American School

American · 1756–1843

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1,835auction results2004–2026years recorded52%sold (956)$201Sign up free to seemedian price

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American School’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Average price

$782Sign up free to see

median $201free account

High

$105kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

956

of 1,835 offered · 2004–2026

Sell-through

52%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

Showing 575 of 956 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	1250	728	58%	$714Sign up	$250Sign up	$40kSign up
Oil	1204	706	59%	$725Sign up	$250Sign up	$40kSign up
Acrylic	12	6	50%	$219Sign up	$204Sign up	$448Sign up
Mixed media	33	15	45%	$411Sign up	$250Sign up	$2.5kSign up
Works on paper	409	144	35%	$298Sign up	$120Sign up	$5.4kSign up
Watercolor	144	49	34%	$478Sign up	$138Sign up	$5.4kSign up
Gouache	22	12	55%	$246Sign up	$150Sign up	$938Sign up
Pastel	80	29	36%	$236Sign up	$128Sign up	$1.5kSign up
Drawing	115	32	28%	$199Sign up	$70Sign up	$900Sign up
Prints & multiples	72	24	33%	$218Sign up	$70Sign up	$2.1kSign up
Etching	14	5	36%	$507Sign up	$70Sign up	$2.1kSign up
Engraving	6	2	33%	$120Sign up	$120Sign up	$200Sign up
Lithograph	24	6	25%	$77Sign up	$50Sign up	$173Sign up
Woodcut / linocut	9	4	44%	$43Sign up	$45Sign up	$70Sign up
Print (other)	19	7	37%	$259Sign up	$130Sign up	$800Sign up
Photography	24	7	29%	$86Sign up	$50Sign up	$260Sign up
Photograph	24	7	29%	$86Sign up	$50Sign up	$260Sign up
Sculpture	39	29	74%	$1.1kSign up	$275Sign up	$6.5kSign up
Other	41	24	59%	$6.2kSign up	$292Sign up	$105kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	14	8	$725Sign up
2025	184	103	$138Sign up
2024	236	137	$130Sign up
2023	191	98	$196Sign up
2022	189	65	$150Sign up
2021	50	25	$120Sign up
2020	76	46	$169Sign up
2019	42	27	$156Sign up
2018	80	47	$190Sign up
2017	42	28	$222Sign up
2016	61	22	$170Sign up
2015	32	18	$388Sign up
2014	57	29	$400Sign up
2013	74	27	$250Sign up
2012	95	47	$275Sign up
2011	25	12	$463Sign up
2010	60	34	$375Sign up
2009	50	32	$325Sign up
2008	73	41	$275Sign up
2007	99	43	$275Sign up
2006	28	12	$1kSign up
2005	51	37	$590Sign up
2004	26	18	$363Sign up