# Tom Dunlay - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T12:44:48.973Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 23
- Lots with prices: 20
- First auction date: 2010-05-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-13
- Median realised price: $1,838
- Price range: $100 to $16,000

## Market Takeaway
Tom Dunlay has 23 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,838. 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 \($1,838\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,000 to $2,900\) 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: 20% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 75% (15 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $600
- Previous 12 months median: $1,600
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-13
- Days since latest sale: 260
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 15 lots
- Skinner: 5 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-13 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY \(Massachusetts, 1951\-\), "Long Shadows Nantucket"., Oil on canvas, 20" x 25". Framed 23" x 29". | Eldred's | $600
2. 2025-01-23 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY \(Massachusetts, 1951\-\), "The Red Lacquer Dish"., Oil on canvas, 15.75" x 19". Framed 22.75" x 27". | Eldred's | $1,500
3. 2024-11-22 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY \(Massachusetts, 1951\-\), “Mt. Washington, Early Spring”., Oil on canvas, 24” x 30”. Framed 34” x 39". | Eldred's | $1,600
4. 2024-11-22 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY \(Massachusetts, 1951\-\), "January Thaw, 1981"., Oil on canvas, 25" x 30". Framed 34" x 39". | Eldred's | $2,000
5. 2024-10-16 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY \(Massachusetts, 1951\-\), Martin's Lane, Nantucket., Photolithograph on paper, 21" x 25" sight. Framed 32" x 35". | Eldred's | $100
6. 2024-09-12 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY \(Massachusetts, 1951\-\), “Mt. Washington, Early Spring”., Oil on canvas, 24” x 30”. Framed 34” x 39". | Eldred's | N/A
7. 2024-08-14 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY \(Massachusetts, 1951\-\), "At The Jetties, Nantucket"., Oil on canvas, 18" x 14". Framed 28" x 24". | Eldred's | $1,800
8. 2023-08-16 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY \(Massachusetts, 1951\-\), “Mt. Washington, Early Spring”., Oil on canvas, 24” x 30”. Framed 34” x 39". | Eldred's | $7,500
9. 2022-10-13 | Thomas Russell Dunlay \(American, b. 1951\) Dawn Light, Riverside Oil on canvasboa | Heritage Auctions | $950
10. 2022-01-27 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY \(Massachusetts, b. 1951\), “January Thaw"., Oil on canvas, 25” x 30”. Framed 32” x 37”. | Eldred's | $2,900
11. 2021-08-14 | Thomas Russell Dunlay, Am. b. 1951, "At the Water's Edge" 2003, Oil on canvas, framed, 11 1/16" x 8 5/8" actual, 17 15/16" x 15 1/2" f | Barridoff Auctions | $800
12. 2021-08-14 | Thomas Russell Dunlay, Am. b. 1951, "Mt. Vernon St. Winter Afternoon, Boston Ma." 1984, Oil on canvas, framed, 18 7/8" x 21 3/4" act... | Barridoff Auctions | $16,000
13. 2017-11-18 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY, Massachusetts, b. 1951, "Study for Interior With Model Lamplight Daylight"., Oil on canvas, 14" x 11". Framed... | Eldred's | $1,100
14. 2017-08-10 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY, Massachusetts, b. 1951, "Study for Interior With Model Lamplight Daylight"., Oil on canvas, 14" x 11". Framed... | Eldred's | N/A
15. 2014-11-22 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY, American, b. 1951, Swans at the Boston Public Garden., Oil on canvas, 19" x 23". Guido frame. | Eldred's | $4,500
16. 2014-08-20 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY, American, b. 1951, Sailboat off the coast., Oil on board, 5" x 10". Framed. | Eldred's | $1,000
17. 2014-08-20 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY, American, b. 1951, "Sailing to Town"., Oil on canvas, 20" x 24". Framed. | Eldred's | N/A
18. 2014-08-20 | THOMAS RUSSELL DUNLAY, American, b. 1951, Entering Nantucket Harbor., Oil on canvas, 14" x 24". Framed. | Eldred's | $6,000
19. 2013-02-01 | Thomas Russell Dunlay \(American, b. 1951\), Twilight on the Boston Public Gardens, Signed "Thomas Dunlay" l.r., signed and titled "Thoma | Skinner | $2,160
20. 2013-02-01 | Thomas Russell Dunlay \(American, b. 1951\), Late Afternoon Snowfall on the Boston Public Gardens, Signed "Thomas Dunlay" l.r., titled, s | Skinner | $2,040
21. 2011-09-09 | Thomas Russell Dunlay \(American, b. 1951\) Swans on the Lagoon at the Boston Public Garden Signed "Dunlay" l.r. Oil on canvas, 19 x 2... | Skinner | $1,838
22. 2010-05-21 | Thomas Russell Dunlay \(American, b. 1951\) Milton Marshes, 1980 Signed "Dunlay" l.r., identified on information and exhibition label ... | Skinner | $4,148
23. 2010-05-21 | Thomas Russell Dunlay \(American, b. 1951\) Duck Alighting at Sunset Signed "Dunlay" l.l. Oil on canvas, 11 x 14 in. \(27.9 x 35.6 cm\),... | Skinner | $1,896

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