William Hahn, Sacramento Railroad Station

William Hahn

1829–1887

William Hahn, was a German painter active in the United States known for his genre paintings of California. Born in Ebersbach, Saxony, he trained at the Dresden Academy of Fine… (Wikipedia)

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24auction results2005–2025years recorded75%sold (18)$10.7kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. William Hahn, The Return Trip from Glacier Point, 1874, oil on canvasThe Return Trip from Glacier PointBonhams · $250,000≈ £194,901≈ €218,780Sign up to see
  2. William Hahn, Going Home (Pioneers Braving a Storm), 1878, oil on canvasGoing Home (Pioneers Braving a Storm)Bonhams · $127,250≈ £71,145≈ €102,870Sign up to see
  3. William Hahn, David Jacks on Horseback (Monterey Peninsula), oil on canvasDavid Jacks on Horseback (Monterey Peninsula)Bonhams · $53,760≈ £42,640≈ €51,717Sign up to see

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Average price
median $10.7kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
18
of 24 offered · 2005–2025
Sell-through
75%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$10k$100k2008201120142017202020232005-04-11 · $26,4382005-08-08 · $127,2502005-12-12 · $3,8192006-12-11 · $16,7302008-11-24 · $10,2002009-07-25 · $17,2502010-04-20 · $23,1802010-08-17 · $4,8802011-11-21 · $11,2502012-09-23 · $8752013-07-27 · $35,1002015-04-28 · $6,8752018-11-19 · $250,0002018-11-19 · $9,3752019-03-23 · $2,6002022-02-26 · $1,1222024-12-19 · $53,7602025-03-08 · $1,629
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
Paintings241875%$33.5kSign up$10.7kSign up$250kSign up
Oil241875%$33.5kSign up$10.7kSign up$250kSign 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
202511$1.6kSign up
202421$53.8kSign up
202211$1.1kSign up
202110—Sign up
201911$2.6kSign up
201832$130kSign up
201511$6.9kSign up
201311$35.1kSign up
201211$875Sign up
201111$11.3kSign up
201032$14kSign up
200921$17.3kSign up
200811$10.2kSign up
200621$16.7kSign up
200533$26.4kSign up

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