# William Gilkerson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T17:00:34.847Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 32
- Lots with prices: 23
- First auction date: 2012-10-25
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-23
- Median realised price: $450
- Price range: $30 to $2,800

## Market Takeaway
William Gilkerson has 32 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $450. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. 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 \($450\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($250 to $1,100\) 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: 73.9% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 26.1% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $30
- Previous 12 months median: $375
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-23
- Days since latest sale: 158
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Eldred's: 21 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 3 lots
- Fontaine's Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 2 lots
- PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers: 2 lots
- Sandwich Auction House: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-18 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Canada, 1936\-2015\), Print portfolio "American Whalers in the Western Arctic", 1983., Portfolio 16.25" x 20". | Eldred's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-gilkerson-wisconsin-canada-1936-2015-print-portfolio-american-whalers-in-the-western-arctic-1983-portfolio-16-25-x-20-6311-c-b2f4513a52
2. 2025-11-23 | William Gilkerson \(Wisconsin/Nova Scotia, 1936\-2015\), Jim Vincent's Boat Lost in the Ice, May 1885 | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | N/A
3. 2025-05-14 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Canada, 1936\-2015\), "Whaleman in the Arctic" and "Whaleman Helping his Fellow Ship Mate"., Pencils on paper, 8" x 9" and 9" x 6" sight. Framed 16" x 12" and 14.5" x 14.5". | Sandwich Auction House | N/A
4. 2025-05-14 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Canada, 1936\-2015\), Three sketches and the three\-volume set "American Whalers in the Western Arctic"., Framed 12" x 15". | Sandwich Auction House | $30
5. 2025-03-22 | William Gilkerson \(Wisconsin/Nova Scotia, 1936\-2015\), Jim Vincent's Boat Lost in the Ice, May 1885 | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $375
6. 2025-03-06 | William Gilkerson drafting process | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A
7. 2025-03-06 | Original aquarelle by William Gilkerson | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-original-aquarelle-by-william-gilkerson-131-c-7aa4267b37
8. 2024-09-13 | WILLIAM GILKERSON PRINT PORTFOLIO "AMERICAN WHALERS IN THE WESTERN ARCTIC" Published 1983 16.25" x 20". | Eldred's | N/A
9. 2024-08-21 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Canada, 1936\-2015\), "Whaleman in the Arctic" and "Whaleman Helping his Fellow Ship Mate"., Pencils on paper, 8" x 9" and 9" x 6" sight. Framed 16" x 12" and 14.5" x 14.5". | Eldred's | N/A
10. 2024-08-21 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Canada, 1936\-2015\), Three sketches and the three\-volume set "American Whalers in the Western Arctic"., Framed 12" x 15". | Eldred's | N/A
11. 2023-09-15 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Canada, 1936\-2015\), Two posters, Framed 26.25” x 19.25”. | Eldred's | $200
12. 2023-02-28 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Nova Scotia, 1936\-2015\), Whaler in the Arctic., Pencil on paper, 12" x 9.75" sight. Framed 17.75" x 15.75". | Eldred's | $650
13. 2023-02-28 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Nova Scotia, 1936\-2015\), "Dutch Whaling Flutte from the Kendall Museum's Model ..."., Watercolor on paper, 12.75" x 9". Framed 18.25" x 15.75". | Eldred's | $1,300
14. 2022-09-08 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Nova Scotia, 1936\-2015\), "Taking a Sight"., Pencil on paper, 7" x 4.75" sight. Framed 13" x 10". | Eldred's | $175
15. 2022-09-08 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Nova Scotia, 1936\-2015\), "Setting up Sails in a Whaleboat"., Pencil on paper, 7" x 9" sight. Framed 13" x 15". | Eldred's | $250
16. 2022-03-19 | William Gilkerson, Am./Can. 1936\-2005, In the Heat of Battle, Watercolor on paper, framed under glass, 5" x 8" sight, 13 3/4" x 16 3/4" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $600
17. 2022-03-19 | William Gilkerson, Am./Can. 1936\-2005, "Old Dutch Whaling in the Tropics", Watercolor on paper, framed under glass, 6 1/4" x 8" sight, 15 1/4" x 17 1/2" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $450
18. 2021-11-13 | William Gilkerson, Am./Can. 1936\-2005, At Sea, Watercolor on paper, framed, 6 1/4" x 7 5/8" sight, 12" x 13" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $600
19. 2021-09-09 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Nova Scotia, 1936\-2015\), Seven figural studies featured in Gilkerson's book An Arctic Whaling Sketchbook \(Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 1983\)., Pencils on paper, from 3.5" x 5.5" to 9.5" x 8.75" | Eldred's | $250
20. 2021-04-30 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Nova Scotia, 1936\-2015\), Seven figural studies featured in Gilkerson's book An Arctic Whaling Sketchbook \(Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 1983\)., Pencils on paper, from 3.5" x 5.5" to 9.5" x 8.75" | Eldred's | N/A
21. 2021-04-30 | WILLIAM GILKERSON \(Wisconsin/Nova Scotia, 1936\-2015\), Portrait of an ancient yawl., Watercolor, 23" x 18.5" sight. Framed 31" x 26". | Eldred's | $500
22. 2019-07-25 | WILLIAM GILKERSON, Wisconsin/Nova Scotia, 1936\-2015, Three sketches:, Watercolors on paper, the largest 9" x 6.5" sight. Framed 15.5... | Eldred's | $300
23. 2019-07-25 | WILLIAM GILKERSON, Wisconsin/Nova Scotia, 1936\-2015, Collection of portfolios, prints and posters. | Eldred's | $325 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-gilkerson-wisconsin-nova-scotia-1936-2015-collection-of-portfolios-prints-and-posters-134-c-8d64252855
24. 2018-07-20 | WILLIAM GILKERSON, Wisconsin, b. 1936, "U.S.S. Constitution's last capture \-\- the American schooner H.N. Gambrill, taken off the Ang.. | Eldred's | $2,600

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