Australian/American, 1876–1958
Hayley Lever
156results on record
71%sell-through
$3,119median result (USD, incl. premium; 88% observed, 12% estimated from hammer)
$150,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 156 recorded results (120 sold · 36 passed) across 9 auction houses, 2000–2026. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 88% observed, 12% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.
Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
| Medium | Results | Sell-through | Median result (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| painting | 56 | 62% | $5,250 |
| works on paper | 33 | 73% | $2,151 |
| prints | 4 | 50% | $176 |
Medium is recorded for 93 of 156 results (60%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with William Trost Richards Hayley Lever William Trost Richards
| Metric | Hayley Lever | William Trost Richards |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $3,119 | $17,015 |
| Record price | $150,000 | $520,000 |
| Results on record | 156 | 210 |
| Years active at auction | 2000–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: William Trost RichardsMilton AveryNorman RockwellJohn Marin
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
68/ 100
- Sell-through71%
- Meets estimate49%
- Market depth156 results
How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →
Where this artist sells best
| House | Results | Sell-through | Median | vs. estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Auctions | 46 | 78% | $2,659 | — |
| Bonhams | 24 | 83% | $3,859 | 0.69× |
| Christie's | 18 | 100% | $11,700 | — |
| Sotheby's | 18 | 75% | $20,000 | 1.50× |
| Rago | 19 | 74% | $2,092 | — |
| Cutler Bay Auctions | 26 | 42% | $375 | 0.26× |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 3 | 67% | $5,664 | 1.64× |
| Wright | 1 | 100% | $1,150 | — |
| Lion & Unicorn | 1 | 100% | $562 | 0.36× |
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 156 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 36 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·08 | Oranges in a Blue Bowl 15 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. (38.7 x 100.3 cm.) | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·06 | At Monhegan Island, Maine | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Lower Manhattan | oil on canvas | $15,000–$25,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·11 | Battersea Bridge, London, England 25 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (63.8 x 76.5 cm.) | $7,000–$10,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·10 | Two Works: Beach Scene, Cornwall, 1902 and Beach Scene, 1910 | watercolor and pencil on paper | $1,000–$1,500 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2025·05 | Untitled | $2,500–$3,500 | Rago | |||
| 2025·03 | St Ives harbour, evening light | $5,174–$7,760 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·11 | Untitled | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·08 | "Sailboats in the ... River, Boston 1926" | Graphite on paper | $800–$1,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2024·08 | Cove with Lighthouse | Oil on Panel | $4,500–$6,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2024·08 | American | Pencil on paper | $800–$1,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2024·08 | American | Pencil on paper | $1,000–$2,000 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2024·07 | Cove with Lighthouse | Oil on Panel | $4,500–$7,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2024·06 | “West Caldwell NJ | Oil on canvas | $6,500–$9,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2024·06 | "St.Ives" | Oil on Panel | $6,000–$8,000 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2024·05 | Gloucester from East Gloucester | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2024·05 | Winter Building | $1,500–$2,500 | Rago | |||
| 2024·05 | New York River Landscape | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·03 | American | Oil on canvas | $4,500–$6,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2024·03 | Coal Schooners, St. Ives, Cornwall, England | Oil on canvas laid on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·03 | Sailboat at Anchor | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·01 | American | $800–$1,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | |||
| 2023·11 | American | Engraving | $600–$800 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2023·11 | Untitled | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2023·11 | Harbor with Sailboats 30 1/4 x 36 1/4 in. (76.8 x 92.1 cm.) | $6,000–$8,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·11 | American | Engraving | $400–$800 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2023·11 | American | Watercolor on Paper | $1,500–$1,800 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2023·11 | American | $800–$1,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | |||
| 2023·10 | American | Engraving | $600–$1,000 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Geraniums | watercolor on paper | $800–$1,200 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2023·06 | Railroad Bridge over the Thames, London, England | Oil on canvas laid on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·06 | Coal Schooners, St. Ives, Cornwall, England | Oil on canvas laid on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·06 | Sailboat at Anchor | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·06 | Village Houses | $1,500–$2,500 | Rago | |||
| 2023·05 | Caldwell, New Jersey County Road | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2023·05 | Beach House | $1,500–$2,500 | Rago | |||
| 2023·04 | Vessels in a Cove at Night - A Study unsigned, attributed on a handwritten note affixed to the wood backing 10 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. | $800–$1,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·03 | Train Station | $1,500–$2,500 | Rago | |||
| 2023·03 | American | $600–$900 | Cutler Bay Auctions | |||
| 2023·01 | American | Watercolor on paper | $800–$1,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2022·11 | American | $2,500–$4,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | |||
| 2022·11 | American | Watercolor on paper | $800–$1,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2022·11 | American | Oil on Board | $500–$5,000 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2022·11 | Untitled | Oil on panel | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·11 | Red House, CIty Island, New York | $2,500–$3,500 | Rago | |||
| 2022·11 | Road Through Trees | $1,500–$2,500 | Rago | |||
| 2022·11 | Lower Manhattan | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | St. Ives Church | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·09 | Spring Along the Passiac River | oil on canvas | $2,000–$4,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2022·08 | American | Oil on Board | $2,500–$3,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2022·08 | American | Watercolor on Paper | $800–$1,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2022·07 | A choppy day in the harbor | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·07 | American | Oil on Board | $2,000–$3,000 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2022·06 | American " St Ives " | Oil on Board | $3,500–$5,000 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2022·06 | Still life with pipes | Oil on panel | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Mixed Media, Untitled, Signed | $500–$2,000 | Lion & Unicorn | |||
| 2022·03 | American | Oil on Board | $2,500–$3,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | ||
| 2022·02 | Â American | $1,500–$2,000 | Cutler Bay Auctions | |||
| 2022·02 | American | $800–$1,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | |||
| 2022·01 | Outside Stowe, Vermont | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·12 | Canal Lock | $1,500–$2,500 | Rago | |||
| 2021·06 | Fairfield Church, New Jersey | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2021·01 | Westchester Creek Bed | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·12 | The Covered Bridge | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Hyde Park, London (two works) | $1,500–$2,000 | Rago | |||
| 2020·11 | Untitled | $5,000–$7,000 | Rago | |||
| 2020·11 | Outside Stowe, Vermont | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | Fishing Boats, Gloucester | oil on canvas | $12,000–$18,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2020·10 | New Rochelle | oil on canvasboard | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2020·06 | Spring, Caldwell, New Jersey | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2020·06 | The Bridge, St. Austell, Cornwall, England and Paris (two works) | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2020·06 | Cars at Factory | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2019·11 | My Home in Caldwell, New Jersey | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·11 | Boats at St. Ives | Oil on canvas laid on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | Tower Bridge London | Watercolor | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·09 | st. ives | $6,000–$8,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·07 | Wharf Front (Dovareney, Brittany) (1st state) | Drypoint on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·03 | Low tide, St Ives | $1,316–$1,974 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·03 | Pair of Harbor Scenes | Oil on panel, each | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·11 | Race at Gloucester | oil on canvas | $25,000–$35,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·11 | Twilight, Battersea bridge | $2,590–$3,886 | Bonhams | |||
| 2018·05 | 42nd Street Between 7th and 8th Avenue, New York City | Oil on canvas laid on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·03 | gloucester, massachusetts | $7,000–$10,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·03 | Boats at harbor 6 x 12in (15.2 x 30.5cm) | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2018·02 | Seascape | $3,478–$4,870 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·11 | Boats at harbor 6 x 12in (15.2 x 30.5cm) | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·10 | Central Park | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·10 | Gloucester Harbor | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·10 | House by Gloucester Harbor | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·05 | Dancing Boats, Monhegan | Oil on canvas laid on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·02 | The first 'Model 75' Electric Car, Detroit, 1918 | oil on board | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·11 | Tide Out on the River Exe near Exmouth, Devon, England | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·09 | Aida Reading in the Garden | $500–$700 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·06 | st. ives harbor | $1,500–$2,500 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·06 | spring in caldwell, n.j. | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·06 | spring in west caldwell, n.j. | $4,000–$6,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·06 | the president's yacht "the mayflower" with battleships in new york harbor | $2,000–$4,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·05 | dancing boats, marblehead | $50,000–$70,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·02 | Boats at Sunset | oil on canvas | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·11 | Nocturne, Marblehead, Massachusetts | $70,000–$90,000 | Sotheby's | |||
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