Harry Roseland, Was It For The Best?

Harry Roseland

American · 1867–1950 · Painter

Harry Herman Roseland was an American painter of genre in the early 20th century. He was known primarily for paintings centered on poor African-Americans. Roseland himself was… (Wikipedia)

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60lots offered2008–2026years recorded67%sold (36)$2.1kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Harry Roseland, The Lucky Card, ca. 1908-1909, oil on canvasThe Lucky Card, ca. 1908-1909Bonhams · $13,750≈ £8,802≈ €10,310Sign up to see
  2. Harry Roseland, The card reader, oil on canvasThe card readerBonhams · $10,838≈ £7,916≈ €8,925Sign up to see
  3. Mother and Child FishingBrunk Auctions · $7,000≈ £5,329≈ €6,310Sign up to see

Harry Roseland’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).

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Average price
median $2.1kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
36
of 54 offered · 2008–2026
Sell-through
67%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k20132015201720192021202320252011-10-03 · $3252011-11-29 · $13,7502014-11-15 · $1,0002015-08-25 · $4,6312015-11-07 · $5002016-02-03 · $5,9252016-02-03 · $5,6282016-05-15 · $2502016-09-25 · $1,5002016-11-05 · $3,5002016-11-12 · $1,7002017-01-08 · $3,0002017-05-21 · $2,6002017-11-14 · $3,7502018-01-07 · $4252018-07-20 · $1,5002018-11-27 · $9382019-11-24 · $1,0002019-12-07 · $8502019-12-07 · $6,0002019-12-07 · $7,0002020-10-11 · $2502021-01-26 · $10,8382021-05-02 · $8502021-05-13 · $2502021-05-21 · $3,7502021-06-09 · $4,3752022-04-27 · $6,8752023-03-07 · $1,6002024-06-27 · $1,1002024-12-05 · $4,2502025-03-13 · $3,0002025-08-17 · $1,6382025-09-28 · $1,2602025-11-14 · $2,8002026-06-30 · $2,926
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.

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

6 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings453067%$3.2kSign up$2.1kSign up$13.8kSign up
Oil453067%$3.2kSign up$2.1kSign up$13.8kSign up
Works on paper6350%$275Sign up$250Sign up$325Sign up
Watercolor4125%$250Sign up$250Sign up$250Sign up
Drawing22100%$288Sign up$288Sign up$325Sign up
Other33100%$4.9kSign up$4.4kSign up$6.9kSign up

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

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202611$2.9kSign up
202574$2.2kSign up
202422$2.7kSign up
202311$1.6kSign up
202211$6.9kSign up
202155$3.8kSign up
202011$250Sign up
201964$3.5kSign up
201863$938Sign up
201733$3kSign up
201676$2.6kSign up
201542$2.6kSign up
201411$1kSign up
201310—Sign up
201152$7kSign up
201010—Sign up
200820—Sign up

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