# Roy Thompsen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T06:35:56.630Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 30
- Lots with prices: 18
- First auction date: 2014-02-04
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-01
- Median realised price: $295
- Price range: $50 to $2,500

## Market Takeaway
Roy Thompsen has 30 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $295. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($295\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($110 to $450\) 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: 94.4% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 5.6% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $110
- Previous 12 months median: $50
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-01
- Days since latest sale: 75
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 15 lots
- James D. Julia: 7 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 3 lots
- Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers: 2 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- RB Fine Arts: 1 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-15 | Roy Thompsen, Age of Dreams | Santa Fe Art Auction | $295
2. 2025-08-31 | Roy Thompsen \(NY,FL,1928\-?\) gouache painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $110
3. 2025-06-08 | Roy Thompsen \(NY,FL,1928\-?\) gouache painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $130
4. 2024-12-21 | Roy Thompsen \(American, b. 1928\) Original Watercolor Painting Of Black\-Necked Stilts | RB Fine Arts | $50
5. 2023-11-30 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, 1928\-\), Canvasback drake in flight over a marsh., Acrylic on panel, 13.75” x 17.75”. Framed 21.25” x 26”. | Eldred's | N/A
6. 2023-08-16 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, 1928\-\), "Orleans, Cape Cod" \(Priscilla Landing\)., Oil on board, 12" x 18". Framed 17" x 23". | Eldred's | N/A
7. 2023-07-27 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, 1928\-\), Pair of pintails., Mixed media, 12.25” x 17” sight. Framed 22” x 26.5”. | Eldred's | N/A
8. 2023-07-21 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, 1928\-\), Cheetah on the plains of Mount Kilimanjaro., Oil on masonite, 18" x 24". Framed 26" x 31". | Eldred's | $425
9. 2023-07-21 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, 1928\-\), Lone wolf., Oil on board, 20" x 24". Framed 27" x 31". | Eldred's | N/A
10. 2023-04-20 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, 1928\-\), Lone wolf., Oil on board, 20" x 24". Framed 27" x 31". | Eldred's | N/A
11. 2023-04-20 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, 1928\-\), Cheetah on the plains of Mount Kilimanjaro., Oil on masonite, 18" x 24". Framed 26" x 31". | Eldred's | N/A
12. 2023-04-06 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, 1928\-\), Canvasback drake in flight over a marsh., Acrylic on panel, 13.75” x 17.75”. Framed 21.25” x 26”. | Eldred's | N/A
13. 2023-04-06 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, 1928\-\), View of a stag., Acrylic on paper, 22" x 28.5" sight. Framed 35" x 41". | Eldred's | N/A
14. 2023-02-24 | Roy Thompsen \(AM 1928\-\) | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $150
15. 2023-02-24 | Roy Thompsen \(AM 1928\-\) | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $60
16. 2023-01-27 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, 1928\-\), Bald eagle in flight above snow\-covered mountains., Mixed media, 19.5” x 28”. Framed 31” x 39”. | Eldred's | N/A
17. 2022-11-17 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, b. 1928\), Cheetah on the plains of Mount Kilimanjaro., Oil on masonite, 18" x 24". Framed 26" x 31". | Eldred's | N/A
18. 2022-11-17 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, b. 1928\), Lone wolf., Oil on board, 20" x 24". Framed 27" x 31". | Eldred's | N/A
19. 2022-11-17 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, b. 1928\), Bengal tiger in the grass., Mixed media on paper, 18” x 27.5”. Framed 30.5” x 40.25”. | Eldred's | N/A
20. 2022-04-07 | ROY THOMPSEN \(New York/Florida, b. 1928\), Herd of elephants on the savanna., Acrylic, 16.25" x 28". Framed 32.75" x 43.25". | Eldred's | $2,500
21. 2021-07-28 | ROY THOMPSEN \(Massachusetts/Florida, b. 1928\), Three puffins perched on a rock., Acrylic on paper, 9.5” x 14” sight. Framed 16” x 20”. | Eldred's | $800
22. 2021-05-22 | ROY THOMPSEN \(B.1928\) NEW MEXICO, AGE OF DREAMS | Austin Auction Gallery | $600
23. 2014-02-04 | ROY THOMPSEN \(American, 1928\-\) FIVE COASTAL WORKS | James D. Julia | $450
24. 2014-02-04 | ROY THOMPSEN \(American, 1928\-\) TWO WORKS: AFRICAN ANIMALS | James D. Julia | $400

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