# William Baxter Palmer Closson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T12:16:14.308Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 13
- First auction date: 2007-08-03
- Latest auction date: 2020-01-25
- Median realised price: $800
- Price range: $119 to $4,444

## Market Takeaway
William Baxter Palmer Closson has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $800. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($800\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($593 to $1,200\) 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: 61.5% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 38.5% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2020-01-25
- Days since latest sale: 2,288
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Skinner: 10 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Estates Unlimited: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2020-01-25 | WILLIAM BAXTER PALMER CLOSSON, Massachusetts/Connecticut/Vermont, 1848\-1926, A dancing woman., Oil on board, 8" x 10". Framed 10" x... | Eldred's | $400
2. 2019-07-10 | WILLIAM BAXTER PALMER CLOSSON \(MA/CT/VT, 1848\-1926\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,200
3. 2018-06-02 | WILLIAM BAXTER PALMER CLOSSON \(MA/CT/VT, 1848\-1926\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
4. 2017-11-18 | WILLIAM BAXTER PALMER CLOSSON \(MA/CT/VT, 1848\-1926\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
5. 2015-05-29 | William Baxter Palmer Closson \(American, 1848\-1926\), Five Ladies, Unsigned, estate stamp inscribed "William Baxter Closson, WBC \#39, Vo | Skinner | $800
6. 2012-12-16 | William Baxter Palmer Closson | Estates Unlimited | $800
7. 2012-07-18 | William Baxter Palmer Closson \(American, 1848\-1926\) Portrait of Three Ladies in Profile. Signed "Closson" l.r. Oil on artist board, ... | Skinner | $950
8. 2012-02-03 | William Baxter Palmer Closson \(American, 1848\-1926\) Model in Green Harem Pants Signed "Closson" l.r. Oil on board, 16 x 20 in. \(40.6... | Skinner | N/A
9. 2012-02-03 | William Baxter Palmer Closson \(American, 1848\-1926\) Windswept Cypress/A California View Signed "Closson" l.l. Oil on board, 16 x 20 ... | Skinner | $4,444
10. 2011-05-20 | William Baxter Palmer Closson \(American, 1848\-1926\) Portrait of a Spaniel Signed "Wm. B. Closson" l.l. Oil on canvas, 32 x 22 in. \(8... | Skinner | $652
11. 2011-04-13 | William Baxter Palmer Closson \(American, 1848\-1926\) Blue Tree. Signed "Closson" l.r. Watercolor on board, sight size 10 1/2 x 8 in.,... | Skinner | $119
12. 2010-11-10 | William Baxter Palmer Closson \(American, 1848\-1926\) The Sand Dunes Near Gloucester. Signed "Closson" in pencil l.r. Watercolor on pa... | Skinner | $356
13. 2010-01-29 | William Baxter Palmer Closson \(American, 1848\-1926\) Lafayette Square Signed "...losson... | Skinner | $593
14. 2010-01-29 | William Baxter Palmer Closson \(American, 1848\-1926\) At the Wood Signed "Closson" l.l. ... | Skinner | $1,422
15. 2009-05-15 | William Baxter Palmer Closson \(American, 1848\-1926\) Hoppity\-Skip Signed "Wm. Baxter Clo... | Skinner | $2,370
16. 2007-08-03 | WILLIAM BAXTER PALMER CLOSSON, American, 1848\-1926, "The Offering"., Oil on canvas, 22" x 27". Framed. | Eldred's | $1,200

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