# Thomas Buchanan Read - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T18:40:53.294Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 20
- Lots with prices: 10
- First auction date: 1994-09-09
- Latest auction date: 2023-05-15
- Median realised price: $1,700
- Price range: $350 to $12,500

## Market Takeaway
Thomas Buchanan Read has 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,700. 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 \($1,700\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($500 to $2,500\) 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: 40% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 10% (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: 2023-05-15
- Days since latest sale: 1,081
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Lettieri Auction & Appraisal: 7 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 4 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Cottone Auctions: 1 lots
- Fontaine's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers: 1 lots
- Pook & Pook Inc.: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-05-15 | THOMAS BUCHANAN READ \(ATTR.\) | Clarke Auction Gallery | $2,000
2. 2022-09-11 | "The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
3. 2022-07-17 | "The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
4. 2022-05-29 | "The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
5. 2022-01-21 | "The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
6. 2021-11-05 | Thomas Buchanan Read \(American, 1822\-1872\) Civil War General Philip Henry Sheridan | Cottone Auctions | $12,500
7. 2021-09-12 | "The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
8. 2021-07-11 | "The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
9. 2021-06-18 | Thomas Buchanan Read \(AM 1822\-1872\) | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $350
10. 2021-06-06 | "The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
11. 2020-10-09 | Thomas Buchanan Read oil allegorical scene | Pook & Pook Inc. | $1,700
12. 2019-06-08 | Thomas Buchanan Read \(American, 1822 \- 1872\) O/C | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $400
13. 2015-11-15 | THOMAS BUCHANAN READ \(American, 1822\-1872\). ALLEGORY OF WARFARE, oil on canvas. | Sloans & Kenyon | $2,500
14. 2015-11-15 | THOMAS BUCHANAN READ \(American, 1822\-1872\). ALLEGORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST, oil on canvas. | Sloans & Kenyon | $1,900
15. 2015-06-21 | THOMAS BUCHANAN READ \(American, 1822\-1872\). ALLEGORY OF WARFARE, oil on canvas. | Sloans & Kenyon | N/A
16. 2015-06-21 | THOMAS BUCHANAN READ \(American, 1822\-1872\). ALLEGORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST, oil on canvas. | Sloans & Kenyon | N/A
17. 2010-10-26 | Thomas Buchanan Read \(AMERICAN, 1822\-1872\) | Christie's | £500
18. 2010-07-09 | Thomas Buchanan Read \(AMERICAN, 1822\-1872\) | Christie's | N/A
19. 2003-10-25 | Thomas Buchanan Read \(American 1822\-1872\) | Weschler's | $3,680
20. 1994-09-09 | THOMAS BUCHANAN READ \(AMERICAN, 1822\-1872\) PORTRAIT OF MISS EMMA L. PAINE | Skinner | $920

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