# Ralph Scharff - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T02:49:04.531Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 31
- Lots with prices: 22
- First auction date: 2011-12-13
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-08
- Median realised price: $125
- Price range: $25 to $375

## Market Takeaway
Ralph Scharff has 31 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $125. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($125\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($90 to $160\) 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: 100% (22 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $125
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-08
- Days since latest sale: 82
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals: 17 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 7 lots
- Material Culture: 3 lots
- Dovetail Auctions, LLC: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- Pook & Pook Inc.: 1 lots
- Uniques & Antiques: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-08 | Ralph Scharff \(MI,DE,AZ,1922\-1993\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralph-scharff-mi-de-az-1922-1993-oil-painting-655-c-ca0e54070c
2. 2025-11-02 | Ralph Scharff \(MI,DE,AZ,1922\-1993\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralph-scharff-mi-de-az-1922-1993-oil-painting-691-c-79a4224823
3. 2025-08-10 | Ralph Scharff \(MI,DE,AZ,1922\-1993\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralph-scharff-mi-de-az-1922-1993-oil-painting-586-c-e2f47619e6
4. 2025-05-25 | Ralph Scharff \(MI,DE,AZ,1922\-1993\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralph-scharff-mi-de-az-1922-1993-oil-painting-619-c-4cc47cdb84
5. 2025-03-09 | Ralph Scharff \(MI,DE,AZ,1922\-1993\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralph-scharff-mi-de-az-1922-1993-oil-painting-677-c-d524b42b60
6. 2025-01-05 | Ralph Scharff \(MI,DE,AZ,1922\-1993\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralph-scharff-mi-de-az-1922-1993-oil-painting-556-c-37c4d849e9
7. 2024-09-01 | Ralph Scharff \(MI,DE,AZ,1922\-1993\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $130 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralph-scharff-mi-de-az-1922-1993-oil-painting-298-c-1c149b4979
8. 2024-12-04 | RALPH SCHARFF SIGNED WATERCOLOR HORSE SKETCHES. "STUDY ON SKETCHES DRAWN AT SARATOGA AND GARDEN STAT | Uniques & Antiques | $125
9. 2023-10-07 | Ralph Scharff Watercolor | Dovetail Auctions, LLC | $25
10. 2021-10-29 | Ralph Scharff watercolor and gouache of a clown | Pook & Pook Inc. | $50
11. 2019-02-20 | RALPH SCHARFF, United States, 1922\-1993, "Duo", depicting a horse racing scene., Oil on board, 20.5" x 16.5" sight. Framed 29" x 25". | Eldred's | $80
12. 2018-01-23 | Ralph Scharff \(American, 1922\-1993\), 3 works, "Sketch for Head of the Stretch", watercolor & pencil, 14\-1/2" x 12", "Clown", mixed m... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $160
13. 2017-12-19 | Ralph Scharff \(American, 1922\-1993\), painting of sulky with rider, oil on board, signed Scharff, 16\-3/4" x 21\-3/4" sight, 28\-1/4" x ... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $130
14. 2017-10-24 | Ralph Scharff \(American, 1922\-1993\), mixed media on paper of a rowboat on shore, "The Blue Float", signed "Scharff", 14" x 31" sight... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $90
15. 2017-04-25 | Ralph Scharff \(American, 1922\-1993\), watercolor on paper, Delaware Park 1982, signed Scharff lower right, 12\-1/4" x 23\-1/4" sight, 1... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $250
16. 2017-04-25 | Ralph Scharff \(American, 1922\-1993\), watercolor on paper, race track, signed Scharff lower right, 15" x 15" sight, 21\-1/4" x 21\-1/4"... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $250
17. 2017-04-25 | Ralph Scharff \(American, 1922\-1993\), watercolor on paper, Delaware Park July 1982, signed Scharff lower right, 15\-1/4" x 18\-1/8" sig... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $190
18. 2016-06-12 | Ralph Scharff \(American, 1922\-1993\) "Delaware Park \- July 1982" | Material Culture | $125
19. 2016-06-12 | Ralph Scharff \(American, 1922\-1993\) "Horse Race" | Material Culture | $125
20. 2016-06-12 | Ralph Scharff \(1922\-1993\) "Delaware Park \- July 1982" | Material Culture | $100
21. 2014-08-19 | Ralph Scharff, American, DE, 1922\-1993, o/canvas board, Youth in Field, 30" x 27" | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $100
22. 2014-02-25 | Ralph Scharff, American, DE, 1922\-1993, w/c, Trees in Winter, 14 1/2" x 15" | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | N/A
23. 2014-02-25 | Ralph Scharff, American, DE, 1922\-1993, w/c, Haystacks, 14" x 27" | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $50
24. 2013-09-24 | Ralph Scharff, American, DE, 1922\-1993, gouache & w/c, Blue Marlin Jumping, 18 1/2" x 28" | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $375

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