# William Ritschel - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T15:26:40.755Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 106
- Lots with prices: 66
- First auction date: 2001-11-28
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-20
- Median realised price: $5,500
- Price range: $250 to $162,000

## Market Takeaway
William Ritschel shows solid auction liquidity with 106 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-20.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($5,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,434 and $21,600.
- 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: 16.7% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 43.9% (29 sales)
- $10,000\+: 39.4% (26 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $28,000
- Previous 12 months median: $5,397
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-20
- Days since latest sale: 90
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 28 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 26 lots
- Christie's: 10 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 8 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 6 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 6 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- DuMouchelles: 2 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-20 | William Ritschel, The Moonpath | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $48,000
2. 2025-05-06 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\), "Monterey" | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
3. 2025-04-16 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\) Symphony \(La Claire De Lune\) 20 x 24 in. framed 27 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. \(Painted circa 1919 \- 1922. \) | Bonhams | $28,000
4. 2024-12-19 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\) The Opal Sea \(Pacific\) 12 x 16 in. framed 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. | Bonhams | $8,000
5. 2024-12-05 | William Ritschel, oil on canvas, ex museum | Millea Bros Ltd | $1,500
6. 2024-08-06 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\) Purple Tide 36 x 40 in. framed 45 x 49 in. \(Painted circa 1915.\) | Bonhams | $80,000
7. 2024-05-07 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\), "Curling Wave" | John Moran Auctioneers | $5,397
8. 2023-11-14 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\), Bavarian hunter, Oil on canvas laid to canvas, 45" H x 30" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $2,250
9. 2023-11-14 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\), "A Stiff North Wester," Oil on canvas, 30" H x 40" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $16,000
10. 2023-11-14 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\), "Curling Wave," Oil on canvas laid to canvas, 25" H x 30" W | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
11. 2023-09-26 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\) Dutch Landscape Watercolor | Akiba Galleries | N/A
12. 2023-07-13 | William Ritschel \(American, 1864\-1949\) By the River's Edge Oil on canvas laid on | Heritage Auctions | N/A
13. 2022-12-16 | WILLIAM RITSCHEL \(GERMAN \- AMERICAN 1864\-1949\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $700
14. 2022-11-21 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\) Rocky Coastal with Crashing Waves 30 x 40 in. framed 38 x 48 in. \(Painted after 1914.\) | Bonhams | $3,800
15. 2022-04-12 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\) Point Lobos 12 x 16 in. framed 19 x 23 in. | Bonhams | $18,000
16. 2022-03-06 | WILLIAM RITSCHEL \(AMERICAN, 1864\-1949\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | N/A
17. 2021-11-23 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\) Rocky Coastal with Crashing Waves 30 x 40in framed 38 x 48in \(Painted after 1914.\) | Bonhams | N/A
18. 2021-06-09 | William Ritschel, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $850
19. 2021-04-20 | William Ritschel \(1864\-1949\) Grand Marina, Capri 16 x 20in framed 22 x 26in | Bonhams | $12,000
20. 2020-06-14 | WILLIAM RITSCHEL: "MONTEREY GIANTS" | Abell Auction | $4,500
21. 2020-01-05 | William Ritschel \(NY,CA,Germany,1864\-1949\) oil on board | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $1,900
22. 2019-10-20 | WILLIAM RITSCHEL \(1864\-1949\) “WAITING FOR THE TIDE, KATWYK HOLLAND" WATERCOLOR ON PAPER 11.5” X 17.5” | Eden Fine Antiques Galleries LLC | N/A
23. 2019-10-13 | William Ritschel \(NY,CA,Germany,1864\-1949\) oil on board | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
24. 2019-09-12 | William Ritschel \(American, 1864\-1949\) Sails in Venice Watercolor on paperboard | Heritage Auctions | N/A

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