# Maxwell Mays - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T10:03:04.473Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 64
- Lots with prices: 55
- First auction date: 2010-08-06
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-04
- Median realised price: $1,800
- Price range: $15 to $4,750

## Market Takeaway
Maxwell Mays has 64 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,800. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($1,800\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($100 to $2,500\) 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: 43.6% (24 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 56.4% (31 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $125
- Previous 12 months median: $350
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-04
- Days since latest sale: 148
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 18 lots
- Estates Unlimited: 10 lots
- Symphony Auction Gallery: 8 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 5 lots
- Skinner: 4 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Rafael Osona Auctions: 2 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-04 | MAXWELL MAYS \(Rhode Island, 1918\-2009\), "The Providence and Worcester Station"., Limited edition lithograph, 21" x 25" sight. Framed 30" x 34". | Eldred's | $125 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-maxwell-mays-rhode-island-1918-2009-the-providence-and-worcester-station-limited-edition-lithograph-21-x-25-sight-framed-30-x-34-6593-c-323768816e
2. 2025-07-23 | MAXWELL MAYS \(Rhode Island, 1918\-2009\), Carousel scene, probably the Crescent Park Looff Carousel in Riverside, Rhode Island., Oil on board, 24" x 30". Framed 26" x 32". | Eldred's | $2,900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-maxwell-mays-rhode-island-1918-2009-carousel-scene-probably-the-crescent-park-looff-carousel-in-riverside-rhode-island-oil-on-board-24-x-30-framed-26-x-32-7540-c-d084729971
3. 2024-11-02 | Maxwell Mays \(1918\-2009\) American, Oil on Canvasboard | Sarasota Estate Auction | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-maxwell-mays-1918-2009-american-oil-on-canvasboard-742-c-dde48188a8
4. 2024-07-26 | MAXWELL MAYS \(Rhode Island, 1918\-2009\), New England village scene., Oil on panel, 22” x 31”. Framed 26.5” x 35.25”. | Eldred's | $2,600
5. 2024-05-07 | Maxwell Mays, Providence & Worcester Railroad | Old Kinderhook Auction Company | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-maxwell-mays-providence-worcester-railroad-378-c-6be4675818
6. 2024-04-21 | MAXWELL MAYS \(American/ Rhode Island, 1918\-2009\) | CRN Auctions | $2,200
7. 2023-09-10 | Maxwell Mays \(RI,1918\-2009\) gouache painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $1,800
8. 2023-08-26 | Maxwell Mays \(1918\-2009\) Gouache on Board "Fall River Harbor" 1990 | Rafael Osona Auctions | $2,250
9. 2023-04-29 | Maxwell Mays Watercolor and Tempera on Paper "Polpis Harbor Nantucket Estate" | Rafael Osona Auctions | $1,500
10. 2023-01-07 | Maxwell Mays \(1918\-2009\) American, W/C | Sarasota Estate Auction | $90
11. 2022-05-12 | MAXWELL MAYS SIGNED LITHOGRAPH, PROVIDENCE RI | Westport Auction | $50
12. 2022-04-08 | MAXWELL MAYS \(Rhode Island, 1918\-2009\), Hand\-painted serpentine two\-drawer bureau with claw & ball feet fitted with casters., Height 27.5". Width 32.5". Depth 19.5". | Eldred's | $800
13. 2022-04-08 | MAXWELL MAYS \(Rhode Island, 1918\-2009\), City in winter, likely Providence, Rhode Island., Oil on canvas, 22” x 28”. Framed 27.5” x 34”. | Eldred's | $2,600
14. 2022-04-08 | MAXWELL MAYS \(Rhode Island, 1918\-2009\), “Oakland House”., Oil on canvas, 24” x 30”. Framed 31” x 37”. | Eldred's | $2,000
15. 2021-12-02 | Maxwell Mays, Folk Art oil on board, 1989 | Millea Bros Ltd | $2,500
16. 2021-09-21 | MAXWELL MAYS SIGNED AND \# PRINT | Gary R. Wallace Auctioneers Inc. | $45
17. 2021-07-30 | MAXWELL MAYS \(Rhode Island, 1918\-2009\), "Newport Soiree"., Oil on board, 32" x 21". Framed 42" x 32". | Eldred's | $1,900
18. 2020-12-09 | Maxwell Mays 1918\-2009 American Folk Art Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $950
19. 2020-12-09 | Maxwell Mays 1918\-2009 American Folk Art Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $750
20. 2020-11-20 | MAXWELL MAYS, Rhode Island, 1918\-2009, Three scenes of a European town,, Oils on plywood, 30" x 96", 30.25" x 71" and 30" x 68.5". | Eldred's | $1,800
21. 2020-11-20 | MAXWELL MAYS, Rhode Island, 1918\-2009, "Newport Soiree"., Oil on board, 32" x 21". Framed 42 "x 32". | Eldred's | N/A
22. 2020-09-30 | Maxwell Mays 1918\-2009 SIGNED Folk Art Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $1,800
23. 2020-09-30 | Maxwell Mays 1918\-2009 SIGNED Folk Art Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $750
24. 2020-09-30 | Maxwell Mays 1918\-2009 SIGNED Folk Art Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $1,300

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