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13 results on record
55% sell-through
$408 median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$9,375 record in our coverage
Drawn from 13 recorded results
(8 sold · 5 passed) across 3 auction houses, 2009–2026.
What we cover
Median sold price by year
typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer
method
· log scale
$4.9K $9.7K $15K 2015: $9.4K median, 1 sold 2019: $408 median, 1 sold 2022: $400 median, 4 sold 2023: $102 median, 1 sold 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
Medium Results Sell-through Median result (USD)
other
7
40%
$408
Medium is recorded for 7 of
13 results
(54%) — rows above cover
that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with [franklin, Benjamin. 1706-1790.]
Hales, Stephen. 1677-1761. [franklin, Benjamin. 1706-1790.]
$24K $47K $71K 2010: $1.2K median 2012: $875 median 2014: $1.6K median 2015: $11K median 2016: $14K median 2018: $6.2K median 2019: $3.6K median 2021: $88K median 2023: $672 median 2024: $11K median 2026: $1.9K median 2015: $9.4K median 2019: $408 median 2022: $400 median 2023: $102 median 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Metric Hales, Stephen. 1677-1761. [franklin, Benjamin. 1706-1790.]
Median result $408 $2,375
Record price
$9,375
$187,812
Results on record 13 37
Years active at auction
2009–2026
2010–2026
Related artists: [franklin, Benjamin. 1706-1790.] Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad. 1845-1923. Morgagni, Giovanni Battista. 1682-1771. Darwin
Where this artist sells best
House Results Sell-through Median vs. estimate
Heritage Auctions
4
100%
$400
—
Bonhams
6
33%
$255
0.48×
Sotheby's
3
0%
$9,375
0.50×
The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →
Prices realized
13 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule
✓ Includes 5 passed lots
Date Lot Medium vs. estimate Estimate USD Result USD, incl. premium House
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2026·06
Vegetable staticks: Or, an account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables. [with] Statical essays: containing haemastaticks. London: W. & J. Innys, 1727. [with] London: W. Innys, 1733.
$2,500–$3,500
$••,•••
Bonhams
2023·06
Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Staticks; Or, an Account of Some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables. London: W. Innys and R. Manby, 1738-1740.
$200–$300
$••,•••
Bonhams
2022·10
Mix-00 4
Monoprint in colors on wove paper
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$••,•••
Heritage Auctions
2022·10
Mix-00 9
Monoprint in colors on wove paper
—
$••,•••
Heritage Auctions
2022·03
Untitled (Man in a Bathroom Mirror)
Graphite on paper
—
$••,•••
Heritage Auctions
2022·02
Untitled (Man Entering Tub)
Graphite on paper
—
$••,•••
Heritage Auctions
2019·12
hales, stephen | vegetable staticks: or, an account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables: being an essay towards a natural history of vegetation. also, a specimen of an attempt to analyse the air, by a great variety of chymio-statical experiments; which were read at several meetings before the royal society. london, w. & j. innys and t. woodward, 1727
$4,000–$6,000
$••,•••
Sotheby's
2019·03
Haemastatique, ou la statique des animaux. Geneva: Cramer & Freres, 1744.
$400–$600
$••,•••
Bonhams
2019·03
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED. [Teddington, Middlesex] July 6, 1754.
$800–$1,200
$••,•••
Bonhams
2019·03
Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Staticks; Or, An Account of Some Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables. London: W. Innys, T. Woodward, and J. Peele, 1731.
$1,500–$2,500
$••,•••
Bonhams
2019·03
Vegetable Staticks: Or, An Account of some Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables. London: W. & J. Innys and T. Woodward, 1727.
$1,000–$1,500
$••,•••
Bonhams
2015·12
the history of graund amoure an la bel pucell, called the pastime of pleasure, conteyning the knowledge of the seuen sciences, and the course of mans lyfe in this worlde. [london: william copland for richard tottell or john waley], 1555
$12,000–$18,000
$••,•••
Sotheby's
2009·11
description du ventilateur.paris, charles-nicolas poirion, 1744.
$3,462–$5,770
$••,•••
Sotheby's
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