Waldo Peirce: career timeline

American · 1884–1970 · Few works by Waldo Peirce have a recorded creation date (14 of 75), so works are grouped by the decade they were sold, not made. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Waldo Peirce: works at auction by decade the work was sold (creation dates are not recorded for most of these works). Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade sold	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
2000s	10	9	$1kSign up	Oil
2010s	50	47	$2kSign up	Oil
2020s	15	9	$1.1kSign up	Oil

Sold in the 2000s 10 works

Sold: 9 of 10
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Oil (6), Print (other) (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2), Figures & portraits (1), Harbours & ports (1)

sold 2003 Children at Bath$230Sign up
sold 2003 The Lady of the Sea$2.1kSign up
sold 2003 Father in His Temple$2.3kSign up
sold 2004 Self Portrait$4.6kSign up
sold 2004 The Old Witch Doctor$1.7kSign up
sold 2004 The Old Witch DoctorUnsold
sold 2006 Train Next to Dock$402Sign up
sold 2007 Maine Coast$1kSign up
sold 2009 The Sailor Dance$345Sign up
1923 Old Jim, 1923$575Sign up

Sold in the 2010s 50 works

Sold: 47 of 50
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $3.2kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 24 in (51 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (40), Watercolor (9), Other (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (4), Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (2)

sold 2013 Circus at Searsport$10.1kSign up
sold 2013 Dead Quail$829Sign up
sold 2013 Clamdigging$829Sign up
sold 2013 Osgood Nickerson at the Wheel$770Sign up
sold 2013 Philip and Sally 37$948Sign up
sold 2013 Boats at Dry Dock$972Sign up
sold 2013 Potted Plant of Red and White Flowers$1.1kSign up
sold 2013 Woodcocks – Shot by Robert Weston$1.5kSign up
sold 2013 Mussels$948Sign up
sold 2013 Gunslinger and Floozy in Saloon$7.1kSign up
sold 2013 Robert Weston Hunting with His Dog$4.7kSign up
sold 2013 The Osgood Nickerson Family Home, Castine, Me$4.1kSign up

Show 12 more (2010s)

sold 2015 Rams Skull by the Sea$592Sign up
sold 2015 Oxen, Spain” and “Spanish Shepherds$1.7kSign up
sold 2015 Bather by the Sea” and “Horses by the Sea$1.5kSign up
sold 2015 Woman Knitting$2.7kSign up
sold 2015 Bull in Springtime$3.4kSign up
sold 2015 Sirens of Searsport$8.9kSign up
sold 2015 Masterpieces at Wildensteins$5.2kSign up
sold 2015 Goose Pond$1.3kSign up
sold 2015 Tinker Mackerell$1.2kSign up
sold 2015 Feeding the Chickens$9.5kSign up
sold 2015 Portrait of a Woman$1.7kSign up
sold 2015 Asters & Goldenrod$3.7kSign up

…and 26 more works from this group in the full results list.

Sold in the 2020s 15 works

Sold: 9 of 15
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $5.8kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 20.5 in (56 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Oil (11), Watercolor (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1), Beach scenes (1), Butterflies (1)

sold 2020 The Old and Infirm Doctor Carey a l'Armée d'Orient$16.3kSign up
1930 Alzira Peirce (Am. 1908-2010) Group Lot: 1] "Scythe and Axe" 1930 2] Country Side Home, 1931 3] A Village Church SceneResult not published
1967 Seated Bather by the Brook$1.1kSign up
1938 Penobscot Gals$28.1kSign up
1945 Butterfly WeedResult not published
1958 VioletsResult not published
1943 Two Works: 1] Picnic, 1943 2] Girls on a Park Bench, 1943 1-2]Result not published
1956 Sollerod Cemetery, DenmarkResult not published
1962 Bowl of Peppers with Nude Figures in BackgroundResult not published
sold 2024 Little Alzira Reading a Comic$300Sign up
1968 Becky Hypnotized by TV$300Sign up
sold 2024 The Doll; Jonathan and Karen$77Sign up · sold 3×

Show 3 more (2020s)

1946 Untitled (Maine)$264Sign up
sold 2025 The Double Rainbow$2.6kSign up
1969 Autumn Flowers with Pipe$3.5kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Waldo Peirce auction results →