# William Franklin Draper - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T15:30:13.905Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 21
- Lots with prices: 18
- First auction date: 2006-05-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-28
- Median realised price: $380
- Price range: $150 to $7,250

## Market Takeaway
William Franklin Draper shows developing auction liquidity with 21 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $380. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($380\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $325 and $1,100.
- 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: 72.2% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 27.8% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $200
- Previous 12 months median: $375
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-28
- Days since latest sale: 113
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- San Rafael Auction Gallery: 4 lots
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 2 lots
- Artemis Gallery: 2 lots
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 2 lots
- James D. Julia: 2 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Curated Gallery Auctions: 1 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- Kaminski Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-28 | William Franklin Draper, Irish Landscape | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,100
2. 2025-06-29 | William Franklin Draper, Mt. Leavenworth with Clouds | Kaminski Auctions | $200
3. 2024-10-06 | William Franklin Draper \(1912\-2003\) Antique American Realist Young Man Portrait Painting | Curated Gallery Auctions | $375
4. 2023-05-13 | William Franklin Draper, Portrait of Dr. Richard E. Winter, Oil on Canvas | RoGallery | N/A
5. 2023-04-20 | WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER \(Massachusetts, 1912\-2003\), Harbor scene., Oil on masonite, 17” x 25”. Framed 21.5” x 29.5”. | Eldred's | $325
6. 2022-04-21 | Exhibited Signed Draper Painting "Fog Bound" ca. 1960s | Artemis Gallery | $650
7. 2022-01-09 | Exhibited Signed Draper Painting "Fog Bound" ca. 1960s | Artemis Gallery | N/A
8. 2020-10-24 | William Franklin Draper \(American, 1912 \- 2003\), portrait of Robert Louis Levy \(1888 \- 1974\), oil on canvas, 1958, signed "Wm. F. Dr... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $150
9. 2018-04-18 | ORIGINAL PORTRAIT OF JOHN F. KENNEDY BY WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $380
10. 2017-12-03 | WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER, MICHENER ILLUSTRATION | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $7,250
11. 2017-10-05 | William Franklin Draper \(1912\- 2003\), CYMBIDIUMS, MORNING LIGHT, 1973, Oil on canvas; signed and dated ‘73 lower right, titled to a piece of the canvas attached to the stretcher, 30" x 25" — 76.2 x 63.5 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
12. 2014-08-02 | WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER \(AMERICAN 1912\-2003\). CAFE SOCIETY. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $3,400
13. 2014-06-07 | William Franklin Draper, Painting, Boats | San Rafael Auction Gallery | $350
14. 2014-06-07 | William Franklin Draper, View from Camellia Garden | San Rafael Auction Gallery | $550
15. 2014-06-07 | William Franklin Draper, "The Home Shoot", Bull Is. | San Rafael Auction Gallery | $325
16. 2014-06-07 | William Franklin Draper, Painting, Cumsey Cove, Bull Is | San Rafael Auction Gallery | $450
17. 2011-12-09 | ORIGINAL PORTRAIT OF JOHN F. KENNEDY BY WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $280
18. 2008-08-28 | WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER \(American 1912\-2003\) | James D. Julia | $2,875
19. 2008-03-02 | William Franklin Draper \(American, 1912\-2003\) | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $375
20. 2006-08-05 | WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER \(AMERICAN 1912\- 2003\). CAFE SOCIETY. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $4,176
21. 2006-05-13 | WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER \(American, 1912\-2003\) PANORAMIC COASTAL SCENE | James D. Julia | $920

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