $16,000
8. 2025-01-23 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT \(1816\-1872\). Contentment Island. oil on canvas14 x 2 | Christie's | $239,400
9. 2025-01-23 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT \(1816\-1872\)Waterfall in the Woods with Indiansoil on | Christie's | N/A
10. 2024-12-08 | John Frederick Kensett \(American, 1816\-1872\) Crepuscule \(Lake Landscape\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
11. 2024-12-08 | John Frederick Kensett \(American, 1816\-1872\) Evening on Contentment Island, 1872 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $60,000
12. 2024-09-10 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT \(American, 1816\-1872\) River Gorge in Summer \(14 3/8 x 24 in \(36.2 x 61.3 cm\).framed 22 3/4 x 32 3/4 x 3 3/4 in \(57.8 x 83.2 x 9.5 cm\).\) | Bonhams | N/A
13. 2024-09-10 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT \(American, 1816\-1872\) English Lake District \(9 x 12 in \(23.0 x 30.0 cm\).framed 20 3/8 x 23 3/8 x 4 in \(51.8 x 59.4 x 10.2 cm\).\) | Bonhams | $12,000
14. 2024-07-26 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT \(New York/Connecticut, 1818\-1872\), Forest waterfall., Oil on canvas, 14" x 12". Framed 25" x 23". | Eldred's | $5,000
15. 2024-06-02 | John Frederick Kensett \(American, 1816\-1872\) \- Mountainous River Landscape | Freeman's | $16,000
16. 2024-05-09 | John Frederick Kensett | Brunk Auctions | $20,000
17. 2024-05-09 | John Frederick Kensett | Brunk Auctions | $65,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-frederick-kensett-564-c-41f452cabd
18. 2024-01-20 | John Frederick Kensett \- An Adirondack Pond | Sotheby's | $22,860
19. 2024-01-20 | John Frederick Kensett \- Path to the Mountains, Colorado | Sotheby's | $10,160
20. 2023-11-15 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT \(New York/Connecticut, 1818\-1872\), "River Marsh, Newport" \(Almy's Pond\)., Oil on canvas, 10" x 18". Framed 18" x 25". | Eldred's | $30,000
21. 2023-11-11 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT \(NY/CT, 1816\-1872\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $32,500
22. 2023-06-22 | John Frederick Kensett "Lake George" Painting | Greenwich Auction | $1,200
23. 2023-06-08 | John Frederick Kensett "Lake George" Painting | Greenwich Auction | N/A
24. 2023-05-25 | John Frederick Kensett "Lake George" Painting | Greenwich Auction | N/A

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