# William J. Potter - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T07:10:16.751Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 22
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 2002-05-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-07
- Median realised price: $450
- Price range: $80 to $2,800

## Market Takeaway
William J. Potter has 22 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 \($225 to $800\) 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: 78.9% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 21.1% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $300
- Previous 12 months median: $225
- Median shift: 33.3%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-07
- Days since latest sale: 144
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC: 4 lots
- Eldred's: 4 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Waddington's: 2 lots
- Elder's Fine Art & Antiques: 1 lots
- STAIR: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-07 | WILLIAM J. POTTER \(1883 \- 1964\) | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $80
2. 2025-12-07 | WILLIAM J. POTTER \(1883 \- 1964\) | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $300
3. 2025-12-07 | WILLIAM J. POTTER \(American, 1883\-1964\) | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $650
4. 2025-12-07 | WILLIAM J. POTTER \(American, 1883\-1964\) | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $650
5. 2024-10-15 | William J. Potter, oil on panel | Millea Bros Ltd | $225
6. 2024-06-18 | WILLIAM J. POTTER \(Connecticut/Pennsylvania, 1883\-1964\), Coastal landscape., Oil on board, 8" x 10". Framed 13.75" x 15.75". | Eldred's | $800
7. 2023-05-24 | WILLIAM J. POTTER | South Bay Auctions Inc | $650
8. 2023-02-03 | WILLIAM J. POTTER \(Connecticut/Pennsylvania, 1883\-1964\), “Old Houses, Honfleur, France”., Oil on canvas laid on board, 16” x 13”. Framed 22.5” x 19.5”. | Eldred's | $450
9. 2020-09-19 | William J. Potter \(American 1883\-1964\) Oil on Canvas | Elder's Fine Art & Antiques | $200
10. 2020-09-09 | William J. Potter, oil on panel | Millea Bros Ltd | $300
11. 2019-11-21 | William J. Potter, oil on panel | Millea Bros Ltd | $400
12. 2019-03-20 | William J. Potter \(American, 1883\-1964\) The Cornish coast | Bonhams | N/A
13. 2017-08-09 | WILLIAM J. POTTER, Connecticut/Pennsylvania, 1883\-1964, "San Marco, Venice 1925"., Oil on canvas, 24" x 20". Unframed. | Eldred's | $120
14. 2013-02-17 | WILLIAM J. POTTER \(Connecticut, 1883\-1964\). ST. JOHN'S WELL, VILLENEUVE, FRANCE, 1912, signed lower right and titled on label on verso | Sloans & Kenyon | $2,200
15. 2012-11-17 | WILLIAM J. POTTER, American, 1883\-1964, "Harborview, Gloucester"., Oil on canvas laid on board, 12" x 14". Framed. | Eldred's | $1,300
16. 2010-05-27 | WILLIAM J. POTTER \(1883\-1964\) AMERICAN COASTAL | Waddington's | CA$120
17. 2010-05-27 | WILLIAM J. POTTER \(1883\-1964\) AMERICAN COASTAL | Waddington's | CA$288
18. 2010-03-07 | William J. Potter \(American, 1883\-1964\) | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $2,800
19. 2009-03-08 | William J. Potter \(American, 1883\-1964\) | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2009-02-22 | William J. Potter \(American, 1883\-1964\) Annisquam Wharf, Massachusetts 25 x 30in | Bonhams | $793
21. 2006-04-22 | WILLIAM J. POTTER \(1883\-1964\): STILL LIFE WITH FLOWERS | STAIR | $1,500
22. 2002-05-10 | William J. Potter \(American, 1883\-1964\), Docked, Signed ""W.J.POTTER"" l.r., Condition: Minor scattered retouch, craquelure., Oil on ca | Skinner | N/A

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