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American · 1857–1907 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 12 of 25 lots (48% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Currier & Ives: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1860s	7	5	$625Sign up	Lithograph
1870s	2	2	$891Sign up	Lithograph
1880s	3	3	$250Sign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1860s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $625Sign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 27 in (47 × 69 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (7)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1867 'Low Water' in the Mississippi (G. 4149; C. 3824)$625Sign up
1867 Home from the Woods: The Successful Sportsmen (G. 3092)Unsold
1868 Publisher$300Sign up
1868 'High Water' in the Mississippi (G. 3057; C. 2819)$625Sign up
1869 Publishers$500Sign up
1869 Early Winter$4kSign up
1869 American Choice FruitsUnsold

1870s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $891Sign up
Average: $891Sign up
Typical size: 12 × 18.5 in (31 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2)
Subjects: —

1870 Publishers$1.4kSign up
1871 Burning of Chicago$381Sign up

1880s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $250Sign up
Average: $338Sign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 22.5 in (52 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Boats (1)

1884 Publisher$700Sign up
1885 Publisher$250Sign up
1887 Burning of the Inman Line Steam Ship City of Montreal, 1887$63Sign up

Creation date not recorded

13 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $850Sign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 14.5 in (21 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (3), Other (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

sold 2015 American Winter Scene: Evening (G. 221; C. 207)$1.5kSign up
sold 2016 The Notch House, White Mountain, New HampshireUnsold
sold 2016 The Sleigh Race$1kSign up
sold 2019 PublishersUnsold
sold 2019 The Narrows, New York Bay$50Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

Sold: 6 of 8
Median: $175Sign up
Average: $518Sign up
Typical size: 19 × 26.5 in (48 × 68 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (6), Other (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2020 Bombardment and Capture of Fort Fisher, N.C. Jany. 15th 1865$50Sign up
sold 2021 The Bombardment and Capture of Fort Fisher, N.C. January 15th 1865$98Sign up
sold 2021 Burning of the Steamship Golden Gate July 27. 1862.$98Sign up
sold 2021 COLORResult not published
sold 2022 Collection of 3 lithographs: The Last Shot; Life on the Prairie; The Surprise$1.2kSign up
sold 2023 Hiawatha's Wooing (Conningham 2809)Unsold

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sold 2023 Untitled$252Sign up
sold 2026 Camping in the Woods: "A Good Time Coming"$1.4kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Currier & Ives auction results →