Outgoing (Tybee Island, Georgia), not visibly signed, affadavit of authenticity attached verso signed by Abbott Silva, son of the artist
Oil · Board
Brunk Auctions · May 30, 2025$3,000 ≈ £2,226 ≈ €2,646Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Carmel Shore
William Posey Silva (American, 1859–1948)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $1,000 – $1,500 (≈ £815 – £1,222) (≈ €949 – €1,423)
Offered at Bonhams and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 5 x 7in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- California and Western Art Online (27630)
- Date
- December 2, 2022
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lot
- 72
- Estimate
- $1,000 – $1,500 (≈ £815 – £1,222) (≈ €949 – €1,423)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2021 and 2022 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
Dec 3, 2021 · Bonhams
California and Western Art Online, lot 71
Bought in / unsold · est. $2,000 – $3,000
As catalogued
William Posey Silva, “Carmel Shore”
oil on canvas
5 x 7in
Dec 2, 2022 · Bonhams this result
California and Western Art Online, lot 72
Bought in / unsold · est. $1,000 – $1,500
As catalogued
William Posey Silva, “Carmel Shore”
oil on canvas
5 x 7in
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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