# Willard Frederick Elms - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T18:11:15.374Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 92
- Lots with prices: 47
- First auction date: 2008-02-20
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-10
- Median realised price: $800
- Price range: $150 to $10,625

## Market Takeaway
Willard Frederick Elms shows solid auction liquidity with 89 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 15 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-24.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($800\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $500 and $1,625.
- 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: 59.1% (26 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 38.6% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 15
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $500
- Previous 12 months median: $937
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-24
- Days since latest sale: 86
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 33 lots
- Aste Bolaffi: 28 lots
- Poster Auctions International Inc: 9 lots
- The Ross Art Group, Inc: 6 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 5 lots
- Nye & Company: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 2 lots
- Cowan's Auctions: 1 lots
- DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-10 | Willard Frederic Elmes, Mather / Hungry! work incentive vintage poster | Poster Auctions International Inc | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-willard-frederic-elmes-mather-hungry-work-incentive-vintage-poster-256-c-21c5d5a618
2. 2025-11-24 | Willard Frederic Elmes, The Teamworker!, Motivational Poster | Nye & Company | $260
3. 2025-11-19 | Willard Frederic Elmes, Mather / Diving for Success work incentive vintage poster | Poster Auctions International Inc | $600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-willard-frederic-elmes-mather-diving-for-success-work-incentive-vintage-poster-246-c-71782388e9
4. 2025-09-30 | Willard Frederic Elmes, Mather / Spick and Span work incentive vintage poster | Poster Auctions International Inc | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-willard-frederic-elmes-mather-spick-and-span-work-incentive-vintage-poster-210-c-6224fb3b53
5. 2025-09-30 | Willard Frederic Elmes, Mather / Hungry! work incentive vintage poster | Poster Auctions International Inc | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-willard-frederic-elmes-mather-hungry-work-incentive-vintage-poster-209-c-8f24f4b8eb
6. 2025-09-30 | Willard Frederic Elmes, Mather / Bull's\-Eye work incentive vintage poster | Poster Auctions International Inc | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-willard-frederic-elmes-mather-bull-s-eye-work-incentive-vintage-poster-208-c-0ec4878ab0
7. 2025-09-13 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES \(American 1900\-1956\) A MATHER & COMPANY "He Merely Struts! Poster," AMERICAN, 1929, 44 x 36 in. \(111.8 x 91.4 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-willard-frederic-elmes-american-1900-1956-a-mather-company-he-merely-struts-poster-american-1929-44-x-36-in-111-8-x-91-4-cm-460-c-abd439a8be
8. 2025-09-11 | Willard Frederic Elmes, The Teamworker!, Motivational Poster | Nye & Company | N/A
9. 2025-05-17 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES \(American 1900\-1956\) A MATHER & COMPANY "Anything Overlooked?" POSTER, AMERICAN, 1929, 44 x 36 in. \(111.8 x 91.4 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $650
10. 2025-05-01 | Willard Frederic Elmes, The Teamworker!, Motivational Poster | Nye & Company | $150
11. 2025-03-06 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES 1900\-1956 Bull's\-eye 1929 | Aste Bolaffi | N/A
12. 2025-03-06 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES 1900\-1956 One iron in the fire 1929 | Aste Bolaffi | N/A
13. 2025-03-06 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES 1900\-1956 Hungry! 1929 | Aste Bolaffi | N/A
14. 2025-03-06 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES 1900\-1956 Diving for success 1929 | Aste Bolaffi | N/A
15. 2025-03-06 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES 1900\-1956 Your best friend 1929 | Aste Bolaffi | N/A
16. 2025-03-06 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES 1900\-1956 Hands off! 1929 | Aste Bolaffi | N/A
17. 2025-03-06 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES 1900\-1956 What do you reap? 1929 | Aste Bolaffi | N/A
18. 2024-05-09 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES \(1900\-1956\). A JUST DECISION / FAIRNESS KEEPS FRIENDS. 1926. 48x36¼ inches, 122x92 cm. Mather & Company, Chicago | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,250
19. 2024-05-09 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES \(1900\-1956\). FAVORITES / LET'S DESERVE. 1929. 43½x36 inches, 110½x91½ cm. Mather & Company, Chicago. | Swann Auction Galleries | $687
20. 2024-05-09 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES \(1900\-1956\). BULL'S \- EYE / ONLY HITS WIN. 1929. 43½x35½ inches, 110½x90¼ cm. Mather & Company, Chicago. | Swann Auction Galleries | $937
21. 2023-03-09 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES \(1900\-1956\). MAKING SURE MAKES A HIT! / GUESSES MAKE MISSES. 1929. 44x36 inches, 111¾x94½ cm. Mather & Company, | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
22. 2022-10-12 | Willard Frederic Elmes \(1900\-1956\). | Galerie Moderne | €380
23. 2021-08-05 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES \(1900\-1956\). WATCH YOUR STEP! / BE TACTFUL. 1929. 43½x 36½ inches, 110½x92¾ cm. Mather & Company, Chicago. | Swann Auction Galleries | $687
24. 2021-02-18 | WILLARD FREDERIC ELMES \(1900\-1956\). READY TO SPRING! 1929. 40x33 inches, 101x83 cm. Mather & Company, Chicago. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875

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