# Marion Post Wolcott - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T03:09:36.494Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 151
- Lots with prices: 106
- First auction date: 2002-02-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-29
- Median realised price: $1,200
- Price range: $150 to $23,900

## Market Takeaway
Marion Post Wolcott shows deep auction liquidity with 151 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 13 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-29.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $600 and $2,500.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 43.8% (46 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 52.4% (55 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.8% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 13
- Previous 12 months sales: 16
- Recent 12 months median: $800
- Previous 12 months median: $650
- Median shift: 23.1%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-29
- Days since latest sale: 20
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 44 lots
- Bonhams: 18 lots
- Christie's: 18 lots
- Phillips: 6 lots
- Hindman: 5 lots
- Eldred's: 4 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 4 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 4 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-20 | Marion Post Wolcott "2 Women ..." Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-marion-post-wolcott-2-women-silver-print-101-c-e53fd864a9
2. 2025-06-19 | Marion Post Wolcott "2 Women ..." Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-marion-post-wolcott-2-women-silver-print-6-c-a0743f1961
3. 2024-12-17 | MARION POST WOLCOTT \(1910\-1990\) Freight train on prairie. Circa 1941. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-marion-post-wolcott-1910-1990-freight-train-on-prairie-circa-1941-79-c-2005c9023d
4. 2026-01-29 | Marion Post Wolcott, Spending cotton picking money on Saturday nite, gambling near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1939; printed 1977. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,960
5. 2026-01-29 | Marion Post Wolcott, Migrant vegetable pickers lined up behind truck in field to be paid off. Near Homestead, Florida, 1939; printed 1977. | Swann Auction Galleries | $952
6. 2026-01-29 | Marion Post Wolcott, Young cotton pickers waiting in plantation store to be paid\-off, Mileston, Miss, 1939; printed 1980s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,032
7. 2026-01-29 | Marion Post Wolcott, Migrants waiting in line to be paid off for picking cotton, near Mileston, Mississippi, 1939; printed 1978. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,905
8. 2025-12-03 | Marion Post Wolcott, Winter visitors picnic on running board of car, Sarasota, Florida, 1941 | Lempertz | €1,200
9. 2025-12-03 | Marion Post Wolcott, Mrs. Lloyd, ninety\-one year\-old victim of pellagra, 1939 | Lempertz | N/A
10. 2025-12-03 | Marion Post Wolcott, Coal miner's child taking home kerosene for lamps, 1938 | Lempertz | N/A
11. 2025-11-21 | Marion Post Wolcott, Woodstock, VT | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $350
12. 2025-05-07 | Marion Post Wolcott \(American, 1910\-1990\) Taking the cotton from the truck into the gin through large metal suction tube. Hopson Plantation. Clarksdale, Miss, 1939 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $450
13. 2025-04-29 | MARION POST \(MARY\) WOLCOTT \(California/New York/New Jersey, 1910\-1990\), "Snow Covered Barns", 1940., Silver gelatin print mounted on board, 8" x 10" sight. Framed 22" x 21". | Eldred's | $250
14. 2025-04-10 | Marion Post Wolcott \(1910 \- 1990\) \- Parishoners Peeling Tomatoes for benefit picnic supper at St. Thomas church. Bardstown, KY, 1940 | Finarte | €400
15. 2025-01-30 | MARION POST WOLCOTT \(1910 \- 1990\) A selection of 13 F.S.A. photographs depicting rural life in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, South C | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
16. 2024-12-17 | MARION POST WOLCOTT \(1910\-1990\) Group of 5 F.S.A. photographs depicting children in West Virginia and Belle Glade, Florida. 1938\-40. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,500
17. 2024-12-17 | MARION POST WOLCOTT \(1910\-1990\) A member of the Wilkins family making biscuits on corn\-husking day, Tallyho, North Carolina. 1939; prin | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,375
18. 2024-10-31 | MARION POST WOLCOTT \(1910\-1990\) Group of 13 F.S.A. photographs depicting a variety of locations in the South. 1938\-42; printed 1960\-70. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
19. 2024-09-26 | MARION POST WOLCOTT \(California/New York/New Jersey, 1910\-1990\), "Woodstock, Vt.", 1940., Selenium\-toned gelatin silver print, 6.75" x 9". Framed 11.5" x 14.25". | Eldred's | $650
20. 2024-09-26 | MARION POST WOLCOTT \(California/New York/New Jersey, 1910\-1990\), "Main Street Blizzard", 1940., Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 13.25" x 17.25" sight. Framed 21.25" x 25.25". | Eldred's | N/A
21. 2024-09-26 | MARION POST WOLCOTT \(California/New York/New Jersey, 1910\-1990\), "Virginia Farmlands"., Silver gelatin print, 7" x 9.5" sight. Framed 11" x 14". | Eldred's | $250
22. 2024-07-10 | Marion Post Wolcott, Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $500
23. 2024-07-10 | Marion Post Wolcott, Hot lunches for children of agricultural workers in day nursery of Okeechobee, Migratory Labor camp, Belle Glade, Florida | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | N/A
24. 2024-07-10 | Marion Post Wolcott, Fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni, Mississippi Delta | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $800

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