# Stapleton Kearns - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-18T23:17:24.019Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 61
- Lots with prices: 46
- First auction date: 2005-01-26
- Latest auction date: 2026-05-24
- Median realised price: $750
- Price range: $110 to $14,340

## Market Takeaway
Stapleton Kearns has 61 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $750. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 8 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 \($750\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($475 to $1,600\) 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: 56.5% (26 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 37% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6.5% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $600
- Previous 12 months median: $475
- Median shift: 26.3%
- Latest sale date: 2026-05-24
- Days since latest sale: 22
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 21 lots
- Eldred's: 14 lots
- James D. Julia: 7 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 4 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 2 lots
- Dallas Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Revere Auctions: 2 lots
- William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals: 2 lots
- Winter Associates, Inc.: 2 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-09 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(Massachusetts/Maine/Minnesota, 1952\-\), Winter scene., Oil on board, 8" x 10". Framed 14.25" x 16.25". | Eldred's | $550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-stapleton-kearns-massachusetts-maine-minnesota-1952-winter-scene-oil-on-board-8-x-10-framed-14-25-x-16-25-9243-c-5d2426fbcf
2. 2025-09-17 | Stapleton Kearns "Smith Cove" Harbor Painting | Revere Auctions | $600
3. 2025-09-17 | Stapleton Kearns "Trout Stream" Landscape Painting | Revere Auctions | $750
4. 2025-08-23 | Stapleton Kearns Oil on Board "North Wharf Dories" | Rafael Osona Auctions | $400
5. 2025-08-16 | Stapleton Kearns \(Am. b. 1952\), New England Coast, Oil on canvas, unframed | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
6. 2025-07-25 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(Massachusett/Maine/Minnesota, 1952\-\), Rockport Harbor., Oil on canvas, 27" x 30". Framed 32" x 35". | Eldred's | $650 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-stapleton-kearns-massachusett-maine-minnesota-1952-rockport-harbor-oil-on-canvas-27-x-30-framed-32-x-35-8054-c-0f04feeb8a
7. 2024-11-04 | Stapleton Kearns \(American, b. 1952\), "The Marsh in Autumn", oil on canvas, depicts an Impressionist style autumn landscape with marsh/ lake at center, mountainous horizon, signed lower right, framed, "The Pine Tree S... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $475
8. 2024-09-27 | Stapleton Kearns | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $600
9. 2024-09-18 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(Massachusetts/Maine/Minnesota, 1952\-\), “Allison Goes to the Beach”., Oil on canvas, 9” x 12”. Framed 12.25” x 15.5”. | Eldred's | N/A
10. 2023-11-30 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(AMERICAN \- ROCKPORT MA., B. 1952\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $325
11. 2023-08-16 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(Massachusett/Maine/Minnesota, 1952\-\), "May on Swan Lake Road"., Oil on board, 12” x 16”. Framed 21” x 25”. | Eldred's | $475
12. 2023-07-21 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(Massachusetts/Maine/Minnesota, 1952\-\), “Allison Goes to the Beach”., Oil on canvas, 9” x 12”. Framed 12.25” x 15.5”. | Eldred's | N/A
13. 2022-11-11 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(MA/ME/MN, 1952 \- \) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,500
14. 2022-01-27 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(Massachusetts/Maine/Minnesota, b. 1952\), "Swanville, Maine"., Oil on canvas, 26" x 29". Framed 32" x 35". | Eldred's | $750
15. 2019-08-23 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(MA/ME/MN, 1952\- \) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,300
16. 2018-10-20 | STAPLETON KEARNS, Massachusetts/Maine/Minnesota, b. 1952, Cottages, Nantucket, Massachusetts., Oil on board, 12" x 16". Framed 19" x... | Eldred's | $750
17. 2018-02-17 | STAPLETON KEARNS, Massachusetts/Maine/Minnesota, b. 1952, "Swanville, Maine"., Oil on canvas, 26" x 29". Framed 32" x 35". | Eldred's | $600
18. 2017-08-25 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(MA/ME/MN, 1952\-\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,100
19. 2017-08-25 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(MA/ME/MN, 1952 \- \) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $550
20. 2017-08-16 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(American, 1952\-\) "ORLAND, MAINE". | James D. Julia | $605
21. 2017-08-16 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(American, 1952\-\) "BLUEBERRY FIELDS", WALDO COUNTY, MAINE. | James D. Julia | $605
22. 2017-08-04 | STAPLETON KEARNS, Massachusetts/Maine/Minnesota, b. 1952, "Swanville, Maine"., Oil on canvas, 26" x 29". Framed 32" x 35". | Eldred's | $1,300
23. 2017-08-04 | STAPLETON KEARNS, Massachusetts/Maine/Minnesota, b. 1952, Cottages, Nantucket, Massachusetts., Oil on board, 12" x 16". Framed 19" x... | Eldred's | N/A
24. 2016-11-20 | STAPLETON KEARNS \(MA/ME/MN, 1952 \- \) \- "Loosestrife", oil on canvas, signed lower left, dated 1997, titled verso on Pine Tree Shop and Bay View Gallery of Camden, Maine label, in gold molded frame, with linen liner, O... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $650

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