# John S. Johnston - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T17:16:06.326Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 34
- Lots with prices: 23
- First auction date: 2008-12-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-22
- Median realised price: $415
- Price range: $50 to $4,375

## Market Takeaway
John S. Johnston has 34 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $415. 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 \($415\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($267 to $1,000\) 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: 73.9% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 26.1% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $50
- Previous 12 months median: $937
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-22
- Days since latest sale: 160
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Skinner: 24 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Casco Bay Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-22 | JOHN S. JOHNSTON \(1839 \- 1899\). "ELSE MARIE 1894." | Casco Bay Auctions | $50
2. 2024-09-26 | JOHN S. JOHNSTON \(1839\-1899\) On the Brooklyn Bridge. 1894. | Swann Auction Galleries | $937
3. 2020-10-22 | JOHN S. JOHNSTON \(circa 1839\-1899\) On the Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y. | Swann Auction Galleries | $437
4. 2018-10-18 | JOHN S. JOHNSTON \(1830s?\-1899\) Elevated Railroad, Bowery from Chatham St., N.Y.C. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000
5. 2011-07-28 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Sea Fox, Viator \(2\), Alcaea, and E.Z. Sloat. Each titled | Skinner | $123
6. 2011-07-28 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Ramona, Sea Fox, Viator, Katrina, and Nameless. Each num | Skinner | $123
7. 2011-04-13 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Sea Fox, Viator \(2\), Alcaea, and E.Z. Sloat. Each tit... | Skinner | N/A
8. 2011-04-13 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Ramona, Sea Fox, Viator, Katrina, and Nameless. Each ... | Skinner | N/A
9. 2010-11-10 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Mayflower, Puritan, Wanderer, Vencedor, and Open... | Skinner | $356
10. 2010-11-10 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Colonia, Columbia, Jubilee, Alert, and Helen. Ea... | Skinner | $356
11. 2010-11-10 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Carmita, Tomahawk, Dungeness, Utowana, and Two\-M... | Skinner | $178
12. 2010-11-10 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Asahi, Carolina, Esperanza, Gloriana, and Gnome.... | Skinner | $207
13. 2010-11-10 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Jubilee, Romona, Ramona, Sayonara, and Titania. ... | Skinner | $267
14. 2010-09-24 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Mayflower, Puritan, Wanderer, Vencedor, and Open... | Skinner | N/A
15. 2010-09-24 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Defender, 1895; Defender/Figures on Deck, 1895; ... | Skinner | N/A
16. 2010-07-21 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Asahi, Carolina, Esperanza, Gloriana, and Gnome. Ea | Skinner | N/A
17. 2010-07-21 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Jubilee, Romona, Ramona, Sayonara, and Titania. Eac | Skinner | N/A
18. 2010-07-21 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Volunteer, Atlantic, Emerald, Spruce IV and Start o | Skinner | $415
19. 2010-05-21 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Colonia, Columbia, Jubilee, Alert, and Helen. Ea... | Skinner | N/A
20. 2010-05-21 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Royal, Ilderim, Neaira, Alicia, and Kanawha. Uns... | Skinner | N/A
21. 2010-05-21 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Carmita, Tomahawk, Dungeness, Utowana, and Two\-M... | Skinner | N/A
22. 2010-01-29 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Columbia & Shamrock... | Skinner | N/A
23. 2010-01-29 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Columbia & Shamrock... | Skinner | $415
24. 2010-01-29 | John S. Johnston \(British/American, born c. 1839\-1899\) Lot of Five Yachting Images: Columbia, b... | Skinner | $356

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