# William Mortensen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T14:53:13.540Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 42
- Lots with prices: 24
- First auction date: 1993-10-07
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-11
- Median realised price: $1,900
- Price range: $40 to $7,280

## Market Takeaway
William Mortensen shows developing auction liquidity with 38 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,875. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-07-17.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,875\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $550 and $5,000.
- 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: 45% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 55% (11 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $1,900
- Previous 12 months median: $300
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-17
- Days since latest sale: 216
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Be\-Hold: 15 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 1 lots
- Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-11 | Seven on William Mortensen | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $170 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-seven-on-william-mortensen-313-c-cb948a6b51
2. 2025-07-17 | William Mortensen \(American, 1897\-1965\), Torse aka Torso, 1935, silver gelatin print on cream paper, 5 1/8 x 6 1/2in. \(14 x 16 3/4cm.\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $1,900
3. 2024-12-12 | William Mortensen, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $300
4. 2024-10-31 | WILLIAM MORTENSEN \(1897\-1965\) A portfolio entitled "Compositions," with 8 studies of the female form. Circa 1938. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,400
5. 2024-03-16 | WILLIAM MORTENSEN 'FRAGMENT' | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $40
6. 2022-04-14 | WILLIAM MORTENSEN \(1897\-1965\) A selection of 16 photographs from the portfolio Pictorial Photography. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,250
7. 2021-06-10 | William Mortensen, Portfolio with 20 unusually fine “Portfolio” prints, 1940’s. | Be\-Hold | $5,000
8. 2021-06-10 | William Mortensen, Extremely rare volume with scenes from Cecil B. DeMille’s KING OF KINGS, 1927 | Be\-Hold | N/A
9. 2020-10-17 | William Mortensen, "Victoria/Rebecca." | Be\-Hold | N/A
10. 2020-10-17 | William Mortensen, "Siren of the South Pacific." | Be\-Hold | $650
11. 2020-10-17 | William Mortensen, "La Chatte" | Be\-Hold | N/A
12. 2020-10-17 | William Mortensen, "A Tibetan Priest". 1930s | Be\-Hold | N/A
13. 2020-08-08 | William Mortensen \(1897\-1965\) | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | $5,400
14. 2020-07-09 | WILLIAM MORTENSEN: "CIRCE" | Abell Auction | $750
15. 2020-06-26 | William Mortensen, “Dutch Girl.” Textured gelatin silver print, ca 1940 | Be\-Hold | N/A
16. 2020-06-26 | William Mortensen, “Deshabille.” Textured silver print, ca 1940 | Be\-Hold | N/A
17. 2020-06-26 | William Mortensen, “Jeanne Crain.” Gelatin silver print, ca 1950 | Be\-Hold | N/A
18. 2020-06-26 | William Mortensen, “Joan.” Vintage gelatin silver print, ca 1940 | Be\-Hold | N/A
19. 2020-06-26 | William Mortensen, “Johan the Mad.” Vintage textured gelatin silver print, ca 1936 | Be\-Hold | N/A
20. 2020-06-26 | William Mortensen, “Gentleman of Leisure.” Textured gelatin silver print, ca 1940 | Be\-Hold | N/A
21. 2020-06-26 | William Mortensen, “Machiavelli.” Vintage gelatin silver print, ca 1936 | Be\-Hold | N/A
22. 2020-06-26 | William Mortensen, Publicity still for Cecil B. De Mille’s Biblical epic KING OF KINGS. Gelatin silver print, 1927 | Be\-Hold | N/A
23. 2020-02-25 | WILLIAM MORTENSEN \(1897\-1965\) Woman of Arles. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
24. 2016-10-25 | WILLIAM MORTENSEN \(1897\-1965\) A portfolio of 12 plates related to Mortensen's interpretation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,280

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