American, 1882–1971
Rockwell Kent
282results on record
85%sell-through
$2,277median result (USD, incl. premium; 87% observed, 13% estimated from hammer)
$852,500record in our coverage
Drawn from 282 recorded results (249 sold · 33 passed) across 11 auction houses, 1998–2026. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 87% observed, 13% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| prints | 116 | 92% | $656 |
| painting | 29 | 87% | $108,000 |
| works on paper | 20 | 76% | $6,875 |
| other | 18 | 82% | $4,000 |
| ceramics & design | 4 | 50% | $692 |
Medium is recorded for 187 of 282 results (66%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Norman Rockwell Rockwell Kent Norman Rockwell
| Metric | Rockwell Kent | Norman Rockwell |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $2,277 | $21,250 |
| Record price | $852,500 | $46,085,000 |
| Results on record | 282 | 972 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Norman RockwellJoan MiróPablo PicassoMarc Chagall
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
84/ 100
- Sell-through85%
- Meets estimate75%
- Market depth282 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 | 96 | 89% | $506 | — |
| Bonhams | 70 | 80% | $2,650 | 1.14× |
| Sotheby's | 40 | 89% | $43,750 | 1.33× |
| Christie's | 30 | 86% | $82,250 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 28 | 96% | $2,176 | 1.10× |
| Wright | 6 | 67% | $938 | — |
| Rago | 4 | 75% | $1,386 | — |
| Lion & Unicorn | 1 | 100% | $100 | — |
| Locati LLC | 1 | 100% | $938 | 0.43× |
| Helmuth Stone Gallery | 1 | 100% | $156 | 0.33× |
| Marques dos Santos Leilões | 2 | 0% | — | — |
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 360 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 33 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 realized prices on this page are locked. A Research Pass reads 50 of them for $19, once — buy a pass | ||||||
| 2023·11 | Mala (Danseuse) | Lithograph on B.F.K. Rives paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·11 | Two Princeton Tiger | Woodcuts on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·11 | Greenland Mother Nursing Child | Lithograph on B.F.K. Rives paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·11 | Communing with Nature | Lithograph on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·11 | And Now Where? | Lithograph in colors on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | MELVILLE, HERMAN. 1819-1891. Moby Dick; or The Whale. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·10 | Salamina, London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1936. | $75–$125 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·10 | Four signed books. | $800–$1,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·10 | Sophia | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2023·10 | And Now Where? | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2023·10 | The Diver | $1,200–$1,800 | Rago | |||
| 2023·10 | Later Bookplates and Marks of Rockwell Kent; Of Men and Mountains; The Mad Hermit (three works) | $800–$1,200 | Rago | |||
| 2023·10 | Lone Cabin | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Man at Mast (two works) | Woodcut on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Pasture Gate | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Princeton Tiger (Three Works) | Woodcuts on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Beowulf: Genealogical Tree | Lithograph on Rives paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Prometheus, 1931, published | Woodcut on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | A Birthday Book, cover illustration | Ink on Binding cloth | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Beowulf and Grendel's Mother | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Greenland Mother Nursing Child, 1934 | — | Marques dos Santos Leilões | |||
| 2023·09 | Climbing the Bars | Lithograph on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Hero | Lithograph in colors on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Meditation | Lithograph in colors on B.F.K. Rives paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Adirondack Cabin | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Portrait of T. M. Cleland; Little Brother | Two lithographs (one in sepia) on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Princeton Tiger (Three Works) | Woodcuts on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | And Now Where? | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Resting | Lithograph on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Susanna | Lithograph in colors on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Waldo Peirce (Two Works) | Two lithographs on B.F.K. Rives paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·09 | Fair Wind | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·08 | Sophia | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2023·08 | Beowulf. New York: Random House, 1932. | $300–$500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·08 | Reader | Woodcut on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Memory | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Reverie | Woodcut on India paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Imperishable | Etching on laid paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Sophia | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Revisitation | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | In the Year of Our Lord (from This is My Own) | Woodcut on Canterbury laid paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Untitled | Woodcut on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Wayside Madonna | Woodcut in colors on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·08 | Nude Man (two works) | Woodcut on paper, each | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·07 | The Vulcan | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·07 | Othello, from The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare | Lithograph on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·07 | Cymbeline, from The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare | Lithograph on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·07 | Henry IV, Part I, from The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare | Lithograph on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·07 | Sophia | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2023·06 | Fine Art Print | $10–$200 | Lion & Unicorn | |||
| 2023·06 | Twilight of Man | Woodcut on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·06 | Father and Son | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2023·06 | The Rape Of Lucrece, from The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare portfolio | Lithograph in colors on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·06 | Taming of the Shrew, from The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare portfolio | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·06 | Macbeth, from The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare portfolio | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·05 | Sophia | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2023·05 | The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare interior illustrations | Lithograph in colors on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·05 | The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare interior illustrations | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·05 | The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare interior illustrations | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·05 | The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare interior illustrations | Lithograph on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·04 | Salamina, London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1936. | $150–$250 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·04 | Kent Home: Asgaard (Gladsheim) | oil on canvas | $30,000–$50,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·04 | Asgaard, October | oil on canvas | $80,000–$120,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·04 | Spring Thaw, Greenland | oil on canvas | $60,000–$80,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·04 | The Precipice , 1927 | wood engraving | $1,000–$2,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2023·04 | Starry Night , 1933 | wood engraving | $800–$1,200 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2023·04 | Beowulf , 1931 | lithograph | $500–$700 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2023·03 | Sophia | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2023·03 | Father and Son | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2023·02 | Sophia | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2023·01 | Father and Son | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2023·01 | Starlight | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·12 | Sophia | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2022·12 | Imperishable | Engraving on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | The Drifter | Wood engraving on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | Bowsprit | Wood engraving on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | Hail and Farewell | Wood engraving on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | Precipice | Wood engraving on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·12 | Father and Son | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2022·11 | Salamina, London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1936. | $150–$250 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·11 | Reverence | Gouache and pencil on paper laid on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Father and Son | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2022·09 | Deep Water | $3,000–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·08 | Builder | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2022·08 | Father and Son | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2022·08 | Big Baby (Greenland Mother) | $200–$400 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·07 | Whittling | $3,000–$4,500 | Dane Fine Art | |||
| 2022·07 | Sophia | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2022·07 | Farewell | $3,000–$4,500 | Dane Fine Art | |||
| 2022·07 | Father and Son | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2022·07 | Builder | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2022·06 | Twilight of Man | Wood engraving on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·06 | Night Watch | $1,500–$2,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·06 | Big Baby (Greenland Mother) | $400–$600 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·06 | Girl on Cliff | $1,000–$1,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·06 | Deep Water | $1,000–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·06 | Sophia | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2022·06 | Farewell | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2022·05 | Builder | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2022·05 | Father and Son | $3,000–$4,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.