Thomas Hill, View of Yosemite Valley

Thomas Hill

American · 1829–1908 · Painter

Thomas Hill was an American artist of the 19th century. He produced many fine paintings of the Californian landscape, in particular of the Yosemite Valley, as well as the White… (Wikipedia)

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167lots offered2005–2026years recorded88%sold (141)$21.3kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Thomas Hill, Hudson River Valley from the Catskill Mountain House, 1872, oil on canvasHudson River Valley from the Catskill Mountain HouseBonhams · $372,500≈ £290,403≈ €325,982Sign up to see
  2. Thomas Hill, Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point, 1888, oil on canvasYosemite Valley from Inspiration PointBonhams · $336,500≈ £262,337≈ €294,478Sign up to see
  3. Thomas Hill, On the Banks of the Merced River, 1905, oil on canvasOn the Banks of the Merced RiverCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $272,250≈ £211,522≈ €250,691Sign up to see

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Average price
median $21.3kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
141
of 161 offered · 2005–2026
Sell-through
88%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k$100k$1M20082011201420172020202320262005-04-11 · $11,1632005-07-30 · $67,2002005-12-12 · $15,2752005-12-12 · $19,9752006-07-22 · $15,6802006-07-22 · $19,0402006-12-11 · $117,2502006-12-11 · $32,8632006-12-11 · $111,5002006-12-11 · $21,5102007-05-01 · $132,0002007-05-01 · $48,0002007-08-07 · $13,2002007-08-07 · $45,0002007-08-07 · $36,0002007-12-10 · $33,0002008-04-08 · $24,0002008-04-08 · $60,0002008-07-26 · $37,3752008-07-26 · $18,4002008-07-26 · $97,7502008-07-26 · $31,6252008-08-05 · $7,8002008-11-24 · $16,8002008-11-24 · $28,8002008-11-24 · $14,4002009-11-23 · $3,6602010-04-20 · $30,5002010-04-20 · $109,8002010-11-22 · $36,6002011-04-06 · $18,9102011-07-23 · $32,7602011-07-23 · $152,1002012-05-01 · $13,7502012-05-01 · $47,5002012-05-01 · $27,5002012-05-01 · $15,0002012-07-21 · $43,8752012-08-07 · $6,2502012-12-11 · $6,8752013-04-14 · $2,1252013-07-27 · $29,2502013-07-27 · $33,9302013-07-27 · $10,5302013-07-27 · $19,8902013-11-25 · $8,1252014-04-08 · $25,0002014-04-08 · $56,2502014-04-08 · $21,2502014-07-26 · $23,4002014-07-26 · $23,4002014-08-05 · $47,5002014-08-05 · $35,0002014-11-24 · $87,5002015-04-28 · $42,5002015-04-28 · $50,0002015-04-28 · $11,2502015-04-28 · $18,7502015-08-04 · $50,0002016-04-12 · $8,7502016-04-12 · $37,5002016-04-12 · $7,5002016-07-23 · $166,6002016-07-23 · $19,0402016-07-23 · $32,7252016-08-02 · $20,0002016-08-02 · $16,2502016-11-21 · $37,5002016-11-21 · $35,0002017-04-11 · $18,7502017-04-11 · $13,7502017-07-29 · $41,6502017-08-01 · $35,0002017-08-01 · $18,7502017-08-01 · $23,7502017-09-25 · $752017-11-20 · $10,6252018-04-24 · $26,2502018-04-24 · $7,5002018-07-28 · $47,6002018-07-28 · $65,4502018-08-07 · $52,5002018-11-19 · $372,5002018-11-19 · $6,2502018-11-19 · $336,5002018-11-19 · $56,2502018-11-19 · $6,2502019-04-16 · $31,3252019-04-16 · $18,8252019-05-18 · $1,2002019-07-27 · $22,6102019-08-06 · $31,3252019-08-06 · $37,5752019-08-06 · $8,2002019-08-06 · $68,8252019-08-06 · $31,3252020-06-13 · $12,8702020-06-13 · $19,8902020-07-25 · $18,0002020-07-25 · $6,5452021-04-15 · $4252021-04-20 · $14,0252021-04-20 · $6,3752021-04-20 · $14,0252021-08-03 · $60,3132021-08-03 · $17,8132021-11-18 · $250,3132022-04-12 · $6,1202022-04-12 · $6,1202022-04-12 · $6,3752022-06-17 · $36,9002022-07-23 · $16,9402022-07-23 · $21,7802022-08-02 · $12,7502023-04-25 · $7,0132023-04-25 · $31,8752023-04-25 · $12,7502023-05-19 · $11,0002023-07-15 · $24,2002023-07-15 · $3,6302023-07-15 · $14,5202023-07-15 · $15,7302023-08-02 · $15,3602023-11-08 · $14,0802024-04-14 · $4,0952024-04-23 · $12,8002024-05-09 · $8,5002024-07-27 · $19,3602024-07-27 · $272,2502024-08-06 · $5,1202024-08-06 · $5,1202024-10-08 · $10,2402024-10-08 · $28,1602024-10-13 · $5,0002025-04-16 · $11,5202025-07-26 · $169,4002025-07-26 · $157,3002025-07-26 · $169,4002025-11-11 · $4,4802025-11-11 · $24,3202026-07-25 · $90,750
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.

6 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
Paintings15013087%$42.5kSign up$23.4kSign up$373kSign up
Oil15013087%$42.5kSign up$23.4kSign up$373kSign up
Works on paper99100%$9.4kSign up$8.1kSign up$16.3kSign up
Watercolor11100%$6.3kSign up$6.3kSign up$6.3kSign up
Other22100%$25.1kSign up$25.1kSign up$31.3kSign 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$90.8kSign up
202586$90.8kSign up
20241310$9.4kSign up
20231010$14.3kSign up
202287$12.8kSign up
202197$14kSign up
202054$15.4kSign up
2019109$31.3kSign up
20181110$50kSign up
201788$18.8kSign up
20161110$26.4kSign up
201575$42.5kSign up
201488$30kSign up
201386$15.2kSign up
201297$15kSign up
201143$32.8kSign up
201033$36.6kSign up
200911$3.7kSign up
20081010$26.4kSign up
200776$40.5kSign up
200666$27.2kSign up
200544$17.6kSign up

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