# Joseph B. Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T06:46:16.482Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 19
- Lots with prices: 10
- First auction date: 2009-07-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-24
- Median realised price: $15,000
- Price range: $2,500 to $52,500

## Market Takeaway
Joseph B. Smith has 19 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $15,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($15,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($5,400 to $19,000\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 60% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $2,500
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-24
- Days since latest sale: 218
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 9 lots
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots
- James D. Julia: 1 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Sandwich Auction House: 1 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 1 lots
- Southold Historical Society: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-08 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(New York/New Jersey, 1798\-1876\), Two\-masted schooner Calvin S. Edwards off Governors Island, New York., Oil on canvas, 24" x 34.5". Framed 30.25" x 40.75". | Eldred's | $16,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-b-smith-new-york-new-jersey-1798-1876-two-masted-schooner-calvin-s-edwards-off-governors-island-new-york-oil-on-canvas-24-x-34-5-framed-30-25-x-40-75-3591-c-e1f4faf944
2. 2025-09-24 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(New York/New Jersey, 1798\-1876\), The steam/sail vessel The Electric Spark off New York., Oil on canvas, 24" x 40". Framed. | Sandwich Auction House | $2,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joseph-b-smith-new-york-new-jersey-1798-1876-the-steam-sail-vessel-the-electric-spark-off-new-york-oil-on-canvas-24-x-40-framed-602-c-5ba4e53a51
3. 2025-08-08 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(New York/New Jersey, 1798\-1876\), Portrait of the schooner Nameaug., Oil on canvas, 28" x 42". Framed 33" x 46". | Eldred's | N/A
4. 2024-03-14 | Joseph B. Smith \(American, 1798\-1876\) and William S. Smith \(American, 1821\-1870\) | Hindman | N/A
5. 2022-08-05 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(New York/New Jersey, 1798\-1876\), The sloop yacht Rebecca off New York., Oil on canvas, 30" x 44". Framed 39.5" x 53.5" under glass. | Eldred's | N/A
6. 2022-02-24 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(New York/New Jersey, 1798\-1876\), Portrait of the ship Adelaide., Oil on canvas, 26” x 42”. Framed 29.5” x 45.5”. | Eldred's | N/A
7. 2021-08-20 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(New York/New Jersey, 1798\-1876\), The sloop yacht Rebecca off New York., Oil on canvas, 30" x 44". Framed 39.5" x 53.5" under glass. | Eldred's | N/A
8. 2021-08-20 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(New York/New Jersey, 1798\-1876\), “The Yacht Restless Off Staten Island”., Oil on canvas, 24” x 36”. Framed 28” x 40”. | Eldred's | $19,000
9. 2021-08-20 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(New York/New Jersey, 1798\-1876\), Portrait of the ship Adelaide ., Oil on canvas, 26” x 42”. Framed 29.5” x 45.5”. | Eldred's | N/A
10. 2021-03-20 | Attributed to JOSEPH B. SMITH | South Bay Auctions Inc | $3,600
11. 2016-08-27 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(1798\-1876\) \- The Annie Lewis | Southold Historical Society | N/A
12. 2016-08-25 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(American, 1798\-1876\) PORTRAIT OF THE SCHOONER "GULF STREAM". | James D. Julia | $8,295
13. 2016-08-21 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(AMERICAN 1798\-1876\). THE BARQUE "T.J. SOUTHARD", J. BISHOP COMMANDER, COMING IN THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 1851. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $5,400
14. 2015-01-30 | Joseph B. Smith \(American, 1798\-1876\) The schooner | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2013-11-22 | JOSEPH B. SMITH, American, 1798\-1876, "The Ship Yacht Julia"., Oil on canvas, 25½" x 36". Framed. | Eldred's | $15,000
16. 2013-08-18 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(AMERICAN 1798\-1876\). THE SCHOONER "JONATHAN T. JOHNSON." | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $18,000
17. 2013-08-18 | JOSEPH B. SMITH \(AMERICAN 1798\-1876\). THE SCHOONER "MARGARET JOHNSON." | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $25,200
18. 2010-10-30 | Joseph B. Smith \(1798 \- 1876\), TWO MASTED SCHOONER | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $52,500
19. 2009-07-23 | JOSEPH B. SMITH, American, 1798\-1876, The steam/sail vessel The Electric Spark off of New York., Oil on canvas, 24" x 40". Framed. | Eldred's | N/A

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