# Thomas Ball - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T01:24:20.319Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 28
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 2003-10-09
- Latest auction date: 2024-10-30
- Median realised price: $2,400
- Price range: $100 to $45,000

## Market Takeaway
Thomas Ball has 28 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,400. 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 \($2,400\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,100 to $5,750\) 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: 10.5% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 68.4% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 21.1% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-10-30
- Days since latest sale: 548
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 5 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- STAIR: 3 lots
- Skinner: 3 lots
- CRN Auctions: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Akiba Galleries: 1 lots
- Auktionshuset.com: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Cottone Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-30 | THOMAS BALL \- DANIEL WEBSTER BRONZE SCULPTURE | Litchfield Auctions | $1,000
2. 2024-10-24 | Thomas Ball \(1819\-1911\): Bust of Young Girl | STAIR | $1,100
3. 2023-11-14 | Thomas Ball \(1819\-1911, American\) Carrera Marble Busts | Akiba Galleries | $2,750
4. 2023-11-09 | THOMAS BALL, SWAMP SCENE 1895, OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER LEFT, 54 X 39.5CM, FRAME SIZE: 66 X 51CM | Leonard Joel | N/A
5. 2023-10-01 | THOMAS BALL \(Boston, 1819\-1911\) MARBLE SCULPTURE | CRN Auctions | $2,300
6. 2023-09-14 | Thomas Ball \(American, 1819\-1911\) Le Petite Pensee | Hindman | $3,000
7. 2022-09-08 | Thomas Ball \(American, 1819\-1911\) Daniel Webster, mid\-19th century Patinated bro | Heritage Auctions | $2,200
8. 2022-06-09 | Thomas Ball \(American, 1819\-1911\) Relief portrait of a gentleman, 1864 Marble 22 | Heritage Auctions | $1,100
9. 2021-10-24 | THOMAS BALL \(Boston, 1819\-1911\) MARBLE SCULPTURE | CRN Auctions | N/A
10. 2017-04-22 | THOMAS BALL \(1819\-1911\): DANIEL WEBSTER | STAIR | N/A
11. 2016-05-18 | Thomas Ball \(1819\-1911\) La Petite Pensée | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2016-04-02 | Thomas Ball \(1819\-1911\): "La Petite Pensée" | Auktionshuset.com | DKK 45,000
13. 2015-08-16 | THOMAS BALL \(AMERICAN 1819\-1911\). PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE BUSTS OF BOSTON YOUTHS, 1862. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $1,800
14. 2014-04-08 | THOMAS BALL OIL PAINTING OF STEDWARDS CHURCH | Palm Beach Auction Gallery | $100
15. 2014-03-23 | THOMAS BALL \(AMERICAN 1819\-1911\). PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE BUSTS OF BOSTON YOUTHS, 1862. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | N/A
16. 2012-05-27 | THOMAS BALL \(AMERICAN 1819\-1911\). BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF DANIEL WEBSTER. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $950
17. 2012-03-31 | Thomas Ball \(American, 1819\-1911\) Nude Bust of a Young Woman, white marble, accented with carved foliage and berries, impressed "T. BAL | Skinner | $14,220
18. 2011-09-27 | Thomas Ball \(1819\-1911\) | Christie's | N/A
19. 2011-09-17 | Thomas Ball \(American, 1819\-1911\) Carved Marble Bust of Young Girl on Marble Pedestal | Cottone Auctions | $5,750
20. 2010-09-01 | Thomas Ball bronze sculpture modeled as a standing | Dallas Auction Gallery | $2,400
21. 2009-09-13 | THOMAS BALL \(1819\-1911\): PROFILE OF A WOMAN | STAIR | $1,800
22. 2009-08-01 | THOMAS BALL \(AMERICAN 1819\-1911\). STANDING FIGURE | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $2,457
23. 2009-05-20 | Thomas Ball \(1819\-1911\) | Christie's | N/A
24. 2006-08-05 | THOMAS BALL \(AMERICAN 1819\-1911\). MARBLE BUST OF 'LA PETITE PENSEE.' | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | N/A

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