# Louis W. Rice - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T15:30:39.464Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 19
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2016-06-18
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-14
- Median realised price: $2,000
- Price range: $300 to $54,000

## Market Takeaway
Louis W. Rice has 19 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,000. 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 \($2,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($900 to $5,100\) 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: 25% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 62.5% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 12.5% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $1,100
- Previous 12 months median: $1,600
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-14
- Days since latest sale: 258
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 9 lots
- Wright: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-08-01 | Louis W. Rice, Skyscraper cocktail service | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-w-rice-skyscraper-cocktail-service-212-c-b8b4e3e961
2. 2025-08-14 | Louis W. Rice, Skyscraper coffee pot | Wright | $1,100
3. 2024-12-12 | Louis W. Rice, Fourteen\-Piece "Skyscraper" Cocktail Service | Sotheby's | N/A
4. 2024-10-24 | Louis W. Rice, Skyscraper coffee pot | Wright | N/A
5. 2024-07-30 | Louis W. Rice, Shadowardt cocktail service | Wright | N/A
6. 2024-02-27 | Louis W. Rice \(1872\-1933\), A group of Shadowardt silver\-plated table items, mid\-20th century | John Moran Auctioneers | $726
7. 2024-02-08 | Louis W. Rice, Skyscraper picture frame | Wright | $900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-w-rice-skyscraper-picture-frame-245-c-31b4f1aa5b
8. 2023-03-29 | LOUIS W. RICE \(1872\-1933\) Highly Rare Five Piece Skyscraper Tea and Coffee Servicecirca 1928manufactured by Bernard Rice's Sons, Inc., New York, from the Apollo Skyscraper line, comprising a coffee pot, teapot, creamer, sugar bowl and tray, silver... | Bonhams | $54,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louis-w-rice-1872-1933-highly-rare-five-piece-skyscraper-tea-and-coffee-servicecirca-1928manufactured-by-bernard-rice-s-sons-inc-new-york-from-the-apollo-skyscraper-line-comprising-a-coffee-pot-teapot-creamer-sugar-bowl-and-tray-silver-78-c-d8d4369b7e
9. 2023-02-02 | Louis W. Rice \(American, 1872\-1933\) Skyscraper Cocktail Shaker with Tray and Six | Heritage Auctions | $2,000
10. 2022-09-29 | Louis W. Rice \(American, 1872\-1933\) Group of Three 'Skyscraper' Table Articles, | Heritage Auctions | $6,000
11. 2022-09-29 | Louis W. Rice \(American, 1872\-1933\) 'Skyscraper' Cocktail Pitcher, circa 1928, B | Heritage Auctions | $2,200
12. 2022-03-08 | Louis W. Rice \(1872–1933\) Skyscraper Cocktail Shaker1920sfrom the Apollo Studio line, electroplated nickel, engraved 'PRESENTED BY CLASS 29A', stamped 'SKYSCRAPER/DES. PAT. PENDING/APOLLO E.P.N.S./MADE IN U.S.A. BY BERNARD RICE'S SONS, INC/5... | Bonhams | $4,000
13. 2022-01-27 | Louis W. Rice \(American, 1872\-1933\) 'Shadowardt' Coffee Pot, circa 1930, Apollo | Heritage Auctions | $500
14. 2022-01-27 | Louis W. Rice \(American, 1872\-1933\) Sky\-scraper Coffee Pot and Teapot, circa 192 | Heritage Auctions | $4,600
15. 2022-01-27 | Louis W. Rice \(American, 1872\-1933\) Mirror and Brush, circa 1928, Apollo Studios | Heritage Auctions | $300
16. 2021-07-15 | Louis W. Rice \(American, 1872\-1933\) Rare Skyscraper Cocktail Shaker from the Apo | Heritage Auctions | $14,000
17. 2021-04-27 | Louis W. Rice \(German/American, 1899\-1933\) Shadowardt Cocktail Shaker, circa 193 | Heritage Auctions | $1,900
18. 2021-01-28 | Louis W. Rice \(American, 1872\-1933\) Rare Skyscraper Cocktail Shaker and Pair of | Heritage Auctions | $8,000
19. 2016-06-18 | A silver\-plated ''Skyscraper'' covered brazier | John Moran Auctioneers | $5,100

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