# Vilhelm Melbye - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T10:55:16.525Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 55
- Lots with prices: 36
- First auction date: 2008-10-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-26
- Median realised price: $3,200
- Price range: $200 to $115,603

## Market Takeaway
Vilhelm Melbye has 55 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,200. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($3,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,000 to $13,428\) 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: 22.2% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 47.2% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 30.6% (11 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $1,100
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 10%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-26
- Days since latest sale: 4
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers: 21 lots
- Christie's: 9 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Auktionshaus Stahl: 3 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 3 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 2 lots
- Gorringes: 2 lots
- Charles Miller Ltd: 1 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 1 lots
- Fontaine's Auction Gallery: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-29 | Vilhelm Melbye \(Roskilde 1824 \- Kopenhagen 1882\). Fjord of Christiania in the Evening. | Auktionshaus Stahl | €1,100
2. 2025-10-15 | Vilhelm Melbye \(Danish, 1824\-1882\) Reducing down | Bonhams | £3,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-vilhelm-melbye-danish-1824-1882-reducing-down-37-c-370ef77c10
3. 2025-05-24 | Vilhelm Melbye \(Roskilde 1824 \- Kopenhagen 1882\). Fjord of Christiania in the Evening. | Auktionshaus Stahl | N/A
4. 2024-12-11 | VILHELM MELBYE \(DANISH 1824\-1882\) | Olympia Auctions | £1,000
5. 2023-11-09 | VILHELM MELBYE \(Elsinore, Denmark, 1824\-1882\). "Night Scene with Sailing Ships on the Ocean," 1948. Oil on panel. Signed and dated in the lower left corner. In good condition. | Setdart Auction House | N/A
6. 2022-11-17 | Vilhelm Melbye: Marine | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €3,000
7. 2022-09-25 | Vilhelm Melbye \(Danish, 1824\-1882\), Seascape with Ships Near the Coast | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $1,875
8. 2022-05-26 | VILHELM MELBYE \(DANISH 1824\- 1882\), SHIPPING IN THE SOUND, KRONBORG CASTLE IN THE DISTANCE | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £7,000
9. 2021-10-06 | Vilhelm Melbye \(Danish, 1824\-1882\) Shipping off Gibraltar | Bonhams | £6,500
10. 2020-05-16 | Vilhelm Melbye \(Roskilde 1824 \- Kopenhagen 1882\). Lively Shipping Traffic. | Auktionshaus Stahl | €5,500
11. 2019-10-29 | Vilhelm Melbye \(Danish, 1824\-1882\) Shipping off the Barbary Coast | Bonhams | £7,000
12. 2018-05-30 | Vilhelm Melbye: Seascape with numerous sailing ships. Signed Vilhelm Melbye. Oil on canvas. 51 x 76 cm. | Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers | N/A
13. 2018-05-01 | VILHELM MELBYE \(DANISH, 1824\-1882\) | Charles Miller Ltd | £550
14. 2016-04-06 | Vilhelm Melbye \(1824\-1882\) \- Shipping off Alicante | Dreweatts 1759 | N/A
15. 2015-11-25 | Vilhelm Melbye \(1824\-1882\) \- Shipping off Alicante | Dreweatts 1759 | N/A
16. 2014-11-27 | VILHELM MELBYE \(DANISH 1824\-1882\) UNLOADING THE BARGE 76cm x 122cm \(30in x 48in\) | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A
17. 2013-06-12 | Vilhelm Melbye \(Elsinore 1824\-1882 Roskilde\) | Christie's | N/A
18. 2012-11-27 | Vilhelm Melbye: Sailing boats and steamer off the coast of Skagen. | Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers | DKK 104,416
19. 2012-11-27 | Vilhelm Melbye: Sailing ships at sea. | Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers | DKK 100,687
20. 2012-11-27 | Vilhelm Melbye: Seascape with a French frigate and numerous sailing ships off Kronborg Castle. | Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers | DKK 115,603
21. 2012-11-21 | Vilhelm Melbye \(Elsinore 1824\-1882 Roskilde\) | Christie's | N/A
22. 2012-11-21 | Vilhelm Melbye \(Elsinore 1824\-1882 Roskilde\) | Christie's | £10,000
23. 2011-11-29 | Vilhelm Melbye: A stormy afternoon off the coast of Skagen. | Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers | N/A
24. 2011-09-27 | Vilhelm Melbye: Seascape with sailing boats in the sunset. | Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers | DKK 42,045

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