# Ray Bethers - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T20:35:19.756Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 20
- Lots with prices: 13
- First auction date: 2002-12-03
- Latest auction date: 2024-12-11
- Median realised price: $425
- Price range: $80 to $875

## Market Takeaway
Ray Bethers has 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $425. 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 \($425\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($250 to $593\) 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% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $250
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 506
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 8 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Freeman's: 2 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 1 lots
- Cordier Auctions & Appraisals: 1 lots
- Mallams: 1 lots
- Sheppards: 1 lots
- Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-11 | Ray Bethers \(American, 1902\-1973\), Fishing Village on the Mediterranean, oil on board, 15 x 17 1/2in \(38 x 44cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $250
2. 2024-02-10 | Ray Bethers \(American 1902\-1973\) woodcut | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $80
3. 2022-11-10 | RAY BETHERS \(1902\-1973\). SOUTHERN ARIZONA / DUDE RANCHES & RESORTS. Circa 1939. 22¾x15¾ inches, 57¾x40 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $593
4. 2022-11-10 | RAY BETHERS \(1902\-1973\). SOUTHERN PACIFIC / YOU TAKE THE HIGHROAD \- I'LL TAKE THE RAILROAD! Circa 1939. 23x16 inches, 58½x40¾ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $750
5. 2022-11-10 | RAY BETHERS \(1902\-1973\). WEST COAST OF MEXICO / SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Circa 1937. 23x16 inches, 58½x40¾ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $406
6. 2022-02-24 | RAY BETHERS \(1902\-1973\). SOUTHERN ARIZONA / DUDE RANCHES & RESORTS. Circa 1935. 23x15¾ inches, 58½x40 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $875
7. 2021-09-25 | 3 Ray Bethers wood engravings | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $425
8. 2021-08-05 | RAY BETHERS \(1902\-1973\). SOUTHERN ARIZONA / DUDE RANCHES & RESORTS. Circa 1935. 22¼x15¾ inches, 56½x40 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2021-08-05 | RAY BETHERS \(1902\-1973\). WEST COAST OF MEXICO / SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Circa 1935. 22¼x15¾ inches, 56½x40 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $487
10. 2018-11-04 | Ray Bethers \(1902 \- 1973\) | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | N/A
11. 2018-06-09 | Ray Bethers woodcut | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | N/A
12. 2014-02-25 | RAY BETHERS \(DATES UNKNOWN\). SOUTHERN PACIFIC / WEST COAST OF MEXICO. 23x16 inches, 58x40 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
13. 2014-02-25 | RAY BETHERS \(1902\-1973\). SOUTHERN PACIFIC / SOUTHERN ARIZONA. Circa 1935. 23x16 inches, 58x40 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $593
14. 2011-06-12 | Ray Bethers \(American, 1902\-1973\) 3 Drawings | Cordier Auctions & Appraisals | $80
15. 2009-03-03 | Ray Bethers, Circa 1970 View of a Meditteranean | Sheppards | N/A
16. 2005-03-04 | RAY BETHERS \(1902\-1973\), 'The Clap Board Chapel circa 1937', signed, oil on board, 23in x 27in. | Mallams | £220
17. 2004-10-01 | RAY BETHERS \(American 1902\-1973\) WHITE HOUSES, BLACK ROOFS signed, oil on board 15 x 18 in. and four companions \(a... | Freeman's | $500
18. 2004-10-01 | RAY BETHERS \(American 1902\-1973\) FISHING NETS ON A HARBOR signed, oil on board 15 x 18 in. and five companions \(al... | Freeman's | $400
19. 2002-12-03 | Ray Bethers \(American, 1902\-1973\) Buildings with Church signed, oil on board 38.5 x 46 cm. | Bonhams | N/A
20. 2002-12-03 | Ray Bethers \(American, 1902\-1973\) Buildings by the Beach signed, oil on board 38.5 x 45.5 cm. | Bonhams | N/A

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