# Rufus Porter - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T05:23:17.021Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 44
- Lots with prices: 36
- First auction date: 2002-06-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-15
- Median realised price: $3,200
- Price range: $402 to $172,500

## Market Takeaway
Rufus Porter shows developing auction liquidity with 43 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,430 and $5,605.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 11.4% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 77.1% (27 sales)
- $10,000\+: 11.4% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $4,250
- Previous 12 months median: $3,800
- Median shift: 11.8%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-28
- Days since latest sale: 82
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 16 lots
- Jackson's International: 10 lots
- New England Auctions: 7 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 3 lots
- Casco Bay Auctions: 2 lots
- Amelia Jeffers: 1 lots
- Curated Gallery Auctions: 1 lots
- Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-15 | Rufus Porter \(1792\-1884\) 19th c. American Original Oil Painting in Period Frame | Curated Gallery Auctions | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rufus-porter-1792-1884-19th-c-american-original-oil-painting-in-period-frame-62-c-07ba8e7f5d
2. 2025-11-28 | RUFUS PORTER \(1792\-1884\) FINE MINIATURE WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG NEW ENGLAND GENTLEMAN. | Amelia Jeffers | $4,250
3. 2024-10-10 | Rufus Porter – Painting on Panel | New England Auctions | $4,000
4. 2024-10-10 | Rufus Porter – Portrait of a Lady | New England Auctions | $3,000
5. 2024-10-10 | Rufus Porter – Pair of Miniature Portraits | New England Auctions | $3,800
6. 2023-11-15 | Rufus Porter \(1792\-1884\) and Amos M. Holbrook \(active 1830\-1831\), Two Portrait Miniatures of Young Ladies, New England, circa 1830 | Freeman's \| Hindman | $2,000
7. 2023-11-12 | Rufus Porter \(1792\-1884\). Miniature Portrait of a Man. | Casco Bay Auctions | $500
8. 2023-11-12 | Rufus Porter \(1792\-1884\). Miniature Portrait of a Man. | Casco Bay Auctions | $500
9. 2023-06-21 | Rufus Porter \- Three Family Portraits | New England Auctions | $5,000
10. 2023-06-21 | Rufus Porter \- Family Group of Miniature Portraits | New England Auctions | $6,500
11. 2023-06-21 | Rufus Porter \- Miniature Portrait of a Lady | New England Auctions | $3,200
12. 2023-06-21 | Rufus Porter \- Portrait of a Boy | New England Auctions | $2,600
13. 2020-11-10 | Rufus Porter \(1792\-1884\), Pair of portrait miniatures: A lady and a gentleman | Freeman's \| Hindman | $2,600
14. 2017-11-15 | Rufus Porter \(1792\-1884\), Portrait miniature of a young man | Freeman's \| Hindman | $1,430
15. 2017-10-28 | RUFUS PORTER \(AMERICAN 1792\-1884\). PAIR OF MINIATURE PROFILE PORTRAITS OF MR. AND MRS. T.W. CHURCHILL OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $4,600
16. 2017-10-28 | RUFUS PORTER \(AMERICAN 1792\-1884\). MINIATURE PROFILE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN WEARING A BLUE DRESS WITH RUFFLED COLLAR. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $1,300
17. 2016-08-20 | RUFUS PORTER \(1792\-1884\). THREE MINIATURE PROFILE PORTRAITS OF HILLIARD FAMILY MEMBERS, CIRCA 1805. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $5,800
18. 2015-11-14 | RUFUS PORTER \(AMERICAN, 1792\-1884\), ATTRIBUTED, FOLK ART MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $402
19. 2014-08-17 | RUFUS PORTER \(AMERICAN 1792\-1884\). MINIATURE PROFILE PORTRAIT OF THOMAS FERNALD, CIRCA 1825. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $2,400
20. 2014-08-02 | RUFUS PORTER \(1792\-1884\). MINIATURE PROFILE PORTRAIT OF A MAN WEARING A BLACK CRAVAT AND WAISTCOAT. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $1,300
21. 2014-08-02 | RUFUS PORTER \(1792\-1884\). MINIATURE PROFILE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN WEARING A DRESS TRIMMED WITH LACE COLLAR, HER HAIR IN A TORTOISESHELL COMB. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $3,600
22. 2014-03-02 | Rufus Porter \(American, 1792\-1884\) Small Profile Portrait of a Young Man, Moses Hale Pil\[l\]sbury. Unsigned, sitter identified in inscri | Skinner | $4,095
23. 2011-03-05 | RUFUS PORTER \(AMERICAN 1792\-1884\). MINIATURE PROFILE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN WEARING AN EARRING. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $1,062
24. 2011-03-05 | RUFUS PORTER \(AMERICAN 1792\-1884\). MINIATURE PROFILE PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, CIRCA 1820. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $5,605

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