# William Alexander Coulter - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T13:57:27.980Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 76
- Lots with prices: 53
- First auction date: 2002-06-01
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-18
- Median realised price: $3,810
- Price range: $305 to $228,000

## Market Takeaway
William Alexander Coulter shows solid auction liquidity with 76 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,810. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,810\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,000 and $14,000.
- 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: 15.1% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 52.8% (28 sales)
- $10,000\+: 32.1% (17 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $700
- Previous 12 months median: $36,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-18
- Days since latest sale: 92
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 30 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 7 lots
- Weschler's: 5 lots
- California Historical Design, Inc: 4 lots
- Clars Auctions: 4 lots
- O'Gallerie: 3 lots
- Abell Auction: 2 lots
- Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-18 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\), Clipper ship on medium seas | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
2. 2025-11-18 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\), "Windjammers and other commercial sail in the San Francisco Bay" | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
3. 2025-09-17 | William Alexander Coulter, 1849\-1936, Sardine Boat, Coast of France | Abell Auction | $700
4. 2025-08-27 | William Alexander Coulter, 1849\-1936, Harbor Scene | Abell Auction | N/A
5. 2025-05-20 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\), Seascape with ships in the distance, San Francisco, 1882 | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,524
6. 2025-03-30 | William Coulter \(1849 \- 1936\) San Francisco Bay | California Auctioneers | $675
7. 2025-02-05 | Soirée sur le Champs\-Elysées | Sotheby's | $36,000
8. 2025-01-23 | WILLIAM ALEXANDER COULTER \(1849\-1936\)Sailing Ships in San Francisco Bayoil | Christie's | $88,200
9. 2024-11-12 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\), Boats in a harbor | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,286
10. 2024-10-08 | William Alexander Coulter \(Irish/American 1849\-1936\) Ships Sailing in the San Francisco Bay with Fort Point in the Distance 53 x 84in \(134.6 x 213.2cm\) | Bonhams | $180,000
11. 2024-06-30 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\) Yosemite Valley c1880s | California Historical Design, Inc | N/A
12. 2024-03-23 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\) Yosemite Valley c1880s | California Historical Design, Inc | N/A
13. 2023-12-09 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\) Painting "Richardson Bay" c1880s | California Historical Design, Inc | $1,200
14. 2023-08-09 | William Coulter, Ella Norton | Sotheby's | $3,810
15. 2023-08-02 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\) Manoa Valley 24 x 31 in. \(61 x 78.7 cm\) In a Koa wood frame. | Bonhams | N/A
16. 2023-06-04 | William Alexander Coulter \(American, 1849–1936\) Arthur Sewall | Freeman's \| Hindman | $5,000
17. 2023-06-03 | William Alexander Coulter Painting "Richardson Bay" c1880s | California Historical Design, Inc | N/A
18. 2023-03-10 | William Alexander Coulter \(American 1849\-1936\), Impressionist California Landscape, Oil on canvas, 18 x 22 in \(45.7 x 55.9 cm\) | Weschler's | $650
19. 2022-11-21 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\) Half Past Two: Along the Sacramento River 12 x 20 in. framed 17 x 25 in. \(Painted circa 1886.\) | Bonhams | $2,500
20. 2022-09-20 | WILLIAM ALEXANDER COULTER \(1849\-1936\) O/B | Robert Slawinski Auctioneers, Inc. | $3,000
21. 2021-06-13 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\) Oil on Board | Sarasota Estate Auction | $5,500
22. 2021-04-20 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\) A Clipper Ship on Open Seas 20 x 30in framed 27 1/2 x 37 3/4in \(Painted in 1893.\) | Bonhams | $4,500
23. 2020-08-13 | WILLIAM ALEXANDER COULTER, California/Ireland, 1849\-1936, Five\-masted schooner Flagstaff, circa 1908., Oil on canvas, 24" x 36". Fra... | Eldred's | $9,000
24. 2020-08-04 | William Alexander Coulter \(1849\-1936\) Clipper Ship Three Brothers \(ex\-Vanderbilt\) 30 1/8 x 50 1/4in framed 39 x 59in \(Painted in 1873.\) | Bonhams | $13,000

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