# William Kienbusch - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-19T01:45:37.596Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 20
- First auction date: 2012-10-24
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-10
- Median realised price: $1,062
- Price range: $300 to $30,000

## Market Takeaway
William Kienbusch has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,062. 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 \($1,062\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($650 to $3,250\) 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: 40% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 55% (11 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $30,000
- Previous 12 months median: $1,875
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 190
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Barridoff Auctions: 11 lots
- DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers: 3 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 2 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC: 1 lots
- Capo Auction: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots
- STAIR: 1 lots
- Simpson Galleries, LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-10 | William Kienbusch, The Coast of Baker Island | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $30,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-kienbusch-the-coast-of-baker-island-117-c-cb8da3ec39
2. 2025-05-17 | WILLIAM KIENBUSCH \(American 1914\-1980\) "From Baker Island," 1954," 26 3/4 x 38 3/4 in. \(67.9 x 98.4 cm.\), Frame: 28 1/4 x 40 in. \(71.8 x 101.6 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $3,750
3. 2024-11-12 | WILLIAM KIENBUSCH \(1914 \- 1980, AMERICAN\) Tree Out of Ruins, Hurricane Island. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875
4. 2024-05-02 | WILLIAM KIENBUSCH \(1914 \- 1980, AMERICAN\) Abandoned Mill. | Swann Auction Galleries | $687
5. 2024-03-13 | William Kienbusch | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $600
6. 2024-03-13 | William Kienbusch | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $3,250
7. 2023-10-11 | William Kienbusch | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,700
8. 2023-04-01 | William Kienbusch, Am. 1914\-1980, Camp Island \#2, 1951, Casein on paper, framed under glass, 22 1/8" x 29 15/16" actual, 32 1/2" x 40 1/8" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $2,750
9. 2022-12-03 | William Kienbusch, Am. 1914\-1980, Outer Heron Island \#2, 1960, Mixed media on paper, framed under glass, 7 5/8" x 9 1/8" sight, 18" x 18" framed | Barridoff Auctions | $700
10. 2021-05-15 | William Kienbusch, Am. 1914\-1980, Green and Blue, 1976, Crayon or pastel, framed under glass, 10 1/2" x 12" sight, 16 3/4" x 19 3/4" fr | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
11. 2021-02-13 | William Kienbusch, Am. 1914\-1980, Green and Blue, 1976, Crayon or pastel, matted and framed under glass, 10 1/2" x 12" sight, 16 3/4" x | Barridoff Auctions | N/A
12. 2020-11-20 | WILLIAM KIENBUSCH, New York, 1914\-1980, "Two Chairs Summer Garden \#2"., Mixed media on paper, 8" x 9.5". Framed 15" x 16". | Eldred's | $425
13. 2020-07-26 | WILLIAM KIENBUSCH \(AMERICAN, 1914\-1980\) | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $550
14. 2018-01-29 | WILLIAM KIENBUSCH \(1914\-1980\): BLUE GREEN SEA GRASS 2 | STAIR | $700
15. 2018-01-27 | WILLIAM KIENBUSCH \(American, 1914\-1980\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | $300
16. 2017-08-04 | William Kienbusch \- The Garden Gate, Winter 1977 | Barridoff Auctions | $1,000
17. 2016-11-05 | WILLIAM KIENBUSCH \(American, 1914\-1980\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | N/A
18. 2016-10-28 | William Kienbusch | Barridoff Auctions | $1,860
19. 2016-10-28 | William Kienbusch | Barridoff Auctions | $1,062
20. 2016-10-28 | William Kienbusch | Barridoff Auctions | $3,360
21. 2016-05-05 | William Kienbusch | Barridoff Auctions | $4,080
22. 2015-02-28 | William Kienbusch \(American, 1914\-1980\) | Capo Auction | $650
23. 2013-04-24 | William Kienbusch \- Blue Ocean, Sea Grass | Barridoff Auctions | $6,480
24. 2012-10-24 | William Kienbusch \- 'Black Spruce' | Barridoff Auctions | N/A

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