Olaf Wieghorst

American · 1899–1988 · Painter, Sculptor

Olaf Wieghorst was a Danish-American painter who specialized in depictions of the American frontier. His art was in the vein of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. In 1992,… (Wikipedia)

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288lots offered1997–2026years recorded93%sold (255)$10.6kSign up free to seemedian price

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Olaf Wieghorst’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

$17.3kSign up free to see

median $10.6kfree account

High

$190kSign up free to see

auction record in database

Lots sold

255

of 275 offered · 1997–2026

Sell-through

93%

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.

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

13 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.

1 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	184	172	93%	$23.3kSign up	$19kSign up	$190kSign up
Oil	172	160	93%	$24.5kSign up	$20.5kSign up	$190kSign up
Mixed media	12	12	100%	$7.4kSign up	$3.8kSign up	$27kSign up
Works on paper	87	79	91%	$4.9kSign up	$4kSign up	$38kSign up
Watercolor	53	49	92%	$3.7kSign up	$3.8kSign up	$7.6kSign up
Gouache	6	5	83%	$4.7kSign up	$4kSign up	$7kSign up
Drawing	10	8	80%	$2.1kSign up	$1.4kSign up	$5.5kSign up
Prints & multiples	2	2	100%	$2.2kSign up	$2.2kSign up	$2.2kSign up
Etching	2	2	100%	$2.2kSign up	$2.2kSign up	$2.2kSign up
Sculpture	1	1	100%	$10.6kSign up	$10.6kSign up	$10.6kSign up
Other	1	1	100%	$1.2kSign up	$1.2kSign up	$1.2kSign 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	27	27	$4.2kSign up
2025	14	13	$6.4kSign up
2024	9	9	$18.1kSign up
2023	18	17	$4.4kSign up
2022	17	15	$12.9kSign up
2021	26	26	$13.1kSign up
2020	13	11	$15.5kSign up
2019	35	32	$11.6kSign up
2018	18	15	$8.3kSign up
2017	21	20	$10.5kSign up
2016	12	8	$21.5kSign up
2015	5	5	$29.3kSign up
2014	3	3	$14kSign up
2013	9	9	$9.4kSign up
2012	6	6	$17kSign up
2011	4	4	$24.3kSign up
2010	7	6	$3.9kSign up
2009	2	2	$5.8kSign up
2008	10	8	$36.7kSign up
2007	8	8	$26.8kSign up
2006	3	3	$25.2kSign up
2005	6	6	$10.4kSign up
2003	1	1	$2.9kSign up
1997	1	1	—Sign up