# Lillie May Nicholson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T01:18:22.500Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 32
- Lots with prices: 21
- First auction date: 2004-02-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-04-16
- Median realised price: $4,500
- Price range: $325 to $25,000

## Market Takeaway
Lillie May Nicholson has 32 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,500. 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 \($4,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($2,200 to $5,500\) 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: 14.3% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 71.4% (15 sales)
- $10,000\+: 14.3% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $1,100
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-04-16
- Days since latest sale: 378
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 10 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 7 lots
- Westbridge Fine Art Auction House: 7 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 1 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Estates Unlimited: 1 lots
- Midnight Sun Antique Auction: 1 lots
- Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc.: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-16 | Lillie May Nicholson \(1884\-1964\) Wharf No. 2; Eight Boats at Anchor \(Monterey\) 12 x 16 in. framed 18 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. | Bonhams | N/A
2. 2024-08-27 | Lillie May Nicholson \(American, 1884\-1964\), Flowering ocean dunes, oil on artist's board, 12 x 16in \(30.5 x 40.5cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $1,100
3. 2024-03-16 | LILLIE MAY NICHOLSON \( American 1884 \- 1964 \) Coastal Sand Dunes | Westbridge Fine Art Auction House | CA$700
4. 2023-11-16 | LILLIE MAY NICHOLSON \( American 1884 \- 1964 \) Coastal Sand Dunes | Westbridge Fine Art Auction House | N/A
5. 2023-11-14 | Lillie May Nicholson \(1884\-1964\), "California Hills at Reservoir," Oil on board, 10.5" H x 14" W | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2023-07-15 | Lillie May Nicholson \( American 1884 \- 1964 \) \- Coastal Sand Dunes | Westbridge Fine Art Auction House | N/A
7. 2023-04-29 | Lillie May Nicholson \- Coastal Sand Dunes | Westbridge Fine Art Auction House | N/A
8. 2023-02-25 | Lillie May Nicholson \- California Coast | Westbridge Fine Art Auction House | N/A
9. 2022-09-24 | Lillie May Nicholson \- Coastal Sand Dunes | Westbridge Fine Art Auction House | N/A
10. 2022-06-25 | Lillie May Nicholson \- Coastal Sand Dunes | Westbridge Fine Art Auction House | N/A
11. 2021-11-23 | Lillie May Nicholson \(1884\-1964\) Three boats in Monterey Bay 11 x 7 1/2in framed 15 x 11in \(Painted in 1922.\) | Bonhams | $5,500
12. 2021-08-03 | Lillie May Nicholson \(1884\-1964\) Monterey Bay from Under the Oak 12 x 16in \(framed 14 1/8 x 18in\) | Bonhams | $16,000
13. 2021-08-03 | Lillie May Nicholson \(1884\-1964\) Oak Trees, Pacific Grove 12 x 16in framed 14 1/2 x 18 1/2in | Bonhams | $4,500
14. 2021-04-20 | Lillie May Nicholson \(1884\-1964\) Colorful Precipice on Left: Rocks on Coast 12 x 16in framed 15 x 19in | Bonhams | $25,000
15. 2021-04-20 | Lillie May Nicholson \(1884\-1964\) Fallen Cypress at Blue Inlet 18 x 24in framed 22 x 29in | Bonhams | $7,000
16. 2021-04-20 | Lillie May Nicholson \(1884\-1964\) Asilomar Beach, Pacific Grove \(Pino Lighthouse\) 9 1/4 x 15 1/2in framed 12 1/2 x 18 1/2in \(Painted circa 1923\-1933.\) | Bonhams | $4,500
17. 2020-03-17 | Lillie May Nicholson \(1884\-1964\) Monterey fishermen tending nets 12 x 16in | Bonhams | $5,500
18. 2019-09-15 | LILLIE MAY NICHOLSON \(1884\-1964\), OIL ON BOARD | Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc. | $325
19. 2014-07-12 | Lillie May Nicholson | Brunk Auctions | N/A
20. 2012-12-16 | Lillie May Nicholson | Estates Unlimited | $475
21. 2012-10-16 | Lillie May Nicholson \(1884\-1964 Oakland, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
22. 2012-03-10 | LILLIE MAY NICHOLSON ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE PAINTING | Midnight Sun Antique Auction | N/A
23. 2011-10-16 | Lillie May Nicholson \(American, 1884\-1964\) Monterey coast 8 1/2 x 12in | Bonhams | $1,750
24. 2010-08-17 | Lillie May Nicholson \(American, 1884\-1964\) Four boats at anchor with mountains beyond 16 x 12in | Bonhams | $3,355

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