# John Prentiss Benson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T15:44:38.154Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 28
- Lots with prices: 21
- First auction date: 2004-05-14
- Latest auction date: 2025-04-16
- Median realised price: $950
- Price range: $300 to $4,994

## Market Takeaway
John Prentiss Benson has 28 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $950. 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 \($950\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($600 to $2,370\) 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: 52.4% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 47.6% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $600
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-04-16
- Days since latest sale: 379
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 6 lots
- James D. Julia: 5 lots
- Schultz Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 2 lots
- Pook & Pook Inc.: 2 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots
- Cottone Auctions: 1 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 1 lots
- New England Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-16 | JOHN PRENTISS BENSON \(Maine/Massachusetts, 1865\-1947\), "Breakers in Bermuda", Oil on board, 12" x 17.5". Framed 14.5" x 20". | Sandwich Auction House | $550
2. 2024-11-29 | John Prentiss Benson oil on board painting of sailing ship | Schultz Auctioneers | $600
3. 2024-11-29 | John Prentiss Benson oil on board painting of a boat | Schultz Auctioneers | $550
4. 2024-11-29 | John Prentiss Benson oil on board painting of boats | Schultz Auctioneers | $950
5. 2024-09-27 | John Prentiss Benson, oil on canvas | Pook & Pook Inc. | N/A
6. 2024-09-27 | John Prentiss Benson, oil on board | Pook & Pook Inc. | $900
7. 2023-07-27 | Attributed to John Prentiss Benson Oil on Canvas | Willow Auction House | $500
8. 2023-06-15 | John Prentiss Benson, Oil on Canvas, Galleon | Nye & Company | N/A
9. 2023-06-06 | John Prentiss Benson \(American, 1865–1947\) Full Sail | Freeman's \| Hindman | $3,000
10. 2022-05-26 | JOHN PRENTISS BENSON \(Maine/Massachusetts, 1865\-1947\), Yachting scene., Oil on board, 8" x 10". Framed 13.5" x 15.5". | Eldred's | $650
11. 2021-10-17 | John Prentiss Benson \- oil on canvas | New England Auctions | $2,500
12. 2021-06-25 | John Prentiss Benson \(American, 1865\-1947\) | Neal Auction Company | $3,172
13. 2020-06-12 | JOHN PRENTISS BENSON, Maine/Massachusetts, 1865\-1947, "Our House at Warwick, Bermuda"., Oil on board, 18" x 13". Framed 22" x 16". | Eldred's | $2,000
14. 2020-06-12 | JOHN PRENTISS BENSON, Maine/Massachusetts, 1865\-1947, Ship at sea., Oil on canvas, 20" x 25". Framed 22.5" x 27.5". | Eldred's | N/A
15. 2019-09-21 | JOHN PRENTISS BENSON, Maine/Massachusetts, 1865\-1947, Yachting scene., Oil on board, 8" x 10". Framed 13.5" x 15.5". | Eldred's | $300
16. 2016-11-12 | John Prentiss Benson \(American, 1865\-1947\) "Calm Harbor" | Cottone Auctions | $2,300
17. 2016-10-28 | John Prentiss Benson | Barridoff Auctions | $937
18. 2016-02-03 | JOHN PRENTISS BENSON \(American, 1865\-1947\) GALLEON AT SEA. | James D. Julia | $1,777
19. 2015-08-25 | JOHN PRENTISS BENSON \(American, 1865\-1947\) "KITTERY HARBOR, WINTER 1936\-1937" | James D. Julia | $2,370
20. 2011-11-19 | JOHN PRENTISS BENSON, American, 1865\-1947, "The Clipper, 1929"., Oil on canvas, 30" x 40". Framed. | Eldred's | N/A
21. 2011-07-09 | John Prentiss Benson, seascape | The Cobbs | $475
22. 2009-08-26 | JOHN PRENTISS BENSON \(American, 1865\-1947\) SAILING OFF BERMUDA. | James D. Julia | $826
23. 2009-07-23 | JOHN PRENTISS BENSON, American, 1865\-1947, Two sailboats and a skiff on still waters off a hilly coast with cloudy sky., Oil on pane... | Eldred's | $1,100
24. 2009-02-06 | JOHN PRENTISS BENSON \(American, 1865\-1947\) SAILI | James D. Julia | N/A

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