# Richard Whorf - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T03:01:19.337Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 47
- Lots with prices: 31
- First auction date: 2006-08-04
- Latest auction date: 2024-09-29
- Median realised price: $600
- Price range: $35 to $10,000

## Market Takeaway
Richard Whorf has 47 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. 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 \($600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($225 to $1,680\) 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: 64.5% (20 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 32.3% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.2% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $100
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-09-29
- Days since latest sale: 577
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Hughes Auctions: 14 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 8 lots
- Weschler's: 6 lots
- Eldred's: 3 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Quinn's Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- RoGallery: 2 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-05-09 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\), "Independence Day or 'The Glorious Fourth'," 1966, Oil on board, 24" H x 36" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,812
2. 2024-09-29 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Oil on Board July 4 1863 Civil War Battle Scene | Hughes Auctions | $100
3. 2024-09-29 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Oil on Board Greek Fishing Boats | Hughes Auctions | $350
4. 2024-09-06 | RICHARD WHORF \(1906\-1966\) PAINTING BEACH HOUSES, 24" X 36" | Austin Auction Gallery | $450
5. 2024-08-04 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Oil on Board July 4 1863 Civil War Battle Scene | Hughes Auctions | N/A
6. 2024-08-04 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Oil on Board Greek Fishing Boats | Hughes Auctions | N/A
7. 2024-08-04 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Gouache on Board Native Americans on Horseback | Hughes Auctions | $50
8. 2024-04-28 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Oil on Board RMS Queen Mary Ocean Cruise Liner | Hughes Auctions | $500
9. 2024-04-28 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Oil on Board July 4 1863 Civil War Battle Scene | Hughes Auctions | N/A
10. 2024-04-28 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Oil on Board Greek Fishing Boats | Hughes Auctions | N/A
11. 2024-04-28 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Gouache on Board Native Americans on Horseback | Hughes Auctions | N/A
12. 2024-04-28 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Gouache on Board Set for play There Shall Be No Night | Hughes Auctions | $50
13. 2024-04-28 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Oil on Gypsum Board Street Scene | Hughes Auctions | $650
14. 2024-04-28 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Gouache on Paper Figure and Fountain | Hughes Auctions | $150
15. 2024-04-28 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Oil on Board Theatre Stage | Hughes Auctions | $550
16. 2024-02-23 | RICHARD WHORF, COUNTRYSIDE TOWN VIEW, O/B. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $225
17. 2023-12-08 | Richard Whorf \(American 1906\-1966\), Figure in Black on Horseback Above a Desert Town, Oil on board, 16 x 20 in \(40.6 x 50.8 cm\) | Weschler's | N/A
18. 2023-09-22 | Richard Whorf, "Encore," G/B. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $750
19. 2023-09-19 | Richard Whorf \(American 1906\-1966\), Views of Europe, Two Watercolors on Paper, Each Signed l.r., Frame: 26 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. \(66.7 x 47 cm.\) | Weschler's | $35
20. 2023-09-10 | Richard Whorf \(1906\-1966\) Oil on Canvas Depicting Buildings W/ Chimneys | Hughes Auctions | $425
21. 2023-02-03 | RICHARD WHORF \(California/Massachusetts, 1906\-1966\), “Waterfront”., Watercolor and gouache on paper, 11" x 17" sight. Framed 19" x 25". | Eldred's | $800
22. 2021-11-19 | RICHARD WHORF \(California/Massachusetts, 1906\-1966\), French waterfront street scene., Gouache on paper, 17” x 14” sight. Framed 25” x 22”. | Eldred's | N/A
23. 2017-06-30 | Richard Whorf \- Oil on Board \- Parisian Street | Regency Auction House | $425
24. 2017-03-17 | Richard Whorf \(American, 1906\-1966\) Hoover Year: Theater for Sale, 1943 Oil on b | Heritage Auctions | $3,250

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