# William Sommer - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T23:13:57.090Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 462
- Lots with prices: 351
- First auction date: 2003-09-12
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-09
- Median realised price: $450
- Price range: $25 to $37,500

## Market Takeaway
William Sommer shows deep auction liquidity with 461 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $450. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-09.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($450\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $190 and $1,200.
- 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: 70.4% (247 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 25.1% (88 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.6% (16 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 26
- Recent 12 months median: $400
- Previous 12 months median: $325
- Median shift: 23.1%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-09
- Days since latest sale: 71
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 256 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 46 lots
- Neue Auctions: 42 lots
- Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques: 33 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 12 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 10 lots
- Myers Fine Art: 6 lots
- James D. Julia: 5 lots
- Amelia Jeffers: 4 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-05 | WILLIAM SOMMER \(1867\-1949\) OIL PAINTING, BRANDYWINE WINTER LANDSCAPE | Austin Auction Gallery | $4,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-sommer-1867-1949-oil-painting-brandywine-winter-landscape-1217-c-f3b432cbcf
2. 2024-06-15 | William Sommer \(1867 \- 1949\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-sommer-1867-1949-american-99-c-d5d41e9a59
3. 2024-04-30 | William Sommer \(1867 \- 1949\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-sommer-1867-1949-american-61-c-3aa46ca935
4. 2023-11-21 | William Sommer \(1867 \- 1949\) American | Cutler Bay Auctions | $450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-sommer-1867-1949-american-37-c-f7348a6980
5. 2014-11-17 | WILLIAM SOMMER \(American, 1867\-1949\) Fauve Landscape an | Heritage Auctions | $37,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-sommer-american-1867-1949-fauve-landscape-an-68014-c-b30429fe4f
6. 2025-12-09 | Watercolor by William Sommer | Caza Sikes | $1,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-watercolor-by-william-sommer-172-c-03207320c0
7. 2025-10-25 | William Sommer \(American, 1867\-1949\) watercolor | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $1,300
8. 2025-10-25 | William Sommer \(American, 1867\-1949\) ink and pastel | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $250
9. 2025-10-25 | William Sommer \(American, 1867\-1949\) crayon and graphite | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $500
10. 2025-10-25 | William Sommer \(American, 1867\-1949\) crayon and graphite | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $275
11. 2025-05-28 | WILLIAM SOMMER WATERCOLOR, HORSES IN FARMYARD. | William Smith Auctions | $400
12. 2025-05-23 | William Sommer Watercolor, Portrait of a Young Woman with Blue Eyes | Neue Auctions | N/A
13. 2025-05-23 | William Sommer Watercolor, Horses Grazing, Brandywine | Neue Auctions | $3,000
14. 2025-05-23 | William Sommer Watercolor, Horse, Brandywine | Neue Auctions | $900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-sommer-watercolor-horse-brandywine-115-c-48445f4938
15. 2025-05-23 | William Sommer Watercolor, Portrait of a Boy with Hands Clasped | Neue Auctions | $250
16. 2025-05-23 | William Sommer Drawing, Standing Female Nude | Neue Auctions | $150
17. 2025-04-06 | WILLIAM SOMMER \(AMERICAN, 1867\-1949\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $150
18. 2025-03-22 | William Sommer \(American, 1869\-1949\) watercolor | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $250
19. 2025-01-31 | William Sommer Watercolor, Portrait of a Boy with Hands Clasped | Neue Auctions | $600
20. 2024-12-04 | William Sommer, 1867\-1949, Portrait of Woman and Child, Mixed Media on Paper | Nye & Company | $175
21. 2024-10-19 | William Sommer \(American, 1867\-1949\) watercolor | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $600
22. 2024-10-19 | William Sommer \(American, 1867\-1949\) watercolor | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $700
23. 2024-10-19 | William Sommer \(American, 1867\-1949\) watercolor and pen and ink | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $325
24. 2024-10-19 | William Sommer \(American, 1867\-1949\) watercolor | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $200

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