# Ralph Cahoon - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T23:21:41.751Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 75
- Lots with prices: 61
- First auction date: 1999-08-05
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-12
- Median realised price: $17,000
- Price range: $60 to $137,500

## Market Takeaway
Ralph Cahoon shows solid auction liquidity with 75 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $17,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($17,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $8,000 and $32,200.
- 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: 9.8% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 19.7% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 70.5% (43 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $32,500
- Previous 12 months median: $12,600
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-12
- Days since latest sale: 98
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 20 lots
- Christie's: 17 lots
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 6 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 4 lots
- Skinner: 4 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Doyle New York: 3 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Americana Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-12 | Ralph Cahoon \(American, 1910\-1982\), Seaman's Bethel | Freeman’s | $32,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralph-cahoon-american-1910-1982-seaman-s-bethel-315-c-1add65c497
2. 2025-01-24 | RALPH CAHOON \(1910\-1982\). UNTITLED \(THE ARTIST AND THE MERMAID\). oil on boa | Christie's | $12,600
3. 2024-01-19 | RALPH CAHOON \(1910\-1982\) | Christie's | N/A
4. 2023-01-20 | RALPH CAHOON \(1910\-1982\) BEACHSCAPE | Christie's | $15,120
5. 2023-01-20 | RALPH CAHOON \(1910\-1982\) RIVERSCAPE WITH DUCK HUNTING | Christie's | $23,940
6. 2022-05-07 | Ralph Cahoon Print | Copake Auction Inc. | $60
7. 2021-09-11 | RALPH CAHOON OIL, DARTMOUTH CREW. | William Smith Auctions | $6,000
8. 2021-06-30 | \*Ralph Cahoon oil on board view of a sailor and me… | Blackwood March Auctioneers | $17,000
9. 2021-05-13 | RALPH CAHOON \(Massachusetts, 1910\-1982\), Portrait of an officer., Oil on canvas, 24" x 20". Unframed. | Eldred's | $1,700
10. 2021-04-27 | Ralph Cahoon \(1910\-1982\) Washed Ashore | Freeman's \| Hindman | $26,000
11. 2021-01-21 | Out to Sea | Sotheby's | $5,292
12. 2021-01-21 | RALPH CAHOON \(1910\-1982\) AND MARTHA CAHOON \(1905\-1999\) Merry Christmas fo | Christie's | $750
13. 2021-01-21 | RALPH CAHOON \(1910\-1982\) A Sailor and Mermaid signed R. Cahoon \(lower rig | Christie's | $27,500
14. 2021-01-13 | Ralph Cahoon \(1910\-1982\) Untitled \(Happy Birthday, LOV, C.S.R.\)pencil on paper, initialed 'R.C.' lower right9 3/4 x 5 3/4in \(24.8 x 14cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2020-11-10 | Ralph Cahoon \(1910\-1982\), Catch of the Day | Freeman's \| Hindman | $11,875
16. 2020-10-04 | RALPH CAHOON PAINTING MERMAID KARATE | Americana Auctions | $5,250
17. 2020-09-30 | Ralph Cahoon \(1910\-1982\) Folk Art Mermaid Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $16,000
18. 2020-09-30 | Ralph Cahoon \(1910\-1982\) Folk Art Mermaid Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $21,000
19. 2020-01-24 | Ralph Cahoon \(1910\-1982\) Port of Pleasure oil on board 20 x 33 ¼ in. \(sight\) | Christie's | $30,000
20. 2019-11-27 | RALPH CAHOON, 1910\-1982 | Sheppards | €6,000
21. 2019-01-18 | Ralph Cahoon \(1910\-1982\) | Christie's | $5,625
22. 2018-09-29 | Ralph Cahoon \(American, 1910\-1982\) "Seaman's Bethel" | Cottone Auctions | $28,000
23. 2017-09-23 | RALPH CAHOON, Cape Cod, 1910\-1982, "Cotuit Oyster Co. Rope's Landing"., Print, 16.75" x 21" sight. Framed. | Eldred's | $110
24. 2017-06-23 | RALPH CAHOON, Cape Cod, 1910\-1982, "Cotuit Oyster Co. Rope's Landing"., Print, 16.75" x 21" sight. Framed. | Eldred's | N/A

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