# Mathias Joseph Alten - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T08:24:06.807Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 69
- Lots with prices: 53
- First auction date: 2003-12-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-04-16
- Median realised price: $6,500
- Price range: $350 to $30,000

## Market Takeaway
Mathias Joseph Alten shows solid auction liquidity with 69 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-04-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($6,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,000 and $9,500.
- 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: 5.7% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 69.8% (37 sales)
- $10,000\+: 24.5% (13 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $7,500
- Previous 12 months median: $6,250
- Median shift: 20%
- Latest sale date: 2025-04-16
- Days since latest sale: 308
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 13 lots
- Bonhams: 12 lots
- DuMouchelles: 9 lots
- Weschler's: 4 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- James D. Julia: 3 lots
- Joshua Kodner: 3 lots
- O'Gallerie: 3 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-16 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(1871\-1938\) Ranchita \(Taos Valley\) 16 x 20 in. framed 19 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. \(Painted circa 1927.\) | Bonhams | $7,500
2. 2025-04-16 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(1871\-1938\) Oxen and Fisherman 12 x 16 in. framed 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. | Bonhams | $8,500
3. 2025-04-16 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(1871\-1938\) Rocks and Surf \(Laguna\) 14 x 17 3/4 in. framed 17 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. \(Painted circa 1934. \) | Bonhams | $6,000
4. 2025-01-29 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(American, 1871\-1938\), Fisherman walking along a jetty, oil on board, 18 x 24in \(46 x 61cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $8,500
5. 2024-12-07 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(1871\-1938\) | Marion Antique Auctions | $6,250
6. 2024-11-19 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(1871\-1938\) Gulls at Leland 16 x 20 in. \(40.6 x 50.8 cm.\) \(Painted in 1936.\) | Bonhams | $12,000
7. 2024-11-19 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(1871\-1938\) Hillside with Flowering Trees 21 x 26 1/8 in. \(53.3 x 66.4 cm.\) \(Painted circa 1919.\) | Bonhams | $5,000
8. 2024-04-19 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(German/Michigan, 1871\-1938\) | Neal Auction Company | $8,320
9. 2024-03-15 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(German/American, 1871\-1938\) Oil on Canvas Ca. 1922, "Summer Landscape", H 10.25" W 13.25" | DuMouchelles | $3,750
10. 2024-03-15 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(German/American, 1871\-1938\) Oil on Canvas Ca. 1911, "St. Andreas Church, Katwijk, Holland", H 10.75" W 15.25" | DuMouchelles | $5,500
11. 2023-11-08 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(1871\-1938\) Sailing Boats Off Shore 12 x 16 in. framed 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. | Bonhams | $12,000
12. 2023-11-08 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(1871\-1938\) The Courtyard at Mission San Juan Capistrano 16 x 20 in. framed 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. | Bonhams | $7,000
13. 2023-11-08 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(1871\-1938\) Cabañal Fisherman \(Valencia, Spain\) 28 x 36 in. framed 32 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. | Bonhams | $30,000
14. 2023-11-07 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(1871\-1938\) Sweeping the Porch 24 x 30 in. framed 29 3/4 x 35 3/4 in. | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2023-10-14 | MATHIAS JOSEPH ALTEN \(GERMAN\-AMERICAN, 1871\-1938\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $18,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mathias-joseph-alten-german-american-1871-1938-86-c-b144b5ea8a
16. 2023-03-03 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(American, 1871\-1938\) Taos, New Mexico Oil on canvas laid o | Heritage Auctions | $6,000
17. 2022-11-21 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(1871\-1938\) Bathers, Laguna Beach 32 x 40 in. framed 43 x 51 in. | Bonhams | $25,000
18. 2022-11-04 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(American, 1871\-1938\) Dappled Creek in Mid\-Summer Oil on ca | Heritage Auctions | N/A
19. 2022-10-02 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(MI, CA, 1871 \- 1938\) | Helmuth Stone | N/A
20. 2022-03-25 | MATHIAS JOSEPH ALTEN \(AMERICAN, 1871\-1938\) OIL ON CANVAS ON BOARD, 1912, H 8" W 9.75" SHEEP IN LANDSCAPE \(HOLLAND\) | DuMouchelles | $3,750
21. 2022-02-21 | MATHIAS JOSEPH ALTEN OIL ON CANVAS | O'Gallerie | $475
22. 2022-02-06 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(MI,CA,1871\-1938\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mathias-joseph-alten-mi-ca-1871-1938-oil-painting-antique-302-c-49246a983e
23. 2022-02-06 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(MI,CA,1871\-1938\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mathias-joseph-alten-mi-ca-1871-1938-oil-painting-301-c-064486f9f2
24. 2021-11-14 | Mathias Joseph Alten \(MI,CA,1871\-1938\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mathias-joseph-alten-mi-ca-1871-1938-oil-painting-336-c-6a94a78a2e

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