# Robert R. Newell - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T06:03:22.378Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 7
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2011-07-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-22
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $50 to $475

## Market Takeaway
Robert R. Newell has 7 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. 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 \($300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($90 to $450\) 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% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $475
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-22
- Days since latest sale: 341
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 5 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 1 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-22 | ROBERT R. NEWELL \(Massachusetts/New York, 1906\-1983\), Two watercolor ship portraits:, Matted to 26.5" x 33". | Eldred's | $475
2. 2021-04-15 | ROBERT R. NEWELL \- WHALESHIP, GANGES | Capsule Gallery Auction | $90
3. 2015-07-09 | ROBERT R. NEWELL, American, 20th Century, "Bark Marcella New Bedford"., Watercolor and gouache, 18.5" x 28.5" sight. Framed 26.5" x... | Eldred's | $425
4. 2015-07-09 | ROBERT R. NEWELL, American, 20th Century, "Whaleship Intrepid of Peterhead 1852"., Watercolor and gouache, 18.5" x 28.5" sight. Fram... | Eldred's | $300
5. 2013-12-08 | Robert R. Newell watercolor | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $50
6. 2011-07-22 | ROBERT R. NEWELL, American, 20th Century, Two whaling\-related watercolors. "The James Arnold Sperm Whaling 1874"., Watercolors on pa... | Eldred's | $200
7. 2011-07-21 | ROBERT R. NEWELL, American, 20th Century, "The James Arnold Sperm Whaling 1874"., Watercolor on paper, 20" x 28" sight. Framed. | Eldred's | $450

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