# John Rettig - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T14:03:57.345Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 53
- Lots with prices: 49
- First auction date: 2000-12-03
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-08
- Median realised price: $600
- Price range: $130 to $3,750

## Market Takeaway
John Rettig has 53 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($400 to $948\) 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: 75.5% (37 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 24.5% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $130
- Previous 12 months median: $768
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-08
- Days since latest sale: 80
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Caza Sikes: 11 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 11 lots
- Stuart Holman: 6 lots
- Main Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 3 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 2 lots
- James D. Julia: 2 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-25 | "Marblehead Ferries" Oil by John Rettig | Caza Sikes | $1,088
2. 2026-02-08 | John Rettig Oil | Main Auction Galleries | $130
3. 2025-12-09 | John Rettig \(American, 1855\-1932\) | Caza Sikes | $2,875
4. 2024-09-25 | "Behind the Dyke" Oil by John Rettig | Caza Sikes | $352
5. 2024-09-25 | "Marblehead Gardens" by John Rettig | Caza Sikes | $768
6. 2024-09-25 | "Tile Roofs" by John Rettig | Caza Sikes | $1,408
7. 2024-09-25 | "Privincetown Inn" by John Rettig | Caza Sikes | $704
8. 2024-09-25 | "Miami Town Fields" by John Rettig | Caza Sikes | $512
9. 2024-09-25 | "Gloucester: Unloading Fish" Oil by John Rettig | Caza Sikes | $2,560 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-gloucester-unloading-fish-oil-by-john-rettig-20-c-e5c4e58a71
10. 2023-12-06 | John Rettig \(Ohio, 1855\-1932\) | Caza Sikes | $937
11. 2023-11-19 | John Rettig \(1855\-1932\) Oil \(Cincinnati/Netherlands\) | Main Auction Galleries | N/A
12. 2023-11-15 | John Rettig \(1855\-1932\) Dutch Ohio | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $300
13. 2023-10-18 | "Gloucester Harbor" by John Rettig | Caza Sikes | $1,152
14. 2023-06-01 | John Rettig \(1855\-1932\): Twilight in the Haven | Abell Auction | $550
15. 2023-05-31 | An Oil on Board Ohio River Scene by John Rettig | Lewis & Grant Auctions | $425
16. 2023-05-05 | JOHN RETTIG \(1855 \- 1932\) ROOKWOOD POTTERY | John McInnis Auctioneers | $900
17. 2023-01-19 | John Rettig, Oil on Panel, Dutch Girl Holding Doll | Weiss Auctions | N/A
18. 2022-05-21 | JOHN RETTIG \(1855\-1932\) Provincetown Harbor, Watercolor and gouache | Bakker Auctions | $400
19. 2022-04-30 | JOHN RETTIG \(American, 1855\-1932\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | $375
20. 2022-03-26 | John Rettig | Brunk Auctions | $2,200
21. 2022-03-26 | John Rettig | Brunk Auctions | $700
22. 2022-01-16 | John Rettig painting | Treadway Gallery | $300
23. 2021-12-08 | John Rettig \(1855\-1932\) | Caza Sikes | $550
24. 2021-07-29 | JOHN RETTIG \(Ohio/The Netherlands, 1855\-1932\), "Marblehead Harbor"., Oil on board, 6" x 9". Framed 11.25" x 15.25". | Eldred's | $1,700

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