Thomas Cole's Auction Record Jumps 24%
3 min read · 24 Jan 2025
Mount Chocorua, New Hampshire. Image courtesy of Christie's
Thomas Cole, Mount Chocorua, New Hampshire (1827) sold for $1.62m, more than twice the low estimate at Christie's in New York on January 23. The oil on gessoed panel work has been traded 12 times in the past.
The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $323,000, a 24% rise.
Catskillmountain house. Image courtesy of Christie's
The previous record was set by Catskillmountain house (Undated), which sold for $1.3m at Christie's on December 04, 2003. The work had not been traded before.
Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025-01-23 | Mount Chocorua, New Hampshire | $1.62m | 25 % | Christie's | New York |
2003-12-04 | Catskillmountain house | $1.3m | 30 % | Christie's | New York |
1997-06-05 | View of Boston | $1m | 5 % | Christie's | New York |
1988-05-26 | Last of the Mohicans | $950,000 | 6 % | Christie's | New York |
1984-06-01 | View of Boston | $900,000 | 275 % | Christie's | New York |
1983-12-08 | The good shepherd | $240,000 | 336 % | Sotheby's | New York |
1980-04-25 | Schroon Lake | $55,000 | 57 % | Sotheby's | New York |
1979-10-25 | Catskill landscape | $35,000 | - | Sotheby's | New York |
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