James Earle Fraser, Benjamin Franklin National Memorial

James Earle Fraser

American · 1876–1953 · Sculptor

James Earle Fraser was an American sculptor during the first half of the 20th century. His work is integral to many of Washington, D.C.'s most iconic structures. (Wikipedia)

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21lots offered2007–2026years recorded81%sold (13)$5.4kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. James Earle Fraser, The End of the Trail, bronzeThe End of the TrailCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $921,000≈ £542,147≈ €685,268Sign up to see
  2. James Earle Fraser, The End of the Trail, 1894, bronze with brown patinaThe End of the TrailBonhams · $749,800≈ £561,564≈ €659,281Sign up to see
  3. James Earle Fraser, The End of the Trail, bronzeThe End of the TrailCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $631,000≈ £316,338≈ €401,042Sign up to see

James Earle Fraser’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 $5.4kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
13
of 16 offered · 2007–2026
Sell-through
81%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k$100k$1M2009201120132015201720192021202320252007-11-09 · $3752008-07-26 · $631,0002009-08-03 · $5,7952012-02-02 · $1,4372014-07-26 · $921,0002015-05-21 · $1102019-11-25 · $13,8252022-04-26 · $1,2752022-11-01 · $5,0002023-09-16 · $7,0002025-04-30 · $749,8002025-05-13 · $154
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.

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

5 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
Sculpture151280%$195kSign up$5.4kSign up$921kSign up
Other11100%—Sign up—Sign 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
202610—Sign up
202532$375kSign up
202411—Sign up
202311$7kSign up
202232$3.1kSign up
201911$13.8kSign up
201511$110Sign up
201411$921kSign up
201211$1.4kSign up
200911$5.8kSign up
200811$631kSign up
200711$375Sign up

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