# William Torgerson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T08:43:58.725Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 32
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2008-01-31
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-07
- Median realised price: $550
- Price range: $225 to $25,000

## Market Takeaway
William Torgerson has 32 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $550. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($550\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($300 to $2,400\) 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: 50% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 41.7% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 8.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $225
- Previous 12 months median: $280
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-07
- Days since latest sale: 154
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 17 lots
- Nye & Company: 4 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 2 lots
- Potomack Company: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- Greenwich Auction: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Hindman: 1 lots
- James D. Julia: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-07 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
2. 2025-07-20 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
3. 2025-06-12 | William Torgerson, Illinois 1833\-1890, Ships in Moonlight, Oil on Canvas | Nye & Company | $225
4. 2025-04-06 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
5. 2025-03-05 | William Torgerson, Illinois 1833\-1890, Ships in Moonlight, Oil on Canvas | Nye & Company | N/A
6. 2025-01-22 | William Torgerson, Illinois 1833\-1890, Ships in Moonlight, Oil on Canvas | Nye & Company | N/A
7. 2025-01-22 | William Torgerson, Illinois 1833\-1890, Clipper Ship at Sunset, Oil on Canvas | Nye & Company | $300
8. 2024-10-27 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $280
9. 2024-03-31 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $550
10. 2024-01-07 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
11. 2023-07-02 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
12. 2023-07-02 | William Torgerson \(Sweden,IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
13. 2023-04-09 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
14. 2023-04-09 | William Torgerson \(Sweden,IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
15. 2023-01-02 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
16. 2023-01-02 | William Torgerson \(Sweden,IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
17. 2022-10-09 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
18. 2022-10-09 | William Torgerson \(Sweden,IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
19. 2022-07-03 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
20. 2022-07-03 | William Torgerson \(Sweden,IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
21. 2022-04-17 | William Torgerson \(IL,1833\-1890\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
22. 2022-03-10 | William Torgerson \(American, 1833\-1890\) Seascape, 1883 | Hindman | $1,000
23. 2021-12-12 | William Torgerson \(1833\-1890\) Swedish/Amer O/C | Sarasota Estate Auction | $400
24. 2020-08-13 | WILLIAM TORGERSON, Illinois, 1833\-1890, Ship under sail in New York Harbor., Oil on canvas, 13.5" x 11.5". Framed 22" x 19.5". | Eldred's | $2,800

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