# Ruth Erickson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T15:25:16.312Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 9
- Lots with prices: 9
- First auction date: 2011-10-01
- Latest auction date: 2021-12-19
- Median realised price: $3,416
- Price range: $518 to $10,000

## Market Takeaway
Ruth Erickson has 9 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,416. 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 \($3,416\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($2,000 to $9,000\) 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: 11.1% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 77.8% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 11.1% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2021-12-19
- Days since latest sale: 1,593
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 7 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-12-19 | Arts & Crafts Grueby Pottery Vase by Ruth Erickson | Auctions at Showplace | $2,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-arts-crafts-grueby-pottery-vase-by-ruth-erickson-25-c-fbd4ded8eb
2. 2020-12-03 | Ruth Erickson \(b. 1883\) for Grueby Faience Company Double Gourd vase 9"dia x 16 3/4"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $10,000
3. 2019-09-15 | Ruth Erickson \(b. 1883\) for Grueby vase with carved overlapping leaves 5"dia x 4 5/8"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $2,000
4. 2019-06-09 | Ruth Erickson \(b. 1883\) for Grueby Faience Company vase 9 1/2"dia x 19"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $9,000
5. 2018-06-24 | Ruth Erickson \(b. 1883\) for Grueby Faience Company vase 9"dia x 9 1/2"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $3,750
6. 2016-12-03 | Ruth Erickson \(b. 1883\) for Grueby Faience Company vase 5"dia x 4"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $3,416
7. 2016-09-10 | Ruth Erickson \(b. 1883\) for Grueby Faience Company vase, \#85 4.5"dia x 7"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,464
8. 2015-06-06 | Ruth Erickson \(b. 1883\) for Grueby Faience Company vase 3"dia x 3.5"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $518
9. 2011-10-01 | RUTH ERICKSON; GRUEBY; Fine vase with three | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $9,920

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