# Ralston Crawford - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T23:22:35.114Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 179
- Lots with prices: 123
- First auction date: 1994-09-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-12
- Median realised price: $1,700
- Price range: $150 to $654,400

## Market Takeaway
Ralston Crawford shows deep auction liquidity with 179 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,700. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,700\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $800 and $5,000.
- 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: 32.5% (40 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50.4% (62 sales)
- $10,000\+: 17.1% (21 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 33
- Recent 12 months median: $937
- Previous 12 months median: $900
- Median shift: 4.1%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-12
- Days since latest sale: 68
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 31 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 17 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 15 lots
- Art\-Torg: 12 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 11 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 10 lots
- Bonhams: 8 lots
- Sotheby's: 8 lots
- Wright: 8 lots
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 7 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-13 | Ralston Crawford "Buildings Through" Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $325 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralston-crawford-buildings-through-silver-print-5-c-d0d4d61b3a
2. 2024-12-06 | Ralston Crawford \(American, 1906\-1978\), "Raymond Burke on the Piano," 20th c., H.\- 8 in., W.\- 10 in., Framed\- H.\- 11 1/4 in., W.\- 14 1/4 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A
3. 2024-08-18 | Ralston Crawford, Downtown St. Clair, Michigan | Kaminski Auctions | $2,500
4. 2024-05-10 | Ralston Crawford \(American, 1906\-1978\), "Raymond Burke on the Piano," 20th c., H.\- 8 in., W.\- 10 in., Framed\- H.\- 11 1/4 in., W.\- 14 1/4 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A
5. 2024-05-05 | Ralston Crawford "Buffalo" Gelatin Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $1,900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralston-crawford-buffalo-gelatin-silver-print-31-c-415445f975
6. 2025-12-12 | Ralston CRAWFORD \(1906\-1978\) Canada \- American \- USA | Art\-Torg | €5,000
7. 2025-11-20 | Ralston Crawford, Power Shovel | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $6,000
8. 2025-11-18 | Ralston Crawford, Plane Propeller on Tarmac | Wright | $900
9. 2025-09-17 | Ralston Crawford "U.S.S. Nevada" Screenprint 1949 | Revere Auctions | $450
10. 2025-04-19 | Ralston CRAWFORD \(1906\-1978\) Canada \- American \- USA | Art\-Torg | N/A
11. 2025-04-15 | RALSTON CRAWFORD \(1906 \- 1978\) Lobster Pots \#2. | Swann Auction Galleries | $937
12. 2025-04-15 | Ralston Crawford \(American, 1906\-1978\) USS Nevada \(Red\-Black\), 1949 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
13. 2025-02-27 | Tugboat | Sotheby's | N/A
14. 2025-02-13 | Ralston Crawford "Coulee Dam" Gelatin Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralston-crawford-coulee-dam-gelatin-silver-print-6-c-add44afbee
15. 2025-02-09 | Ralston Crawford, Downtown St. Clair, Michigan | Kaminski Auctions | $2,000
16. 2025-01-23 | Ralston Crawford "Buffalo" Gelatin Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $900
17. 2024-12-07 | Ralston Crawford Oil/Board "Abstract" | Joshua Kodner | N/A
18. 2024-10-31 | Ralston Crawford \(1906\-1978\), S.S. DE GRASSE, 1952 \[F. 52.16\] | Waddington's | CA$812
19. 2024-10-23 | Ralston Crawford "Coulee Dam" Gelatin Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $350
20. 2024-10-23 | Ralston Crawford "Grain Elevators" Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $375
21. 2024-10-23 | Ralston Crawford "Buildings Through Window" Print | Auctions at Showplace | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralston-crawford-buildings-through-window-print-124-c-1ef49d9ba3
22. 2024-10-22 | Ralston Crawford, Mission \#2 | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $200
23. 2024-09-22 | Ralston Crawford "Buffalo" Gelatin Silver Print | Auctions at Showplace | $1,100
24. 2024-09-13 | Ralston Crawford \(American, 1906\-1978\), "Raymond Burke on the Piano," 20th c., H.\- 8 in., W.\- 10 in., Framed\- H.\- 11 1/4 in., W.\- 14 1/4 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A

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