# William Melton Halsey - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T20:43:34.685Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 43
- Lots with prices: 40
- First auction date: 2003-07-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-21
- Median realised price: $3,000
- Price range: $450 to $42,500

## Market Takeaway
William Melton Halsey has 43 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,000. 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 \($3,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,700 to $5,760\) 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: 7.5% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 80% (32 sales)
- $10,000\+: 12.5% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $4,500
- Previous 12 months median: $10,400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-21
- Days since latest sale: 69
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Charlton Hall: 24 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 7 lots
- Hindman: 4 lots
- Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC: 2 lots
- Charleston Estate Auctions: 1 lots
- Guernsey's: 1 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 1 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-21 | William Melton Halsey \(American 1915 \- 1999\), Abstract Composition with Sun , Oil on canvas, Marked lower left Halsey, verso W.M.Halsey, 29" x 13" canvas | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $4,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-melton-halsey-american-1915-1999-abstract-composition-with-sun-oil-on-canvas-marked-lower-left-halsey-verso-w-m-halsey-29-x-13-canvas-303-c-229c6deb78
2. 2024-11-12 | WILLIAM MELTON HALSEY \(1915 \- 1999, AMERICAN\) Sand Painting VII \- El Kalaa. | Swann Auction Galleries | $10,400
3. 2024-04-05 | William Melton Halsey | Charlton Hall | $6,250
4. 2024-03-08 | William Melton Halsey | Brunk Auctions | $9,000
5. 2024-03-07 | William Melton Halsey \(American, 1915\-1999\) Tourist in Sunlight III, 1977 | Hindman | $3,750
6. 2024-03-07 | William Melton Halsey \(American, 1915\-1999\) Arabesque Codex, 1981 | Hindman | $1,500
7. 2024-03-07 | William Melton Halsey \(American, 1915\-1999\) Thira, 1981 | Hindman | $6,000
8. 2024-03-07 | William Melton Halsey \(American, 1915\-1999\) Floating Forms I, 1988 | Hindman | $2,000
9. 2023-05-19 | William Melton Halsey | Brunk Auctions | $13,000
10. 2023-04-22 | William Melton Halsey \(American, South Carolina, 1915\-1999\), "Inscription" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $6,000
11. 2022-11-12 | William Melton Halsey, Cubist Gouache | Guernsey's | $1,700
12. 2022-04-01 | William Melton Halsey | Charlton Hall | $42,500
13. 2021-11-11 | William Melton Halsey | Brunk Auctions | $28,000
14. 2020-09-12 | William Melton Halsey \(American/South Carolina\) | Neal Auction Company | $3,050
15. 2020-04-02 | William Melton Halsey | Charlton Hall | $5,166
16. 2020-04-02 | William Melton Halsey | Charlton Hall | $4,674
17. 2020-04-02 | William Melton Halsey | Charlton Hall | $4,920
18. 2019-09-27 | William Melton Halsey | Charlton Hall | $1,845
19. 2019-05-30 | William Melton Halsey Original Art | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | N/A
20. 2018-11-15 | William Melton Halsey Original Art | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | N/A
21. 2017-10-26 | William Melton Halsey | Charlton Hall | $2,160
22. 2016-10-23 | WILLIAM MELTON HALSEY 1938 WATERCOLOR QUEEN STREET | Charleston Estate Auctions | $5,000
23. 2016-07-21 | William Melton Halsey | Charlton Hall | $2,880
24. 2016-07-21 | William Melton Halsey | Charlton Hall | $3,000

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