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Thomas Ball, Unidentified Gentleman

Thomas Ball

American · 1819–1911 · Painter, Sculptor

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10auction results2006–2026years recorded90%sold (9)$12kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Thomas Ball, La Petite Pensée, 1872, marbleLa Petite PenséeBonhams · $23,900≈ £13,705≈ €19,754Sign up to see
  2. Thomas Ball, La Petite Pensée, carved marbleLa Petite PenséeBonhams · $23,750≈ £15,607≈ €22,267Sign up to see
  3. Thomas Ball, La Petite Pensée, marbleLa 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).

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Average price
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median $12kfree account
High
$23.9kSign up free to see
auction record in database
Lots sold
9
of 10 offered · 2006–2026
Sell-through
90%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$3k$10k$32k2009201220152018202120242006-04-10 · $23,9002014-05-21 · $21,2502015-11-18 · $23,7502015-11-18 · $7,5002017-05-20 · $13,0002017-05-20 · $12,0002026-01-29 · $2,1762026-04-12 · $6,5002026-09-23 · $2,600
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.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Sculpture10990%$12.5kSign up$12kSign up$23.9kSign 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
202633$2.6kSign up
201722$12.5kSign up
201610—Sign up
201522$15.6kSign up
201411$21.3kSign up
200611$23.9kSign up

Related artists — American, born 1794–1844