# William G. Yorke - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T10:08:38.963Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 7
- Lots with prices: 5
- First auction date: 2000-08-19
- Latest auction date: 2021-04-29
- Median realised price: $12,000
- Price range: $2,500 to $16,800

## Market Takeaway
William G. Yorke has 7 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $12,000. 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 \($12,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($2,800 to $14,100\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 60% (3 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: 2021-04-29
- Days since latest sale: 1,853
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2003-02-23 | William G. Yorke \(New Brunswick, Anglo/American, 1817\-c. 1888\) Portrait of the Cutter Melvina in | Skinner | $14,100
2. 2021-04-29 | WILLIAM G. YORKE \(New York/Canada/England, 1817\-c. 1888\), Gaff cutter Julia G. ., Oil on canvas, 22.25" x 26.25". Framed 29" x 33". | Eldred's | N/A
3. 2020-06-11 | WILLIAM G. YORKE, New York/England/Canada, 1817\-1892, Capture of the frigate U.S.S. President, January 15, 1815., Oil on canvas, 28"... | Eldred's | $2,800
4. 2016-02-13 | WILLIAM G. YORKE \(US/UK, 1817\-1892\) \- Gaff Rigged Sloop "Julia G.", 19th c, oil on canvas, in the original water gilt cove molded frame, OS: 29" x 34", SS: 21 1/4" x 26 1/4". Cleaned and relined, retouched, repaired L... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
5. 2006-01-20 | WILLIAM G. YORKE 1817\-CIRCA 1888 | Sotheby's | $16,800
6. 2000-08-19 | WILLIAM G. YORKE \(ANGLO/AMERICAN 1817\-C.1892\). AMERICAN ONE\-MASTED SLOOP JULIA G. Signed l.l., oil on canvas. 22 x 26 inches. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $12,000
7. 2000-08-19 | WILLIAM G. YORKE \(ANGLO/AMERICAN 1817\-C.1892\). A MERCHANT SHIP IN A TIGHT FIX. Signed l.l., oil on canvas. 19 x 24 inches. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $2,500

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