Thomas Ball
American · 1819–1911 · Painter, Sculptor
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Record prices
La Petite PenséeBonhams · $23,900≈ £13,705≈ €19,754Sign up to see
La Petite PenséeBonhams · $23,750≈ £15,607≈ €22,267Sign up to see
La Petite PenséeBonhams · $21,250≈ £12,577≈ €15,538Sign up to see
Thomas Ball’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).
Lot images as published by each auction house (10 lots with an image). Images from houses that reserve their photographs are shown as small thumbnails linking to the house’s site.
Brunk Auctions · Sep 23, 2026
$2,600Sign up free to see
Clarke Auction Gallery · Apr 12, 2026
$6,500Sign up free to see
Bonhams · Jan 29, 2026
$2,176Sign up free to see
Brunk Auctions · May 20, 2017
$13,000Sign up free to see
Brunk Auctions · May 20, 2017
$12,000Sign up free to see
Bonhams · Nov 18, 2015
$23,750Sign up free to see
Bonhams · Nov 18, 2015
$7,500Sign up free to see
Bonhams · May 21, 2014
$21,250Sign up free to see
Bonhams · Apr 10, 2006
$23,900Sign up free to see
Bonhams · May 18, 2016
Works in museum collections
Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Enrique Foster Gittes, 1978 — Open Ac…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Crawford, 1978…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. William Couper, 1913 — Open Acce…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Charles A. Van Rensselaer III, in mem…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Thomas Kensett, by exchange, 1969 — O…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1995 — Open Access (CC0)
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC BY 2.0 · Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Daderot, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
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Museum of Fine Arts Boston ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
CC0 · Thomas Ball, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
CC0 · Thomas Ball, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
CC0 · Thomas Ball, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray — public domain (CC0)
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Roger McCormick Fund — public domain (CC0)