# William Eugene Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T23:13:47.383Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 48
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 2011-12-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-18
- Median realised price: $750
- Price range: $5 to $13,750

## Market Takeaway
William Eugene Smith shows developing auction liquidity with 48 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $480 and $1,400.
- 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: 63.2% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 26.3% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 10.5% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $480
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-18
- Days since latest sale: 153
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 18 lots
- Christie's: 6 lots
- Finarte: 6 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 3 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 3 lots
- OstLicht Auctions: 3 lots
- Cambi Casa d'Aste: 2 lots
- Van Ham Kunstauktionen: 2 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 1 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-18 | William Eugene Smith, Fruit Pickers | Santa Fe Art Auction | N/A
2. 2024-10-01 | Juanita and Twigs | Sotheby's | $480
3. 2024-06-05 | WILLIAM EUGENE SMITH \(1918–1978\) | OstLicht Auctions | €1,400
4. 2024-06-05 | WILLIAM EUGENE SMITH \(1918–1978\) | OstLicht Auctions | N/A
5. 2023-12-06 | Eugene Smith \(1918\-1978\), Untitled \[Night view of river, bridges, and city lights\], Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount, Image/Sheet: 10.125" H x 13.125" W; Mount: 20" H x 16" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $6,350
6. 2023-12-05 | Eugene Smith \- Man of Mercy \- Offset Lithograph 19.75" x 27.5" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
7. 2023-06-19 | William Eugene Smith \(1918\-1978\) \- Welsh Miners, 1950 | Finarte | €550
8. 2023-05-30 | Eugene Smith \- A Walk to the Paradise Garden \- 1987 Offset Lithograph 27" x 19" | DUMBO Auctions | $5
9. 2022-11-19 | WILLIAM EUGENE SMITH \(1918–1978\) | OstLicht Auctions | N/A
10. 2022-11-16 | Eugene Smith \(attr.\) \(1918\-1978\) \- Pittsburgh, 1957 | Finarte | €450
11. 2022-04-28 | Eugene Smith \(1918\-1978\) \- Welsh Miners, 1950 | Finarte | N/A
12. 2022-04-28 | Eugene Smith \(1918\-1978\) \- Steel worker, Pittsburgh, 1955 | Finarte | €400
13. 2022-04-28 | Eugene Smith \(1918\-1978\) \- Mental Patient in Trance, Haiti, 1959 | Finarte | €500
14. 2022-04-28 | Eugene Smith \(1918\-1978\) \- View from New York City loft, 1945 | Finarte | €500
15. 2021-09-07 | Eugene Smith \(1918 \-1978\) | Chiswick Auctions | £750
16. 2019-06-06 | William Eugene Smith \(1918\-1978\), | Cambi Casa d'Aste | €1,000
17. 2018-12-05 | Eugene Smith \(1918\-1978\), Senza Titolo | Cambi Casa d'Aste | N/A
18. 2018-12-04 | William Eugene Smith, American 1918\-1978\- Atelier Pittsbo | Roseberys | N/A
19. 2018-02-08 | Eugene Smith \- Man of Mercy | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
20. 2017-05-18 | William Eugene Smith \(1918\-1978\) \- Frank Sinatra, 1947 | Dreweatts 1759 | £620
21. 2017-05-18 | William Eugene Smith \(1918\-1978\) \- Dr. Albert Schweitzer, 1954 | Dreweatts 1759 | N/A
22. 2017-04-07 | WILLIAM EUGENE SMITH \(AMERICAN, 1918\-1978\) MINIMATA: Life \- Sacred And Profane c. 1971 portfolio of 12 reproduction prints | Leonard Joel | N/A
23. 2017-04-07 | WILLIAM EUGENE SMITH \(AMERICAN 1918\-1978\) Mary Martin in South Pacific silver gelatin copy print | Leonard Joel | N/A
24. 2016-12-12 | WILLIAM EUGENE SMITH \(AMERICAN 1918\-1978\) Mary Martin in South Pacific silver gelatin copy print | Leonard Joel | N/A

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