# Walter Gay - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T15:26:13.350Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 138
- Lots with prices: 105
- First auction date: 1992-09-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-09
- Median realised price: $5,000
- Price range: $200 to $112,500

## Market Takeaway
Walter Gay shows solid auction liquidity with 138 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-09.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($5,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,000 and $9,375.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 10.5% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 65.7% (69 sales)
- $10,000\+: 23.8% (25 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $2,750
- Previous 12 months median: $3,600
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-09
- Days since latest sale: 71
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 32 lots
- Sotheby's: 15 lots
- Skinner: 8 lots
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Eldred's: 6 lots
- Clars Auctions: 5 lots
- Cottone Auctions: 5 lots
- Cutler Bay Auctions: 5 lots
- STAIR: 5 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-09 | Walter Gay \(American, 1856\-1937\) Interior with a commode and a pair of side chairs | Freeman’s | $2,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-gay-american-1856-1937-interior-with-a-commode-and-a-pair-of-side-chairs-128-c-69c59fb7fe
2. 2025-12-09 | Walter Gay \(American, 1856\-1937\) Interior with Writing Desk | Freeman’s | $6,000
3. 2025-12-07 | Walter Gay \(American, 1856\-1937\) The Artist's Studio, 1906 | Freeman’s | $8,500
4. 2025-10-03 | WALTER GAY, MASSACHUSETTS, FRANCE 1856\-1937, INTERIOR, Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper, Sheet: 8 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. \(22.2 x 34.3 cm.\), Frame: 15 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. \(39.4 x 47 cm.\) | Potomack Company | $7,500
5. 2025-07-23 | WALTER GAY \(Massachusetts, 1856\-1937\), Still life of goldenrod and bleeding hearts., Oil on panel, 15" x 6.5". Framed 18.5" x 10". | Eldred's | $550
6. 2025-06-22 | Walter Gay \(American, 1856\-1937\), Still Life with Flowers | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $575
7. 2025-01-23 | WALTER GAY \(1856\-1937\)Pavillon Petit Colombeoil on canvas21 ¾ x 18 in. \(55. | Christie's | $69,300
8. 2024-12-08 | WALTER GAY \(1856\-1937\) FIGURAL INTERIOR PAINTING, 'THE VISITOR' | Austin Auction Gallery | $2,000
9. 2024-12-06 | Walter Gay | Brunk Auctions | N/A
10. 2024-11-26 | Walter Gay,  Interior  | Roseberys | £3,600
11. 2024-11-14 | Walter Gay, The Blue Room, Chateau du Breau | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,000
12. 2024-11-08 | Walter Gay | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $6,000
13. 2024-10-23 | Walter Gay \(1856\-1957\): The Fireplace | STAIR | $4,250
14. 2024-09-19 | WALTER GAY \(1856\-1937\) Altyre Home \(Interior Scene\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,750
15. 2024-06-07 | Walter Gay | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $500
16. 2024-03-07 | WALTER GAY \(1856\-1937\) "STILL LIFE WITH FLOWERS". | Amelia Jeffers | $200
17. 2024-01-11 | Walter Gay \(1856 \- 1937\) American/France | Cutler Bay Auctions | $800
18. 2023-11-14 | Walter Gay \(1856\-1937\), "Quietude an Interior Scene with Young Woman Reading," 1882, Watercolor on paper, Image/Sheet: 16.25" H x 21.75" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,000
19. 2023-09-12 | Walter Gay \(American, 1856 \- 1937\) Oil On Canvas | Akiba Galleries | $1,500
20. 2023-07-27 | WALTER GAY \(Massachusetts/France, 1856\-1937\), Interior scene., Watercolor, 9” x 13.5”. Framed 17" x 22". | Eldred's | N/A
21. 2023-07-22 | Walter Gay \(1856 \- 1937\) american /France | Cutler Bay Auctions | $425
22. 2023-07-13 | Walter Gay \(American, 1856\-1937\) Interior Livingroom Watercolor and pencil on pa | Heritage Auctions | N/A
23. 2023-06-04 | Walter Gay \(American, 1856–1937\) La Cheminée | Freeman's | $6,500
24. 2023-04-29 | Walter Gay \(1856 \- 1937\) american /France | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A

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