# Walter Sanford - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T21:58:52.770Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 62
- Lots with prices: 43
- First auction date: 2009-09-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-13
- Median realised price: $750
- Price range: $80 to $28,750

## Market Takeaway
Walter Sanford has 62 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $750. 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 \($750\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($350 to $3,000\) 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: 53.5% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 44.2% (19 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $450
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-13
- Days since latest sale: 138
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 16 lots
- Black Art Auction: 9 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 9 lots
- Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches: 6 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery: 3 lots
- Hindman: 2 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 2 lots
- Wright: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-13 | Walter Sanford, 1912\-1987, Will an Aspirin Help | Black Art Auction | $3,000
2. 2025-12-11 | Walter Sanford, 42nd & Broadway | Wright | N/A
3. 2025-12-11 | Walter Sanford, Untitled | Wright | $300
4. 2025-10-18 | Walter Sanford, 1912\-1987, untitled abstract | Black Art Auction | N/A
5. 2025-10-18 | Walter Sanford, 1912\-1987, Beach Hat | Black Art Auction | $650
6. 2025-06-14 | Walter Sanford, 1912\-1987, Study, Nude | Black Art Auction | $450
7. 2025-03-15 | Walter Sanford, 1912\-1987, untitled, Figural Abstract | Black Art Auction | N/A
8. 2024-04-04 | WALTER SANFORD \(1912 \- 1987\) Sea Movement \#2. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,750
9. 2024-03-23 | Walter Sanford \(American, 1912\-1987\) oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $250
10. 2024-03-23 | Walter Sanford\(American, 1912\-1987\) oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $375
11. 2024-03-16 | WALTER SANFORD 'GIRAFFE' OIL PAINTING ON BOARD | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $80
12. 2024-01-13 | WALTER SANFORD 'GIRAFFE' OIL PAINTING ON BOARD | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | N/A
13. 2023-12-14 | Walter Sanford \(American, 1912\-1987\) The Zodiac, 1972 | Hindman | $5,000
14. 2023-10-21 | Walter Sanford sandstone sculpture | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $120
15. 2023-10-21 | Walter Sanford mixed media | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $600
16. 2023-10-21 | Walter Sanford collage | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | N/A
17. 2023-10-21 | Walter Sanford watercolor | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $100
18. 2023-10-21 | Walter Sanford oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $475
19. 2023-10-21 | Walter Sanford oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $450
20. 2023-10-21 | Walter Sanford oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $2,000
21. 2023-10-21 | Walter Sanford oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | N/A
22. 2023-10-21 | Walter Sanford oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $750
23. 2023-10-21 | Walter Sanford oil | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $1,900
24. 2023-10-21 | Walter Sanford collage | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $350

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