American, 1878–1938
William Henry Dethlef Koerner
113results on record
71%sell-through
$4,500median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$104,500record in our coverage
Drawn from 113 recorded results (82 sold · 31 passed) across 5 auction houses, 2003–2026. 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
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 | 64 | 71% | $4,067 |
| works on paper | 10 | 90% | $1,125 |
| other | 3 | 100% | $956 |
Medium is recorded for 77 of 113 results (68%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Norman Rockwell William Henry Dethlef Koerner Norman Rockwell
| Metric | William Henry Dethlef Koerner | Norman Rockwell |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $4,500 | $21,250 |
| Record price | $104,500 | $46,085,000 |
| Results on record | 113 | 972 |
| Years active at auction | 2003–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Norman RockwellDean CornwellLeroy NeimanMort Künstler
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
71/ 100
- Sell-through71%
- Meets estimate59%
- Market depth113 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 | 79 | 75% | $3,585 | — |
| Bonhams | 16 | 69% | $5,000 | 0.84× |
| Sotheby's | 15 | 40% | $18,900 | 0.69× |
| Christie's | 2 | — | $10,766 | — |
| Rago | 1 | 100% | $5,850 | — |
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 113 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 31 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·04 | My Life, Maria Botchkareva, Metropolitan magazine interior, November | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·02 | Sketchers 20 x 16 in. | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·11 | Prairie Fire | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·11 | We set out for a Tramp Over the Big Farm, Keeping Up with Lizzie hard back book illustration | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·07 | Lucky Devil (pair) | Charcoal on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·07 | The Walk to the County Fair | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·11 | Under Mother's Gaze | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·07 | Vaquero sight 13 1/2 x 9 in. framed 14 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. | $800–$1,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·07 | Race Point I 13 3/4 x 16 in. (34.9 x 40.6 cm.) | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·07 | Race Point II 13 3/4 x 16 in. (34.9 x 40.6 cm.) | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·04 | Gene Underwood of Cooke City, Montana study | Pencil on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·04 | The Pilgrim, magazine cover, October | Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·04 | "Farewell, My Beloved," The Heart of the Lily, The Red Book magazine interior, February | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·04 | Study of Dancing Couple | Ink on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·04 | Doctor's Office, Journey's End, magazine interior | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·04 | Lillian Koerner Holding Billy Koerner | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·04 | Time to Reflect | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·11 | Bobby of the Bar Cross 17 x 26 in. framed 21 x 30 in. | $800–$1,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·08 | Race Point II 13 3/4 x 16 in. (34.9 x 40.6 cm.) | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·08 | Race Point I 13 3/4 x 16 in. (34.9 x 40.6 cm.) | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·05 | The Harness Maker, Harper's Monthly magazine interior illustration, May | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·04 | Bobby of the Bar Cross 17 x 26 in. framed 21 x 30 in. | $1,500–$2,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·04 | Aviation Pilot | Mixed media on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Bold Promises | Oil on Board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·05 | The Canyon of The Fools, The Saturday Evening Post interior illustration, November 26 | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Bold Promises | Oil on Board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | White Fawn, Tomahawk Rights, Saturday Evening Post interior illustration, April 6 | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Listen, Charlotte! | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·03 | The Flyer | $6,000–$8,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·02 | When Tempers Grow Raw | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·02 | Let's Drop Over to the Office, The Saturday Evening Post interior illustration | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·11 | When Rocks Crumble | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·11 | Cornfield | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·10 | Pay or Else | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Rescue at Sea | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·05 | 'Min Jewett Was Here to See You,' She Announced, 'I Guess She's Going to Let Bygones be Bygones' 28 x 40 1/4in (71.1 x 102.2cm) | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·05 | Back from Beyond, The Saturday Evening Post interior illustration | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·11 | Slicker Weather | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2020·09 | saloon on his beat | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·09 | who got him? who shot him? | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·08 | Spreading the Word | Oil on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·04 | Spreading the Word | Oil on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·04 | Head Studies | Pencil on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·04 | The Volunteer Choir, The Saturday Evening Post interior illustration, March 22 | Charcoal on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·04 | Aristocrats on the Town | Oil on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·09 | bandidos on the run | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | wires down, tracks flooded (the rescue) | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | caught in the spotlight | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·05 | A Dispensation 28 x 36in | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·04 | Wild Geese, The Pictorial Review interior illustration, August 1925-January | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·04 | A Toast to You | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·03 | buckskin and foofaraw | $25,000–$35,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·02 | A Mystical Incantation 36 1/4 x 34 1/8in | $30,000–$50,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·02 | All Signs Fail 36 x 32in | $25,000–$35,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·02 | When Dynamite Found Gold 26 x 36in | $25,000–$35,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2018·10 | Stagecoach Hold Up, probable interior book illustration | Watercolor on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·05 | Dude Wrangler, The Saturday Evening Post interior illustration, March 10 | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·04 | Portrait of a young woman 19 7/8 x 16in overall: 29 1/4 x 25in | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·05 | The Fighting Six (Easy Money), Saturday Evening Post interior illustration, May 10 | Charcoal on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·05 | At the Window, Saturday Evening Post interior illustration | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·10 | "If it's just a dream, I'll listen," Saturday Evening Post interior story illustration, May 20 | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·10 | The Long Rifles, The Saturday Evening Post magazine interior story illustration, August 8 | Mixed media on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·10 | The Caballero | Pencil on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·05 | The Golfer, Walter Hagen | $3,128–$4,692 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·04 | Buckskin and Foofaraw | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·05 | Shoveling Out, The Saturday Evening Post story illustration | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2013·10 | A Daughter's Rescue, The Saturday Evening Post story illustration, July 12 | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2013·10 | The Survival, The Saturday Evening Post story illustration, November 11 | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2013·07 | Daybreak Inquisition | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·11 | The Blow Hard | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·11 | The Fights Over | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·11 | Getting Rid of Evidence, The Saturday Evening Post story illustration | Oil on illustration board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2012·09 | taking careful aim | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·08 | Ranchero (Illustration for dust jacket) 27 x 36in | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2010·12 | Crow Hand of Recognition | $60,000–$80,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2010·08 | At the Window, Saturday Evening Post illustration,... | — | Heritage Auctions | |||
| 2010·08 | Seascape | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·05 | Figures by a Lake | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·05 | Women of Pitcairn | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·02 | Splendor in the Grass | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2010·02 | The Lantern, Saturday Evening Post illustration, ci... | — | Heritage Auctions | |||
| 2010·02 | Shoveling Out, Saturday Evening Post story illustration... | — | Heritage Auctions | |||
| 2009·12 | Forest Hunting Scene | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·10 | The Fighting Six (Easy Money), Saturday Evening Post illust... | — | Heritage Auctions | |||
| 2009·10 | Here and There, story illustration | Oil on... | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·10 | The Pilgrim, magazine cover, October | Mixed-... | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·07 | The Phoenix -- Her Negatives | Oil on canvas... | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·07 | Riding the Range | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·07 | Cowboy Unlocking Door | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·07 | Story Illustration of a Cowgirl | Oil on artist's... | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·07 | Rest in the Woods, Harper's Magazine, November 1915... | — | Heritage Auctions | |||
| 2009·07 | Gene Underwood of Cooke City, Montana | Grap... | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·07 | Feeding the Elephants | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·07 | Moonlit Walk | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2008·03 | "judith sat straight and formidable in her saddle, facing caleb coldly...": a pair of illustrations from the novel, wild geese | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·11 | After the Shoot Out | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2006·05 | Message from Home | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2005·11 | When Christian Burned the Bounty | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2005·11 | Race Point II | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2005·11 | Race Point I | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
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