# William Verplanck Birney - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T17:38:00.467Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 40
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2003-03-07
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-09
- Median realised price: $2,468
- Price range: $125 to $28,125

## Market Takeaway
William Verplanck Birney has 40 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,468. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($2,468\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($800 to $5,625\) 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: 32% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 56% (14 sales)
- $10,000\+: 12% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $8,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-09
- Days since latest sale: 237
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Clars Auctions: 4 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 3 lots
- Skinner: 3 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Morphy Auctions: 2 lots
- STAIR: 2 lots
- A.B.Levy’s Palm Beach: 1 lots
- Alex Cooper: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-09 | William Verplanck Birney \(American, 1850\-1919\), A Pause in the Music, oil on canvas, signed Wm Verplanck Birney and dated 92 on uppe... | Clars Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-verplanck-birney-american-1850-1919-a-pause-in-the-music-oil-on-canvas-signed-wm-verplanck-birney-and-dated-92-on-uppe-1526-c-bac40868d3
2. 2025-06-10 | William Verplanck Birney \(American, 1850\-1919\), A Pause in the Music, oil on canvas, signed Wm Verplanck Birney and dated 92 on uppe... | Clars Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-verplanck-birney-american-1850-1919-a-pause-in-the-music-oil-on-canvas-signed-wm-verplanck-birney-and-dated-92-on-uppe-1096-c-8b34e71970
3. 2025-04-03 | William Verplanck Birney \(American, 1850\-1919\), A Pause in the Music, oil on canvas, signed Wm Verplanck Birney and dated 92 on uppe... | Clars Auctions | $8,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-verplanck-birney-american-1850-1919-a-pause-in-the-music-oil-on-canvas-signed-wm-verplanck-birney-and-dated-92-on-uppe-3591-c-7cf431ca82
4. 2024-08-26 | William Verplanck Birney \(American, 1850\-1919\), A Pause in the Music, oil on canvas, signed 'Wm Verplanck Birney' and dated 92 on up. | Clars Auctions | N/A
5. 2022-02-16 | William Verplanck Birney \(American/Ohio, 1858\) | Neal Auction Company | $125
6. 2022-01-27 | WILLIAM VERPLANCK BIRNEY \(New York/Ohio, 1858\-1909\), A young girl sitting in a sunlit doorway., Oil on canvas, 16" x 12". Framed 26" x 22". | Eldred's | $3,500
7. 2021-11-14 | William Verplanck Birney \(American, 1858\-1909\) Oil on Canvas | Leonard Auction | $700
8. 2021-11-14 | William Verplanck Birney \(NY, Ohio, 1858 \- 1909\) | Helmuth Stone | $750
9. 2021-05-13 | William Verplanck Birney \(American, 1858\-1909\) | Cowan's Auctions | $500
10. 2020-07-31 | William Verplanck Birney \(American, 1850–1919\), , A Break from Child's Play | Freeman's \| Hindman | $1,875
11. 2020-04-05 | William Verplanck Birney \- Young Girl Resting | Westchester Fine Art | N/A
12. 2020-03-21 | William Verplanck Birney Oil, Gentleman with Pipe | Circle Auction | $325
13. 2018-03-03 | William Verplanck Birney \(NY/OH, 1858\-1909\), After the Hunt | Leland Little Auctions | $800
14. 2016-04-30 | WILLIAM VERPLANCK BIRNEY \(1858\-1909\): AT HIS EASE | STAIR | $800
15. 2015-10-19 | WILLIAM VERPLANCK BIRNEY \| At His Ease | Sotheby's | N/A
16. 2015-10-02 | WILLIAM VERPLANCK BIRNEY \| A Pause in the Music | Sotheby's | $8,125
17. 2014-10-26 | WILLIAM VERPLANCK BIRNEY \(AMERICAN, 1858\-1909\) | A.B.Levy’s Palm Beach | N/A
18. 2014-05-18 | WILLIAM VERPLANCK BIRNEY \(1858\-1909\): THOUGHTS OF THE HUNT | STAIR | $3,000
19. 2014-03-23 | WILLIAM VERPLANCK BIRNEY \(AMERICAN 1858\-1909\). THE CONVERSATION. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | N/A
20. 2014-03-15 | Attributed to William Verplanck Birney | Brunk Auctions | N/A
21. 2013-11-02 | William Verplanck Birney Oil on Canvas. | Morphy Auctions | N/A
22. 2013-11-01 | William Verplanck Birney Oil on Canvas. | Morphy Auctions | N/A
23. 2012-09-15 | William Verplanck Birney | Brunk Auctions | $3,186
24. 2012-06-02 | William Verplanck Birney \(Am 1850\-1919\) signed oil on canvas "Smoking by the Hearth" interior genre scene 25x18" | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,200

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