# Thornton Willis - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T03:40:47.393Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 46
- Lots with prices: 35
- First auction date: 2001-04-04
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-17
- Median realised price: $732
- Price range: $102 to $9,000

## Market Takeaway
Thornton Willis has 46 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $732. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($732\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($384 to $1,080\) 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: 65.7% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 34.3% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $2,159
- Previous 12 months median: $1,700
- Median shift: 27%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-17
- Days since latest sale: 316
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 23 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 5 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- RoGallery: 3 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 2 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 2 lots
- Doyle New York: 1 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Nye & Company: 1 lots
- Pierre Bergé & Associés: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-17 | Thornton Willis \(b. 1938\), Untitled, 1969 | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,159
2. 2024-10-31 | Thornton Willis, Little N | Wright | $1,700
3. 2023-06-15 | Thornton Willis, Wash on Canvas, Abstract | Nye & Company | $950
4. 2021-12-01 | Thornton Willis, pastel on paper, 1980 | Millea Bros Ltd | $325
5. 2021-12-01 | Thornton Willis, oil and pastel on paper, 1980 | Millea Bros Ltd | $500
6. 2021-11-24 | THORNTON WILLIS \(NÉ EN 1936\) | Pierre Bergé & Associés | €2,000
7. 2020-09-30 | Thornton Willis \(born 1936\) Split N1984acrylic and cardboard on canvas in two parts, titled, signed and dated 'T Willis 84' on versoeach 84 x 42in \(213.3 x 106.6cm\) | Bonhams | $1,500
8. 2019-12-07 | Thornton Willis \(b. 1936\): Approach Shot | STAIR | $4,000
9. 2019-09-19 | Thornton Willis, Working Man, Oil Painting | RoGallery | N/A
10. 2018-10-30 | Thornton Willis, Working Man, Oil Painting | RoGallery | N/A
11. 2017-08-27 | THORNTON WILLIS \(NY, 1938 \- \) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,000
12. 2017-08-27 | THORNTON WILLIS \(NY, 1938 \- \) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,000
13. 2017-08-27 | THORNTON WILLIS \(NY, 1938 \- \) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $850
14. 2017-08-27 | THORNTON WILLIS \(NY, 1938 \- \) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $850
15. 2017-08-27 | THORNTON WILLIS \(NY, 1938 \- \) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $9,000
16. 2016-05-26 | Thornton Willis, Working Man, Oil Painting | RoGallery | N/A
17. 2013-12-07 | Thornton Willis \(American, b. 1938\), Indian Summer from Wedge Series, 1980, Signed on the reverse., Condition: Not examined out of fram | Skinner | N/A
18. 2010-10-17 | Thornton Willis \(American, born 1936\) Little N, 1984 32 x 33in | Bonhams | $519
19. 2010-10-17 | Thornton Willis \(American, born 1936\) Striped suit, 1982 84 x 96in | Bonhams | $854
20. 2010-10-17 | Thornton Willis \(American, born 1936\) Bon Rae, 1977 61 x 49in | Bonhams | $732
21. 2010-06-09 | Thornton Willis \(American, born 1936\) Mississippi Billboard | Bonhams | £312
22. 2010-06-09 | Thornton Willis \(American, born 1936\) Tupelo | Bonhams | £312
23. 2010-06-09 | Thornton Willis \(American, born 1936\) Razorback | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2009-10-07 | Thornton Willis \(American, born 1936\) Dyptych \(part II\) \(unframed\) | Bonhams | £432

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