# William Arthur Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T23:13:43.321Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 9
- Lots with prices: 8
- First auction date: 2011-06-11
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-17
- Median realised price: $650
- Price range: $10 to $950

## Market Takeaway
William Arthur Smith has 9 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $650. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($650\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($20 to $750\) 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: 100% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $650
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-17
- Days since latest sale: 352
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Potomack Company: 2 lots
- ARTESIA \- Maison de Ventes aux Enchères: 1 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 1 lots
- Locati LLC: 1 lots
- Quinn's Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-17 | William Arthur Smith \(W.A.S.\) BENSON \(1854\-1924\) Lampe à structure en laiton et réflecteur en verre opalin dit "ouraline" ou "vaseline" | ARTESIA \- Maison de Ventes aux Enchères | €650 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-arthur-smith-w-a-s-benson-1854-1924-lampe-a-structure-en-laiton-et-reflecteur-en-verre-opalin-dit-ouraline-ou-vaseline-4-c-a7d4ff2806
2. 2021-04-08 | William Arthur Smith \(American, 1918\-1989\) Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Voices of Grea | Heritage Auctions | $750
3. 2019-03-10 | WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH \(AMERICAN, 1918\-1989\) VOICES OF GREAT AMERICANS \- ALEXANDER | Heritage Auctions | $400
4. 2017-12-02 | William Arthur Smith Signed Print Carl Sandburg | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $10
5. 2016-11-14 | William Arthur Smith \(American, 1918 \- 1989\) Lithograph | Locati LLC | $20
6. 2014-05-17 | William Arthur Smith, St. Anne's Street. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $650
7. 2012-09-16 | WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH \(American, 1918\-1989\); | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
8. 2011-11-19 | WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH \(AMERICAN, 1918\-1989\) ST. ANNE'S STREET Watercolor on paper: 22 1/2 x 29 in. | Potomack Company | $950
9. 2011-06-11 | WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH \(AMERICAN, 1918\-1989\) ST. ANNE'S STREET Watercolor on paper: 22 1/2 x 29 in. | Potomack Company | $850

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