# William Frederick Foster - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T05:11:46.780Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 29
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2003-06-20
- Latest auction date: 2025-04-23
- Median realised price: $1,100
- Price range: $55 to $7,320

## Market Takeaway
William Frederick Foster has 29 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,100. 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 \($1,100\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($500 to $1,952\) 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: 40% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 60% (15 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $550
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-04-23
- Days since latest sale: 458
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Abell Auction: 4 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Neue Auctions: 2 lots
- William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals: 2 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 1 lots
- California Historical Design, Inc: 1 lots
- Cutler Bay Auctions: 1 lots
- Doyle New York: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-23 | William Frederick Foster, American 1883\-1953, Still Life with Mallard and Fruit | Abell Auction | $500
2. 2025-04-11 | William Frederick Foster Oil, Still Life with Squash, Onions and Green Apple | Neue Auctions | $450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-frederick-foster-oil-still-life-with-squash-onions-and-green-apple-170-c-6af48928bf
3. 2025-03-15 | William Frederick Foster \(1883\-1953\): Nude | Abell Auction | $550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-frederick-foster-1883-1953-nude-247-c-b304539906
4. 2025-03-15 | William Frederick Foster \(1883\-1953\): Nude | Abell Auction | $1,300
5. 2025-03-15 | William Frederick Foster \(1883\-1953\): Nude With Cockatoo | Abell Auction | $2,000
6. 2024-06-30 | William Frederick Foster \(1883\-1953\) Painting "Renaissance Girl" c1910s | California Historical Design, Inc | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-frederick-foster-1883-1953-painting-renaissance-girl-c1910s-1286-c-3b34a2cb8a
7. 2024-03-28 | William Frederick Foster ''Portrait of Youth'' Oil | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $375 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-frederick-foster-portrait-of-youth-oil-58-c-24e490699f
8. 2024-03-02 | William Frederick Foster Oil, Still Life with Squash, Onions and Green Apple | Neue Auctions | N/A
9. 2022-09-25 | William Frederick Foster, Woman at Dressing Table | Kaminski Auctions | $400
10. 2022-02-02 | William Frederick Foster \(1883 \- 1953\) American "Bitter Sweet" | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A
11. 2017-11-07 | William Frederick Foster \(AMERICAN, 1883\-1953\) oil on canvas, Still Life, 30 x 30 inches | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | N/A
12. 2017-04-27 | William Frederick Foster, Female Nude Oil Painting | J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC | $1,200
13. 2017-01-24 | William Frederick Foster \(1883\-1953 New York, NY\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,464
14. 2016-06-24 | WILLIAM FREDERICK FOSTER, American, 1883\-1953, Barns in an autumn landscape., Oil on board, 24" x 31". Framed 31" x 38". | Eldred's | $300
15. 2015-02-19 | William Frederick Foster \(American, 1883\-1953\) \- sketch depicting three female nudes, signed 'W.F'., 24cm x 19cm | Ewbank's | £55
16. 2014-09-19 | William Frederick Foster \(American, 1883\-1953\), Portrait of a Seated Woman in a Silk Robe, Signed "Will Foster" u.l., Condition: Craque | Skinner | $2,460
17. 2014-03-25 | William Frederick Foster \(1883\-1953 New York, NY\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,080
18. 2011-08-09 | William Frederick Foster \(American, 1883\-1953\) Portola Festival of 1909, San Francisco 29 3/4 x 24in | Bonhams | $3,050
19. 2010-06-22 | William Frederick Foster, American, 1882\-1953, .Portrait of a Lady., 32" x 37 1/2" framed. Signed lower left. Willliam Frederick Fos... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $1,100
20. 2010-06-22 | William Frederick Foster, American, 1882\-1953, .Portrait of a Lady., 32" x 37 1/2" framed. Signed lower left. Willliam Frederick Fos... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $1,100
21. 2010-04-20 | William Frederick Foster \(American, 1883\-1953\) Nude with fan 21 1/4 x 18 1/4in | Bonhams | $1,952
22. 2010-04-20 | William Frederick Foster \(American, 1883\-1953\) Seated nude with arms folded 26 1/2 x 22 1/2in | Bonhams | $2,440
23. 2009-11-23 | William Frederick Foster \(American, 1883\-1953\) 'Nude with white gloves' 40 x 36in | Bonhams | $5,490
24. 2009-08-03 | William Frederick Foster \(American, 1883\-1953\) Reverie 43 1/2 x 33 3/4in | Bonhams | $7,320

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