# Ralph Chesse - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T23:21:17.910Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 5
- Lots with prices: 5
- First auction date: 2014-06-01
- Latest auction date: 2022-12-05
- Median realised price: $6,710
- Price range: $160 to $18,000

## Market Takeaway
Ralph Chesse has 5 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,710. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($6,710\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($250 to $10,980\) 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: 40% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 40% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2022-12-05
- Days since latest sale: 1,242
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-12-05 | Ralph Chesse \(1900\-1991\) Red Fish Screenprint in colors on paper 9\-1/4 x 11\-3/4 | Heritage Auctions | $250
2. 2019-03-10 | RALPH CHESSE \(AFRICAN AMERICAN, 1900\-1991\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $18,000
3. 2014-06-14 | Ralph Chesse silkscreen | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $160
4. 2014-06-01 | Ralph Chesse \(American, 1900\-1991\) Canaan | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $6,710
5. 2014-06-01 | Ralph Chesse \(American, 1900\-1991\), Moses and the Idolaters | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $10,980

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## JSON Source
https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/ralph-chesse/seo-profile