# John Ward Dunsmore - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T11:02:11.976Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 19
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2003-09-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-19
- Median realised price: $350
- Price range: $40 to $1,495

## Market Takeaway
John Ward Dunsmore has 19 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $350. 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 \($350\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($180 to $650\) 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: 82.4% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 17.6% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $150
- Previous 12 months median: $60
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-19
- Days since latest sale: 70
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Brunk Auctions: 3 lots
- Amelia Jeffers: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc.: 1 lots
- DuMouchelles: 1 lots
- Freeman's: 1 lots
- J. M. Benware Auction Service LLC: 1 lots
- James D. Julia: 1 lots
- Locati LLC: 1 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-02-05 | John Ward Dunsmore \(American, 1856 \- 1945\), oil on canvas, 1911, piano recital, three observers and a dog sit in a parlor while a young woman plays, signed lower right, in gilt frame, wear consistent with age includin... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $350
2. 2026-02-19 | JOHN WARD DUNSMORE \(AMERICAN, 1856 \- 1945\) GRAPHITE DRAWING OF JENNIE DUNSMORE, DATED 1883. Frame, 13.25"h. 11'W. | Amelia Jeffers | $150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-ward-dunsmore-american-1856-1945-graphite-drawing-of-jennie-dunsmore-dated-1883-frame-13-25-h-11-w-362-c-13110029ae
3. 2025-12-05 | John Ward Dunsmore \(1856 \- 1945\) The Spinner Painting | Mebane Antique Auction | $180
4. 2024-12-05 | John Ward Dunsmore | Brunk Auctions | $650
5. 2024-11-21 | John Ward Dunsmore, 1856\-1945, The Crystal Ball, Print | Nye & Company | $60
6. 2022-01-29 | John Ward Dunsmore \- An Old Aristocrat | Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc. | $350
7. 2020-10-21 | JOHN WARD DUNSMORE \(AMERICAN 1856\-1945\) AN UNWELCOME PROPOSAL | Lyon & Turnbull | £650
8. 2019-01-21 | John Ward Dunsmore \(American 1856 \- 1945\) Lithograph | Locati LLC | $40
9. 2019-01-20 | JOHN WARD DUNSMORE OIL ON WOOD PANEL THE BACHELOR | DuMouchelles | $600
10. 2018-11-28 | John Ward Dunsmore \(1856 \- 1945\) | Sterling Associates, Inc. | $150
11. 2013-05-04 | John Ward Dunsmore \(1856\-1945\) Oil on Wood Panel | J. M. Benware Auction Service LLC | $350
12. 2011-06-18 | JOHN WARD DUNSMORE \(American, 1856\-1945\). BARN IN FALL, signed lower left. Oil on canvas. | Sloans & Kenyon | $250
13. 2010-07-18 | John Ward Dunsmore \(American, 1856\-1945\) Rider on horseback, 1924 7 3/8 x 5 1/4in | Bonhams | N/A
14. 2008-02-23 | John Ward Dunsmore \(American, 1856\-1945\), "Cello | Neal Auction Company | $1,116
15. 2006-08-22 | JOHN WARD DUNSMORE \(American, 1856\-1945\) "FRONTICEPIECE FOR RODERICK RANDOM VOL\-1" | James D. Julia | $1,495
16. 2004-05-01 | OOP | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $400
17. 2004-04-10 | Painting by John Ward Dunsmore | Brunk Auctions | $475
18. 2004-04-10 | Painting by John Ward Dunsmore | Brunk Auctions | $1,300
19. 2003-09-19 | JOHN WARD DUNSMORE | Freeman's | N/A

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