# Samuel Finley Morse Badger - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T01:29:56.538Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 13
- Lots with prices: 13
- First auction date: 2004-09-08
- Latest auction date: 2020-08-13
- Median realised price: $10,200
- Price range: $2,500 to $16,965

## Market Takeaway
Samuel Finley Morse Badger has 13 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,200. 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 \($10,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($4,250 to $11,163\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 46.2% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 53.8% (7 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: 2020-08-13
- Days since latest sale: 2,087
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- James D. Julia: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 1 lots
- Freeman's: 1 lots
- Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2020-08-13 | SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER, Massachusetts, 1817\-1919, "Her Last Cruise", the U.S.S. Kearsarge., Oil on canvas, 22" x 36". Framed 25.... | Eldred's | $2,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-finley-morse-badger-massachusetts-1817-1919-her-last-cruise-the-u-s-s-kearsarge-oil-on-canvas-22-x-36-framed-25-299-c-a3b45b893e
2. 2020-06-11 | SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER, Massachusetts, 1873\-1919, The four\-masted schooner Mary E.H.G. Dow, 1894., Oil on canvas, 25.5" x 42.25"... | Eldred's | $3,250
3. 2019-12-20 | Samuel Finley Morse Badger \(American 1873\-1919\) | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $4,250
4. 2019-08-24 | SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER \(MA, 1873\-1919\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $11,000
5. 2015-04-22 | Samuel Finley Morse Badger \(1873\-1919\), portrait of the schooner van lear black | Freeman's | $3,500
6. 2008-08-17 | SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER \(AMERICAN 1873\-1919\). | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $16,965
7. 2007-08-29 | SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER \(American | James D. Julia | $14,375
8. 2006-08-23 | SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER \(American, 1873\-1919\) SHIP PORTRAIT OF THE JOEL COOK | James D. Julia | $5,175
9. 2006-08-23 | SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER \(American, 1873\-1919\) SHIP PORTRAIT OF THE E.I. WHITE | James D. Julia | $11,500
10. 2006-05-20 | Samuel Finley Morse Badger \(American, 1873\-1919\); The Lottie R. Russell, 1905; Oil on canvas \(framed\); Signed; 23" x 37 1/4"; Provenance: Collection of a Coast Guard family, Southern New Jersey | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $10,200
11. 2006-02-01 | Samuel Finley Morse Badger \(American, 1873\-1919\) | Christie's | $10,800
12. 2005-06-05 | Samuel Finley Morse Badger \(Charlestown, Massachusetts, ac. 1882\-1913\) | Skinner | $11,163
13. 2004-09-08 | Samuel Finley Morse Badger \(American, 1873\-1919\) | Christie's | $5,975

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