# Lars Thorsen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T01:46:48.212Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 19
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2002-11-22
- Latest auction date: 2024-11-04
- Median realised price: $999
- Price range: $140 to $7,000

## Market Takeaway
Lars Thorsen has 19 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $999. 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 \($999\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($475 to $3,250\) 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: 50% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $475
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-11-04
- Days since latest sale: 555
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Winter Associates, Inc.: 3 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Abington Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 1 lots
- Bruce Kodner Galleries: 1 lots
- Casco Bay Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-04 | Lars Thorsen \(Norwegian/Connecticut, 1877 \- 1952\), "North Rock, Noank", oil on canvasboard, signed lower right, depicts an Impressionistically rendered landscape of seaside town with small shanties flanking dirt road,... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $475
2. 2021-11-13 | LARS THORSEN \(CT, 1877\-1952\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $7,000
3. 2019-11-07 | LARS THORSEN, Norway/Connecticut, 1877\-1952, Three ship scenes., Frame sizes 13.75" x 15.75" to 15.75" x 18". | Eldred's | $140
4. 2019-09-08 | Lars Thorsen \(1877\-1952\). Dropping the Dory. | Casco Bay Auctions | N/A
5. 2019-05-06 | Lars Thorsen \(Norwegian, 1877 \- 1952\), framed and signed oil on board depicting sailboat at sea, signed "Lars Thorsen" LL, ss: 15 ½"... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $900
6. 2018-12-11 | LARS THORSEN \(CT, 1877\-1952\) Ship Painting DAUNTLESS, oil on canvas, 1933, painting 19 1/2 by 23 1/2 inches | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $4,200
7. 2018-10-25 | Lars Thorsen 'Top Sail Schooner' Oil Painting | Abington Auction Gallery | $450
8. 2018-08-25 | LARS THORSEN \(CT, 1877\-1952\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $6,000
9. 2015-03-21 | Lars Thorsen oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | N/A
10. 2015-02-28 | Lars Thorsen \(1876\-1952\) pair of etchings Ship at Sea and Heading Out pencil signed lower right.R8 3/4" x 5 3/4" | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $175
11. 2014-10-30 | Lars Thorsen \(1876\-1952\), OFF SOUNDINGS, 16.5" x 20.25" \- 41.9 x 51.4 cm. | Waddington's | CA$780
12. 2014-04-27 | Lars Thorsen \(American 1876\-1952\) Oil Painting | Bruce Kodner Galleries | $1,100
13. 2013-01-30 | LARS THORSEN \(American, 1877\-1952\) RIVER LANDSCAPE, WINTER | James D. Julia | $2,100
14. 2012-06-25 | Lars Thorsen \(Norwegian, 1877 \- 1952\), signed oil on canvas depicting fishing boat "Marain" with nets at end of pier, signed "Lars T... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $1,400
15. 2008-04-05 | LARS THORSEN, American, 1876\-1952, "The Famous Ship Dreadnought",, Oil on canvas, 25" x 30". Framed. | Eldred's | $3,250
16. 2007-08-03 | Lars Thorsen | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
17. 2005-01-01 | Lars Thorsen Framed oil painting on canvas | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $600
18. 2004-05-14 | Lars Thorsen \(Norwegian/American, 1876\-1952\) | Skinner | $3,525
19. 2002-11-22 | Lars Thorsen \(American, 1876\-1952\), At Sea, Signed ""L. THORSEN"" l.r., Condition: Craquelure., Oil on canvas, 20 x 26 in. \(51.3 x 66.5 | Skinner | $999

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