# William Holbrook Beard - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T16:23:04.377Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 68
- Lots with prices: 38
- First auction date: 2001-11-28
- Latest auction date: 2025-02-01
- Median realised price: $6,692
- Price range: $275 to $151,200

## Market Takeaway
William Holbrook Beard shows solid auction liquidity with 68 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,692. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-02-01.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($6,692\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,500 and $15,600.
- 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: 7.9% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 57.9% (22 sales)
- $10,000\+: 34.2% (13 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $2,244
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-02-01
- Days since latest sale: 382
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 9 lots
- Christie's: 7 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 7 lots
- East Coast Books: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 2 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 2 lots
- Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC: 2 lots
- Freeman's: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-01 | William Holbrook Beard \(American, 1824\-1900\), Elf and Fairies | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $5,000
2. 2024-11-19 | William Holbrook Beard \(1824\-1900\) 'Gwine to Eat it All Myself 16 1/4 x 24 1/8 in. \(41.3 x 61.3 cm.\) \(Painted in 1894.\) | Bonhams | N/A
3. 2024-11-12 | William Holbrook Beard \(1824\-1900\), "Deer in a Landscape" | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,244
4. 2024-05-07 | William Holbrook Beard \(1824\-1900\), "A Spiritual Vision," 1896 | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
5. 2023-09-24 | \(2\) William Holbrook Beard \(1824\-1900\) | Helmuth Stone | $10,500
6. 2023-02-19 | A 19TH CEN OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING BY WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD | Helios Auctions | N/A
7. 2023-02-19 | A 19TH CEN OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING BY WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD | Helios Auctions | N/A
8. 2023-01-19 | WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD \(1824\-1900\) Bears Picnic oil on canvas 16 3/8 x 25 3 | Christie's | $151,200
9. 2022-12-04 | William Holbrook Beard \(American, 1825–1900\) The Guardians of the Flag | Freeman's | $50,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-holbrook-beard-american-1825-1900-the-guardians-of-the-flag-6-c-d6042adaba
10. 2022-09-17 | William Holbrook Beard | Brunk Auctions | $7,500
11. 2022-05-31 | William Holbrook Beard \(American, 1824\-1900\) | Material Culture | $1,800
12. 2022-05-17 | WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD \(1823\-1900\) Indian Idyll oil on canvas 18 x 24 in. \( | Christie's | N/A
13. 2022-04-03 | WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD \(AMERICAN, 1824\-1900\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | N/A
14. 2020-12-08 | William Holbrook Beard \(American, 1825–1900\), , Winterscape with Crows | Freeman's \| Hindman | $6,875
15. 2020-10-03 | William Holbrook Beard \(American, 1824\-1900\) Monkeys with Gold Nugget | Cottone Auctions | $6,500
16. 2018-10-27 | William Holbrook Beard, Am. 1824\-1900, "Squirrel and Mice, 1859", Oil on Canvas, 14" x 16" Actual, 21" x 23.75" Framed. | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
17. 2018-06-08 | WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD \(AMERICAN, 1824\-1900\) ON THE WATCH, 1870 CHARCOAL ON PAPE | Heritage Auctions | N/A
18. 2018-05-23 | WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD \| Plundering the Watermelon Patch | Sotheby's | $40,000
19. 2018-03-10 | WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD \(AMERICAN, 1824\-1900\) ON THE WATCH, 1870 CHARCOAL ON PAPE | Heritage Auctions | N/A
20. 2018-01-23 | William Holbrook Beard \(1825\-1900\) American painter | East Coast Books | N/A
21. 2017-11-03 | WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD \(AMERICAN, 1824\-1900\) ON THE WATCH, 1870 CHARCOAL ON PAPE | Heritage Auctions | N/A
22. 2017-11-03 | WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD \(AMERICAN, 1824\-1900\) UNLIKELY FRIENDS OIL ON CANVAS 12 X | Heritage Auctions | $7,500
23. 2017-10-06 | WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD \| The Phantom Crane | Sotheby's | N/A
24. 2017-04-07 | WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD \| Leaving the Inn | Sotheby's | N/A

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