# Thomas W. Shields - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T18:39:04.394Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 7
- Lots with prices: 6
- First auction date: 2015-09-18
- Latest auction date: 2024-09-26
- Median realised price: $250
- Price range: $100 to $3,600

## Market Takeaway
Thomas W. Shields has 7 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $250. 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 \($250\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($230 to $300\) 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: 83.3% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16.7% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $300
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-09-26
- Days since latest sale: 585
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Helmuth Stone: 3 lots
- Quinn's Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- STAIR: 1 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-26 | Thomas W. Shields \(1849\-1920\): Portrait of a Girl | STAIR | $300
2. 2024-02-11 | Thomas W. Shields \(American, 1849 \- 1920\) | Helmuth Stone | $100
3. 2023-03-22 | Attributed to THOMAS W. SHIELDS | South Bay Auctions Inc | $250
4. 2022-02-27 | Thomas W. Shields \(1849 \- 1920\) Watercolor | Helmuth Stone | $250
5. 2022-02-27 | Thomas W. Shields \(New York, 1849 \- 1920\) | Helmuth Stone | N/A
6. 2018-01-27 | Thomas W. Shields, The Cavalier. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $230
7. 2015-09-18 | Thomas W. Shields \(American 1849\-1920\), Ladies in the Parlor, Unsigned Oil on Canvas, 26 x 35 inches | Weschler's | $3,600

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