Elbert Hubbard: career timeline
American · 1856–1915 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 25 of 37 lots (68% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | 7 | $504Sign up | Other |
| 1900s | 12 | 12 | $2.4kSign up | Other |
| 1910s | 6 | 6 | $473Sign up | Other |
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1890s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $504Sign up
- Average
- $1.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 6 in (23 × 15 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (7)
- Subjects
- —
1895 Time & Chance: The Story of John Brown of Osawatomie$189Sign up
1896 The Song of Songs: Which is Solomon's$2.3kSign up
1896 Ruskin and Turner$693Sign up
c. 1896 Little Journeys volumes, twenty-five$504Sign up
1897 Love Ballads$315Sign up
1897 Love Ballads$252Sign up
1898 As it Seems to Me$5.7kSign up
1900s 12 works
- Sold
- 12 of 12
- Median
- $2.4kSign up
- Average
- $2.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 6 in (21 × 15 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (10), Photograph (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (8)
1902 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists, Vols. I and II$315Sign up
c. 1902 Contemplations with Roycroft presentation box$8.2kSign up
1904 The Man of Sorrows$2.3kSign up
c. 1904 The Man of Sorrows$3.3kSign up
1905 The Man of Sorrows$504Sign up
1905 Respectability: Its Rise and Remedy$1.8kSign up
1905 The Man of Sorrows$2.8kSign up
1905 The Man of Sorrows$2.5kSign up
1905 The Man of Sorrows$3.3kSign up
1905 Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women$4kSign up
1908 Books, set of two$63Sign up
1908 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great$189Sign up
1910s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $473Sign up
- Average
- $2.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 7 × 5 in (18 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (6)
- Subjects
- —
1910 The Mintage$378Sign up
1910 The Mintage$441Sign up
1913 The Book of Business$12.6kSign up
1914 Pig-Pen Pete or Some Chums of Mine$945Sign up
1915 Health & Wealth$504Sign up
1916 Little Journeys volumes, fourteen$315Sign up
Creation date not recorded
12 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 2020s 12 works
- Sold
- 10 of 12
- Median
- $315Sign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 6 in (22 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (12)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2023 Author's Edition of The Complete Writings of Elbert HubbardUnsold
sold 2023 The Man of Sorrows, set of two$4.4kSign up
sold 2023 A Message to Garcia (Folio Edition)$5kSign up
sold 2023 Old John Burroughs$3.8kSign up
sold 2023 Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard volumes, fourteen$197Sign up
sold 2023 The Complete Writings of Elbert Hubbard, twenty volumes$655Sign up
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sold 2023 Collection of thirteen books$252Sign up
sold 2023 Little Journey Memorial Edition volumes, fourteen$63Sign up
sold 2023 Little Journeys volumes, twenty-six$63Sign up
sold 2023 Little Journeys volumes, forty-nine$315Sign up
sold 2023 Little Journeys volumes, nineteen$315Sign up
sold 2025 Author's Edition of The Complete Writings of Elbert HubbardUnsold
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 Elbert Hubbard auction results →