# Walter Hood Fitch - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T04:13:07.410Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 34
- Lots with prices: 21
- First auction date: 1998-11-26
- Latest auction date: 2026-05-28
- Median realised price: $625
- Price range: $50 to $4,375

## Market Takeaway
Walter Hood Fitch has 34 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $625. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 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 \($625\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($250 to $1,195\) 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: 71.4% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 28.6% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $50
- Previous 12 months median: $950
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-05-28
- Days since latest sale: 58
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 7 lots
- Leonard Joel: 7 lots
- STAIR: 7 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 3 lots
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches: 1 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 1 lots
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 1 lots
- Potomack Company: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-05-28 | WALTER HOOD FITCH, CYPRIPEDIUN CALURUM, | Leonard Joel | A$50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-cypripediun-calurum-4085-c-d866c2dfce
2. 2026-05-28 | WALTER HOOD FITCH, LILIUM PARRYI & L.POLYPHYLLUM, | Leonard Joel | A$50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-lilium-parryi-l-polyphyllum-4084-c-0e73b00a10
3. 2026-05-21 | WALTER HOOD FITCH, LILIUM PARRYI & L.POLYPHYLLUM, | Leonard Joel | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-lilium-parryi-l-polyphyllum-4095-c-bd0ec75f06
4. 2026-05-21 | WALTER HOOD FITCH, CYPRIPEDIUN CALURUM, | Leonard Joel | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-cypripediun-calurum-4094-c-fbeaac3c18
5. 2026-05-14 | WALTER HOOD FITCH, CYPRIPEDIUN CALURUM, | Leonard Joel | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-cypripediun-calurum-4014-c-16c896ff63
6. 2026-05-14 | WALTER HOOD FITCH, LILIUM PARRYI & L.POLYPHYLLUM, | Leonard Joel | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-lilium-parryi-l-polyphyllum-4013-c-8ef063ce6d
7. 2024-11-29 | WALTER HOOD FITCH \(1817\-1892\) Botanical Studies of Orchids lithographs \(4\) 24.5 x 16cm \(each\); 37 x 27cm \(each, frame size\) | Leonard Joel | A$950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-1817-1892-botanical-studies-of-orchids-lithographs-4-24-5-x-16cm-each-37-x-27cm-each-frame-size-24-c-6344d3ab9a
8. 2024-07-10 | Walter Hood Fitch \(1817\-1892\): Curtis's Botanical Magazine: Eight Plates | STAIR | $700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-1817-1892-curtis-s-botanical-magazine-eight-plates-258-c-92249b997f
9. 2024-06-24 | Walter Hood Fitch \(Scottish 1817 – 1892\) 6 x Lithographs, Botanicals, Printed 'W. Fitch, del. et lith' & 'Vincent Brooks, Imp.', 25 x 15 sheet size each | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-scottish-1817-1892-6-x-lithographs-botanicals-printed-w-fitch-del-et-lith-vincent-brooks-imp-25-x-15-sheet-size-each-80-c-c1045b7a0e
10. 2024-06-20 | Walter Hood Fitch \(1817\-1892\): Curtis's Botanical Magazine: Eight Plates | STAIR | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-1817-1892-curtis-s-botanical-magazine-eight-plates-160-c-2dd4a2f853
11. 2024-06-09 | Walter Hood Fitch \(Scottish 1817 – 1892\) 6 x Lithographs, Botanicals, Printed 'W. Fitch, del. et lith' & 'Vincent Brooks, Imp.', 25 x 15 sheet size each | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-scottish-1817-1892-6-x-lithographs-botanicals-printed-w-fitch-del-et-lith-vincent-brooks-imp-25-x-15-sheet-size-each-298-c-e254701a5d
12. 2023-12-07 | Walter Hood Fitch \(English, 1817\-1892\), A Group of Three Botanical Watercolor Drawings, dated 1879\-1880 | Freeman's \| Hindman | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-english-1817-1892-a-group-of-three-botanical-watercolor-drawings-dated-1879-1880-67-c-08f477a830
13. 2023-12-07 | Walter Hood Fitch \(1817\-1892\): Curtis's Botanical Magazine: Eight Plates | STAIR | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-1817-1892-curtis-s-botanical-magazine-eight-plates-741-c-9914167b45
14. 2022-06-30 | WALTER HOOD FITCH, BRITISH 1817\-1892, BOTANICAL PRINT along with WHITE AND STRIPED ROSE, Lithograph, Sight: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. \(21.59 x 13.97 cm.\), Frame: 23 x 19 3/8 in. \(58.42 x 49.21 cm.\) | Potomack Company | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-british-1817-1892-botanical-print-along-with-white-and-striped-rose-lithograph-sight-8-1-2-x-5-1-2-in-21-59-x-13-97-cm-frame-23-x-19-3-8-in-58-42-x-49-21-cm-2049-c-b85491a989
15. 2021-07-10 | Walter Hood Fitch, Lithographer | Brunk Auctions | $450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-lithographer-631-c-d90400bbde
16. 2020-09-11 | Walter Hood Fitch \(1817\-1892\), "Phalaenopsis Schilleriana," Plate 1 and James Andrews \(1801\-1876\), "Pleione largenaria," Plate 17, t... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $224
17. 2019-03-23 | Walter Hood Fitch \(1817\-1892\), John Nugent Fitch \(1840\-1927\), J. Andrews: The Orchid Album: Fourteen Plates | STAIR | $1,300
18. 2019-03-23 | Walter Hood Fitch \(1817\-1892\): The Orchid Album: Fourteen Plates | STAIR | $2,000
19. 2019-03-23 | Walter Hood Fitch \(1817\-1892\), James Andrews, John Nugent Fitch \(1840\-1927\) and MacFarlane: The Orchid Album: Fourteen Plates | STAIR | $2,000
20. 2019-03-23 | Walter Hood Fitch \(1817\-1892\), J. Andrews and John Nugent Fitch \(1840\-1927\): The Orchid Album: Fourteen Plates | STAIR | $2,500
21. 2017-05-08 | WALTER HOOD FITCH \(Scottish. 1817\-1892\) | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | N/A
22. 2011-02-24 | Walter Hood Fitch \(1817\-1892\), British THREE | Waddington's | CA$480
23. 2010-09-01 | Walter Hood Fitch \(Active 19th Century\) | Christie's | $625
24. 2010-08-31 | Walter Hood Fitch \(Active 19th Century\) | Christie's | $625 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-hood-fitch-active-19th-century-171-c-39491f6462

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