# Robert Franklin Gates - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T02:01:18.133Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 23
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2006-04-01
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-11
- Median realised price: $600
- Price range: $40 to $2,800

## Market Takeaway
Robert Franklin Gates has 23 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($300 to $2,125\) 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: 53.3% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 46.7% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $400
- Previous 12 months median: $375
- Median shift: 6.7%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-11
- Days since latest sale: 20
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Weschler's: 8 lots
- Potomack Company: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- William J Jenack Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Akiba Galleries: 1 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots
- Casco Bay Auctions: 1 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-24 | Robert Franklin Gates \(American, 1906\-1982\) "Desert Landscape" Oil on Board | Akiba Galleries | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-robert-franklin-gates-american-1906-1982-desert-landscape-oil-on-board-381-c-ce7c18d204
2. 2026-04-11 | Robert Franklin Gates \(Am. 1906\-1982\), Winter, 1945, Oil on canvas board, framed | Barridoff Auctions | $1,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-robert-franklin-gates-am-1906-1982-winter-1945-oil-on-canvas-board-framed-251-c-1e5404613b
3. 2025-04-12 | ROBERT FRANKLIN GATES \(1906 \- 1982\). WASHINGTON STREET SCENE | Casco Bay Auctions | N/A
4. 2024-12-13 | Robert Franklin Gates \(American 1906\-1982\), Untitled \(Seated Woman\), Acrylic collage on paper, Sight size: 21\-3/4 x 16\-1/4 in \(55.2 x 41.3 cm\) | Weschler's | $375
5. 2024-11-21 | ROBERT FRANKLIN GATES, AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D.C., VIRGINIA 1906\-1982, THE RED WALL, Gouache and mixed media on paper, Sight: 29 x 21 in. \(73.7 x 53.3 cm.\), Frame: 37 x 29 in. \(94 x 73.7 cm.\) | Potomack Company | $600
6. 2021-07-28 | ROBERT FRANKLIN GATES \(Washington, D.C./Virginia, 1906\-1982\), "Flying Dutchman"., Oil on canvas, 40" x 60". Framed. | Eldred's | N/A
7. 2020-11-20 | ROBERT FRANKLIN GATES, Washington, D.C./Virginia, 1906\-1982, "Flying Dutchman"., Oil on canvas, 40" x 60". Framed 46" x 60". | Eldred's | N/A
8. 2018-07-21 | ROBERT FRANKLIN GATES \(American, 1906\-1989\). AUGUST, signed and titled in pencil lower margin. Etching. | Sloans & Kenyon | $50
9. 2018-05-11 | Robert Franklin Gates \(American 1906\-1982\), Untitled Abstract, Signed Oil on Canvas, 50 x 42 inches | Weschler's | $2,200
10. 2016-12-01 | ROBERT FRANKLIN GATES \(AMERICAN 1906\-1982\), INK AND WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, LANDSCAPE, SIGNED 1934. SIGHT 8 X 10"; FRAMED AND GLAZED\-15 1/2 X 16 1/2" | William J Jenack Auctioneers | $40
11. 2016-02-14 | ROBERT FRANKLIN GATES \(DC/VA, 1906\-1982\) \- Abstract Landscape with Tree, oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated 1965. In chrome edged wooden slat frame, OS: 36 3/4" x 46 3/4", SS: 36" x 46". Fine condition. | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,500
12. 2016-02-14 | ROBERT FRANKLIN GATES \(DC/VA, 1906\-1982\) \- "White Sun", oil and charcoal on canvas, signed lower left and dated 1955, signed and titled verso and marked "American University, Wash, DC". In grey wormed chestnut frame, ... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,200
13. 2016-01-14 | ROBERT FRANKLIN GATES \(AMERICAN 1906\-1982\), INK, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, LANDSCAPE, SIGNED 1934. SIGHT 8 X 10"; FRAMED AND GLAZED\-15 1/2 X 16 1/2" | William J Jenack Auctioneers | $50
14. 2013-12-07 | ROBERT FRANKLIN GATES \(AMERICAN, 1906\-1982\) ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE Gouache on paper: 21 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | $300
15. 2012-07-07 | ROBERT FRANKLIN GATES \(AMERICAN, 1906\-1982\) EMANCIPATION PARK, CHARLOTTE AMALIE Watercolor: 14 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. | Potomack Company | $600
16. 2012-01-11 | Robert Franklin Gates \(AMERICAN, 1906\-1982\) | Christie's | $2,125
17. 2012-01-10 | Robert Franklin Gates \(AMERICAN, 1906\-1982\) | Christie's | $2,125
18. 2011-04-02 | Robert Franklin Gates \(American b. 1906\), The Chair \(Abstract\), oil on canvas, 50 x 42 in | Weschler's | N/A
19. 2010-09-25 | Robert Franklin Gates \(American b. 1906\), The Chair \(Abstract\), oil on canvas, 50 x 42 in | Weschler's | N/A
20. 2010-09-25 | Robert Franklin Gates \(American b. 1906\), Untitled \(Abstract\), oil on canvas, 39\-3/4 x 30 in | Weschler's | N/A
21. 2010-04-17 | Robert Franklin Gates \(American b. 1906\), The Chair, oil on canvas, 50 x 42 in | Weschler's | N/A
22. 2010-04-17 | Robert Franklin Gates \(American b. 1906\), Untitled \(Abstract\), oil on canvas, 39\-3/4 x 30 in | Weschler's | N/A
23. 2006-04-01 | Robert Franklin Gates \(American 1906\-1982\) Hatteras I, oil on canvas, 36 x 45\-3/4 in | Weschler's | $2,800

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