# Sylvester Wells - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T06:37:21.963Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 6
- Lots with prices: 6
- First auction date: 2020-10-25
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-15
- Median realised price: $1,500
- Price range: $1,100 to $7,500

## Market Takeaway
Sylvester Wells shows thin auction liquidity with 6 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-15.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,300 and $1,600.
- 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 100% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $1,600
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-15
- Days since latest sale: 126
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Hill Auction Gallery: 4 lots
- A\-1 Auction: 1 lots
- Helmuth Stone: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-15 | Sylvester Wells 1939\-2023 Lighthouse Oil Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $7,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sylvester-wells-1939-2023-lighthouse-oil-painting-39-c-a6f43ed91b
2. 2025-10-15 | Sylvester Wells 1939\-2023 Florida Lagoon Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $1,500
3. 2025-03-26 | Sylvester Wells 1938\-2023 Highwaymen Oil Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $1,600
4. 2024-02-11 | Sylvester Wells \(B.1938\) Highwayman | Helmuth Stone | $1,300
5. 2020-11-15 | Sylvester Wells \(born 1938\) Florida Highwaymen Oil Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $1,600
6. 2020-10-25 | Sylvester Wells, Florida Highwaymen | A\-1 Auction | $1,100

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