# Rett Sturman - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T02:49:00.551Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 55
- Lots with prices: 50
- First auction date: 2012-06-02
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-26
- Median realised price: $1,000
- Price range: $70 to $4,972

## Market Takeaway
Rett Sturman has 55 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($1,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($250 to $1,500\) 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: 46% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 54% (27 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $375
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-26
- Days since latest sale: 309
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers: 29 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 19 lots
- Eldred's: 7 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-26 | RETT STURMAN \(Vermont, 1946\-\), New England farm with cattle., Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20". Framed 15" x 23". | Eldred's | $375
2. 2022-02-27 | RETT STURMAN \(CONTEMPORARY VT\) \- | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,400
3. 2022-01-27 | RETT STURMAN \(Vermont, b. 1946\), Winter morn., Oil on canvas, 22” x 66”. Framed 34” x 76”. | Eldred's | $2,300
4. 2022-01-27 | RETT STURMAN \(Vermont, b. 1946\), Summer harbor scene., Oil on canvas, 36” x 72”. Unframed. | Eldred's | $2,000
5. 2022-01-27 | RETT STURMAN \(Vermont, b. 1946\), Farm homestead with a John Deere tractor and other farm equipment., Oil on canvas, 24” x 72”. Framed. | Eldred's | $2,500
6. 2021-08-11 | RETT STURMAN \(Vermont, b. 1946\), “Top of the Hill”, Peacham, Vermont., Oil on canvas, 24” x 72”. Framed 34” x 82”. | Eldred's | $1,500
7. 2021-08-11 | RETT STURMAN \(Vermont, b. 1946\), Snowy neighborhood., Oil on canvas, 24” x 72”. Framed 34” x 82”. | Eldred's | $1,600
8. 2021-01-28 | RETT STURMAN \(Vermont, b. 1946\), Yard work., Oil on canvas, 18" x 40". Framed 25" x 47". | Eldred's | $1,100
9. 2020-12-04 | Rett Sturman \(VT 1943\-\) Campfire | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $2,750
10. 2020-12-04 | Rett Sturman \(VT 1943\-\) Two By Two | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | N/A
11. 2020-12-04 | Rett Sturman \(VT 1943\-\) Below The Market | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | N/A
12. 2020-12-04 | Rett Sturman \(VT 1943\-\) Sunset With Cows | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,700
13. 2020-12-04 | Rett Sturman \(VT 1943\-\) Blue Night Farm | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,000
14. 2020-12-04 | Rett Sturman \(VT 1943\-\) Pink Mountain Silo | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,600
15. 2020-12-04 | Rett Sturman \(VT 1943\-\)North of Lowell | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,000
16. 2020-12-04 | Rett Sturman \(VT 1943\-\)Waterfall | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,300
17. 2020-12-04 | Rett Sturman \(VT 1943\-\) Corn Field | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $3,000
18. 2020-09-04 | Rett Sturman \(VT Contemporary\) Lackey's Store | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $900
19. 2019-12-20 | Rett Sturman \(VT 1946\-\) Stowe VT Landscape | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $750
20. 2019-06-21 | Rett Sturman \(VT 20th c \) Jersey | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $80
21. 2019-02-22 | Rett Sturman \(VT contemporary\) Lapine Farm | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $150
22. 2019-02-22 | Rett Sturman \(VT contemporary\) Wintertime Trees | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $70
23. 2019-02-22 | Rett Sturman \(VT contemporary\) Spring pasture with Jerseys | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $100
24. 2019-01-26 | Rett Sturman \(VT \) | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $175

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