# Louis Sylvia - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T13:44:04.705Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 47
- Lots with prices: 39
- First auction date: 2008-11-14
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-10
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $70 to $1,700

## Market Takeaway
Louis Sylvia has 47 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. 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 \($300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($125 to $450\) 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: 97.4% (38 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 2.6% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $700
- Previous 12 months median: $150
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-10
- Days since latest sale: 111
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Marion Antique Auctions: 21 lots
- Skinner: 10 lots
- Eldred's: 3 lots
- Yair Art Gallery: 3 lots
- Kaminski Auctions: 2 lots
- 4th Meridian Fine Art: 1 lots
- Fontaine's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- JMW Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- James D. Julia: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-03-22 | Louis Sylvia \(Massachusetts, 1911\-1987\), Harbor Scene with the Charles W. Morgan Ship | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $250
2. 2024-09-15 | Louis Sylvia, Whaling Ship Charles W. Morgan at Sea | Kaminski Auctions | $150
3. 2024-03-30 | Louis Sylvia \(American, 1911\-1987\) | Yair Art Gallery | $180
4. 2023-12-20 | Louis Sylvia \(American, 1911\-1987\) | Yair Art Gallery | N/A
5. 2023-11-18 | Louis Sylvia \(American, 1911\-1987\) | Yair Art Gallery | N/A
6. 2023-08-26 | Louis Sylvia Oil on Canvas "Portrait of the Whale Ship Wanderer" | Rafael Osona Auctions | N/A
7. 2023-08-19 | Louis Sylvia \(1911\-1987, MA\) watercolor depicting | Marion Antique Auctions | $100
8. 2023-05-16 | LOUIS SYLVIA \(Massachusetts, 1911\-1987\), Boatyard., Oil on board, 6" x 9". Framed 9.5" x 12". | Eldred's | $225
9. 2023-04-15 | Louis Sylvia \(1911\-1987, MA\) New Bedford | Marion Antique Auctions | $550
10. 2022-11-26 | Louis Sylvia \(1911\-1987, South Dartmouth, MA\) oil | Marion Antique Auctions | $350
11. 2022-11-03 | LOUIS SYLVIA \(Massachusetts, 1911\-1987\), Boatyard., Oil on board, 6" x 9". Framed 9.5" x 12". | Eldred's | N/A
12. 2022-04-09 | Louis Sylvia \(1911\-1987, Dartmouth, MA\) oil | Marion Antique Auctions | $550
13. 2022-04-09 | Louis Sylvia \(1911\-1987, Dartmouth, MA\) oil | Marion Antique Auctions | $350
14. 2022-04-09 | Louis Sylvia \(1911\-1987, Dartmouth, MA\) oil | Marion Antique Auctions | $850
15. 2021-11-13 | LOUIS SYLVIA \(1911\-1987, S. DARTMOUTH\) OIL ON | Marion Antique Auctions | $125
16. 2021-11-13 | LOUIS SYLVIA \(1911\-1987, S. DARTMOUTH\) OIL ON | Marion Antique Auctions | $450
17. 2021-10-15 | LOUIS SYLVIA \(Massachusetts, 1911\-1987\), Ship at dock in winter., Watercolor on paper, 18.5” x 11”. Framed 15.25” x 18”. | Eldred's | $125
18. 2021-06-26 | LOUIS SYLVIA \(1911\-1987, S. DARTMOUTH ARTIST\) OIL | Marion Antique Auctions | $425
19. 2021-05-26 | Louis Sylvia 1911\-1987 Harbor Watercolor Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $225
20. 2020-10-10 | LOUIS SYLVIA \(1911\-1987, SOUTH DARTMOUTH\) FRAMED | Marion Antique Auctions | $70
21. 2020-10-10 | LOUIS SYLVIA \(1911\-1987, SOUTH DARTMOUTH\) FRAMED | Marion Antique Auctions | $300
22. 2020-10-10 | LOUIS SYLVIA \(1911\-1987, SOUTH DARTMOUTH ARTIST\) | Marion Antique Auctions | $350
23. 2020-10-10 | LOUIS SYLVIA \(1911\-1987, SOUTH DARTMOUTH ARTIST\) | Marion Antique Auctions | $100
24. 2020-10-10 | LOUIS SYLVIA \(1911\-1987, SOUTH DARTMOUTH ARTIST\) | Marion Antique Auctions | $250

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