# William Henry Cotton - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T12:13:38.426Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 15
- Lots with prices: 8
- First auction date: 2002-12-10
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-20
- Median realised price: $1,600
- Price range: $200 to $18,000

## Market Takeaway
William Henry Cotton has 15 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,600. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($1,600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($325 to $3,000\) 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: 25% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 62.5% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 12.5% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $325
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-20
- Days since latest sale: 70
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Clarke Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Morphy Auctions: 2 lots
- Charlton Hall: 1 lots
- Doyle New York: 1 lots
- Kaminski Auctions: 1 lots
- Potomack Company: 1 lots
- STAIR: 1 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- The Cobbs: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-20 | WILLIAM HENRY COTTON \(NY/NJ, 1880\-1958\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $325 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-henry-cotton-ny-nj-1880-1958-1163-c-81655c5324
2. 2022-12-18 | WILLIAM HENRY COTTON \(AMERICAN, 1880\-1958\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | N/A
3. 2022-12-18 | WILLIAM HENRY COTTON \(AMERICAN, 1880\-1958\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $200
4. 2022-12-15 | WILLIAM HENRY COTTON \(1880\-1958\) \(THE NEW YORKER\) Spring Fairy Running the Red Light. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
5. 2017-04-22 | WILLIAM HENRY COTTON \(1880\-1985\): PORTRAIT OF A LADY | STAIR | $1,600
6. 2015-11-21 | WILLIAM HENRY COTTON \(AMERICAN, 1880\-1958\) MOTHER AND CHILD, 1911 Oil on canvas: 30 1/2 x 25 in. | Potomack Company | $18,000
7. 2013-11-02 | William Henry Cotton Oil on Canvas. | Morphy Auctions | N/A
8. 2013-11-01 | William Henry Cotton Oil on Canvas. | Morphy Auctions | N/A
9. 2013-07-06 | William Henry Cotton painting. | The Cobbs | $1,440
10. 2012-08-02 | WILLIAM HENRY COTTON, American, 1880\-1958, Portrait of a young woman., Oil on canvas, 28" x 28". Framed. | Eldred's | $3,000
11. 2011-11-19 | WILLIAM HENRY COTTON, American, 1880\-1958, Portrait of a young woman., Oil on canvas, 28" x 28". Framed. | Eldred's | N/A
12. 2009-09-13 | William Henry Cotton | Charlton Hall | $3,105
13. 2007-10-20 | William Henry Cotton \(American, 1880\-1958\), Sonny: | Kaminski Auctions | N/A
14. 2004-05-23 | William Henry Cotton \(American, 1885\-1958\) | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | N/A
15. 2002-12-10 | William Henry Cotton 1885\-1958 SONNY | Doyle New York | N/A

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