# Walter Shirlaw - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T21:58:54.313Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 168
- Lots with prices: 81
- First auction date: 2000-08-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-28
- Median realised price: $400
- Price range: $15 to $15,000

## Market Takeaway
Walter Shirlaw shows deep auction liquidity with 167 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-25.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($400\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $180 and $800.
- 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: 80% (64 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 18.8% (15 sales)
- $10,000\+: 1.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $600
- Previous 12 months median: $550
- Median shift: 9.1%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-25
- Days since latest sale: 24
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- East Coast Books: 64 lots
- DuMouchelles: 43 lots
- RoGallery: 7 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 6 lots
- STAIR: 5 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Eldred's: 3 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-28 | Walter Shirlaw "The Sketch Book" Oil Painting On Canvas | Kraft Auction Service | $300
2. 2026-01-25 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish/American, Oil on Canvas Genre Landscape "The Plowman" | Sarasota Estate Auction | $3,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-shirlaw-1838-1909-scottish-american-oil-on-canvas-genre-landscape-the-plowman-1244-c-f1d4391a4c
3. 2025-06-21 | Walter Shirlaw | Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers | $600
4. 2024-08-17 | Walter Shirlaw \(American, 1838\-1909\) Madame Capri, Oil On Canvas | Clark's Auction Company | $600
5. 2024-06-14 | Walter Shirlaw \(American, 1838\-1909\) Oil on Canvas, Early 20th C., "Buffalo Hunt", H 24" W 30" | DuMouchelles | $1,500
6. 2024-03-23 | Walter Shirlaw, watercolor, landscape with tree, | Richard D. Hatch & Associates | $50
7. 2024-02-24 | Walter Shirlaw \(American 1838\-1909\), Kitchen scene with mother and children, circa 1880, Oil on canvas, Signed lower right W. Shirlaw, 18" x 13", Provenance: Estate of Sheila Shevin of Rye, New York, Condition: restre... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $550
8. 2024-01-19 | Walter Shirlaw \(American, 1838\-1909\) Etching on Paper, H 3" W 5.75" | DuMouchelles | $70
9. 2022-12-13 | Walter Shirlaw \(American, 1838\-1909\) "The Lost Stitch", oil on wood panel, signed W Shirlaw, exhibited at Cincinnati Art Museum 1909... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $300
10. 2022-12-06 | Walter Shirlaw \(American, 1838\-1909\) The Picnic | Freeman's \| Hindman | $1,000
11. 2022-08-18 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | $20
12. 2022-07-14 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | N/A
13. 2022-05-26 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | N/A
14. 2022-05-19 | Walter Shirlaw, oil on canvas | Millea Bros Ltd | $1,000
15. 2022-05-10 | Walter Shirlaw \(American, 1838\-1909\) Sheep Shearers in the Bavarian Alps | Hindman | $15,000
16. 2022-04-28 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | N/A
17. 2022-03-10 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | N/A
18. 2022-01-27 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | N/A
19. 2021-12-30 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | N/A
20. 2021-11-18 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | N/A
21. 2021-10-21 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | N/A
22. 2021-09-23 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | N/A
23. 2021-08-05 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | N/A
24. 2021-06-24 | Walter Shirlaw \(1838\-1909\) Scottish\-American artist | East Coast Books | N/A

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