# William Sylvester Carter - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T10:20:32.516Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 55
- Lots with prices: 39
- First auction date: 2008-12-07
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-18
- Median realised price: $1,400
- Price range: $200 to $11,250

## Market Takeaway
William Sylvester Carter shows solid auction liquidity with 55 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,400\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $750 and $3,000.
- 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: 33.3% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 64.1% (25 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.6% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $450
- Previous 12 months median: $2,600
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-18
- Days since latest sale: 123
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Black Art Auction: 18 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 12 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 8 lots
- Ashcroft and Moore: 4 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Revere Auctions: 2 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots
- Kaminski Auctions: 1 lots
- Leland Little Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-07-14 | William Sylvester Carter, Lady Standing | Wright | $1,500
2. 2025-10-18 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, untitled | Black Art Auction | $900
3. 2025-10-18 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, Katherine Dunham | Black Art Auction | $400
4. 2025-10-18 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, The Village | Black Art Auction | $3,000
5. 2025-08-07 | William Sylvester Carter, American/Illinois 1909\-1996, “Still Life with Fruit and Vase of Flowers”, oil on canvas | Neal Auction Company | $341
6. 2025-06-14 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, untitled, Still life of Carnations | Black Art Auction | N/A
7. 2025-03-15 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, Dancers | Black Art Auction | $450
8. 2024-12-14 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, untitled, Couple | Black Art Auction | N/A
9. 2024-12-14 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, Chicago Street Scene | Black Art Auction | $2,600
10. 2024-11-10 | William Sylvester Carter \(American, 1909\-1996\) Oil on Masonite | Leonard Auction | $1,900
11. 2024-04-04 | WILLIAM SYLVESTER CARTER \(1909 \- 1986\) Untitled \(Portrait of a Man\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,000
12. 2024-02-22 | WILLIAM SYLVESTER CARTER, WC, RECLINING NUDE | Ashcroft and Moore | N/A
13. 2024-01-25 | WILLIAM SYLVESTER CARTER, WC, RECLINING NUDE | Ashcroft and Moore | N/A
14. 2024-01-04 | WILLIAM SYLVESTER CARTER, WC, RECLINING NUDE | Ashcroft and Moore | $1,150
15. 2023-12-02 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, Portrait of William McBride, Jr | Black Art Auction | $3,500
16. 2023-11-14 | WILLIAM SYLVESTER CARTER, WC, RECLINING NUDE | Ashcroft and Moore | $1,400
17. 2023-10-19 | WILLIAM SYLVESTER CARTER \(1909 \- 1986\) Untitled \(Flowers\) | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,625
18. 2023-10-19 | WILLIAM SYLVESTER CARTER \(1909 \- 1986\) Untitled \(Portrait of a Woman\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $11,250
19. 2023-07-26 | William Sylvester Carter, Landscape | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $300
20. 2023-05-20 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, Faces | Black Art Auction | $1,400
21. 2023-05-20 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, untitled, abstract | Black Art Auction | $1,100
22. 2022-11-19 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, Head | Black Art Auction | $350
23. 2022-11-19 | William Sylvester Carter, 1909\-1996, untitled, Figure in Repose | Black Art Auction | N/A
24. 2022-06-17 | William Sylvester Carter \(American, 1909\-1996\), "The Family" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $475

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