# William Lester - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T00:29:32.904Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 15
- Lots with prices: 7
- First auction date: 2006-12-02
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-16
- Median realised price: $5,500
- Price range: $1,000 to $19,120

## Market Takeaway
William Lester has 15 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. 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 \($5,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,500 to $14,340\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 71.4% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 28.6% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $3,500
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-16
- Days since latest sale: 104
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 6 lots
- Dallas Fine Art Auction: 5 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Armstrong Fine Art: 1 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-16 | WILLIAM LESTER \(TEXAS, 1910\-1991\) LITHOGRAPH, MOUNTAIN RIVER | Austin Auction Gallery | $3,500
2. 2024-07-20 | William Lester STEVENS: "Covered Bridge" | Armstrong Fine Art | N/A
3. 2023-04-22 | William Lester \(American/Texas, 1910\-1991\), "Untitled" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $1,000
4. 2022-12-04 | William Lester \(American/Texas, 1910\-1991\), "Untitled" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $1,500
5. 2012-01-28 | William Lester \(1910\-1991\), "Green Cliff" oil on | Dallas Fine Art Auction | $6,572
6. 2012-01-28 | William Lester \(1910\-1991\), "Mesquite Tree" oil | Dallas Fine Art Auction | $14,340
7. 2012-01-28 | William Lester \(1910\-1991\), "Untitled" oil on | Dallas Fine Art Auction | $19,120
8. 2011-01-29 | William Lester \(1910\-1991\), "The Fencemaker" 1941 | Dallas Fine Art Auction | $5,500
9. 2011-01-29 | William Lester \(1910\-1991\) "Birds & Old House" | Dallas Fine Art Auction | N/A
10. 2010-05-15 | Untitled | Heritage Auctions | N/A
11. 2006-12-02 | WILLIAM LESTER \(1910\-1991\) | Heritage Auctions | N/A
12. 2006-12-02 | WILLIAM LESTER \(1910\-1991\) | Heritage Auctions | N/A
13. 2006-12-02 | WILLIAM LESTER \(1910\-1991\) | Heritage Auctions | N/A
14. 2006-12-02 | WILLIAM LESTER \(1910\-1991\) | Heritage Auctions | N/A
15. 2006-12-02 | WILLIAM LESTER \(1910\-1991\) | Heritage Auctions | N/A

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