William Starkweather (1879-1969) Born - Edinburgh, Scotland.This
artist and his family immigrated to the United States in 1883,settling
in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended the Art Students League in New
York and the Academie Colarossi in Paris before going to Seville in
1903, where he spent three years studying under the Spanish
Impressionist Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida. I am interested in knowing
values of recent completed sales of this artist's work. Please note
size of painting sold.

Hi uzzz, how are you doing?

As the internet matures, less becomes available for free and fees are
becoming more of the norm - it is no different for art prices
realized. However, the news isn't all bad - it is possible to
subscribe for one 24-hour period to gain full access to auction
histories on at least two popular sites.

ArtART:
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ASKART: William Starkweather: 31 items:
"Allegorical Scene "The Whips of Olympus"  28" x 35"
The Ship's Carpenter 	      40" x 30"
The Whips of Olympus 	      28" x 35"
The Whips of Olympus 	      28" x 35"
The Whips of Olympus 	      28" x 35"
Rugged Coast, Nova Scotia     16" x 20"
Cottage Near Valencia 	      34" x 23"
Portrait of Alexander Browne Blair  40" x 27"
The Sea at Bermuda, August    26" x 37.5"
Portrait of a Man 	      40" x 30"
The Boat Builder 	      16" x 20"
Silvery Light on the Cliffs   16" x 20"
Cliff at Grand Manan Island   24" x 28"
Madonna and Child, 1951       28" x 22"
Two Children of Eastport      14" x 11"
Lobster Traps and Markers     10" x 14"
olive tree, vineyard 	    12.5" x 15.5"
Siena 	                      30" x 40"
Cottage Near Valencia 	      34" x 23"
Connecticut Children 	      30" x 37"
The Old Man of the Mountains  36" x 34"
Old Henri and His Grandson    29" x 36"
A Girl in White 	      75" x 42"
Cliffs and Sea at Peggy's Cove  16" x 19.7"
Crashing Waves 	            10.5" x 14.5"
Vagrants 	            19.5" x 24.5"
Connecticut Children 	      30" x 37"
The Old Man of the Mountains  36" x 34"

Circling Pigeons, Downtown NY 24" x 30"
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ASKART: Search for William Starkweather: 23 items:
"16 Jun 2002 «The Entrance to Peggy's Cove, NS Canada»  30.5x40.6  
16 Jun 2002 «Hill Patterns, New York»                   30.5x40.6 
16 Jun 2002 «The Cliffs at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia»   30.5x40.6  
06 Feb 2002 Bermuda in strong blues and greens 
10 Dec 2001 «Northern Lights»               29x39.1 	
21 Mar 2001 «Rugged Coast, Nova Scotia»   40.6x50.8 	
16 Nov 2000 Portrait of a Fine Lady      106.7x79.8 	
26 Oct 2000 Cottage near Valencia         86.4x58.4 	
16 Sep 2000 Portrait of Alexander Browne Blair  101.5x68.5 	
10 Sep 2000 Portrait of a Man                   101.6x76.2 	
03 Feb 2000 The Boat Builder                     40.6x50.8  	 
11 Sep 1999 Canadian Scene of Digby County, Nova Scotia  40.6x50.8 
30 Mar 1999 Finishing his Sketch/Evelyn in her teens   1937-1922 	
30 Mar 1999 Cliff at Grand Manan Island, N.B. Canada    61x71 
27 Mar 1999 Old Man of the Mountains                  91.4x86.4 
27 May 1998 Finishing his Sketch/Evelyn in her Teens   1922-1937 	
08 Oct 1997 «Fishing Port at Twilight»                1 61x76.2 
17 May 1997 «Peggy's Cove»                            30.5x41.1
20 Jul 1996 «Lobster Traps and Markers, Matinicus Island, Main»
25.4x35
27 May 1995 Docks at Grand Manan Island, Canada       31.5x38.6 	
09 Dec 1992 Siena                                       76x101.5  	 
23 Sep 1992 Old Henri and his grandson                73.5x91.5 	
16 Mar 1992 «Rain on the window, Nova Scotia, Canada» 45.7x61"
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One old listing of interest:
12/10/2001 Auction Catalog
Bid Prices Include 12% Buyer's Premium
"#122 ($300.00 bid price) ($600-$1200)
William Starkweather (American 1879-1969), oil on masonite, "Northern
Lights", landscape with house on a hill, two figures walking on path
in foreground, all below a sky of illuminated rays, signed LR,
inscribed verso "Northern Lights / painted in the Maydalen Islands,
P.Q. Canada 1937 / By William Starkweather", ss: 11 1/2" X 15 1/2"."
://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:hKaL6V8xuUoJ:www.winterassociatesinc.com/auctions/auction_344/auction_344_text.html++%22William+Starkweather%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Additional Links:

We checked here and can say he is not ranked at $3900 or higher.
" Discover the top 9,000 artists at auction (updated: 23-juin-2003)"
http://auctionresearch.com/index1_300.htm

Have you checked your library's reference room?

«The Artists Bluebook 2003: 32,000 North American Artists:
16th Century through September 2003»
Lonnie Pierson Dunbier, Editor
"Market values and other pertinent information at a glance"
http://askart.com/interest/bluebook.asp

NY Public Library Guide: "Auction Sales Indexes"
Books, CDRoms and Online Services.
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/artarc/auction/auctions.html

"Hislop's Art Sales Index"
Database subscription, CDROM, & print copy, starts at US$20.
http://www.art-sales-index.com/system/index.html

Mayer International Auction Records:
2003 edition print copy
http://www.karaart.com/editions/books/divers/acatos/mayer/

Laundry Auctions: February 6, 2002:
"New Jersey Railroad" 1920, and an untitled painting:
http://www.landryauctions.com/auctions/2002/0202/auctions.html

Treadway Gallery: 
"569. William Starkweather (American, 1879-1969), “Portrait of a Man”,
c.1930; oil/canvas, 40" x 30", signed. Starkweather studied at the Art
Students League and with Sorolla in Spain. He exhibited at the Salon
des Artistes (Paris, 1912-26), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and
the New Haven Paint and Clay Club. 1000-2000"
http://www.treadwaygallery.com/9-10-2000-sale/catalog/paintings/lot569.html

Generic info, five considerations:
"valuing antique paintings"
http://www.go-star.com/framer/value1002.htm

I hope this help. Please let me know if you have any questions or if
this hasn't satisfied your request.

Thank you,
hummer

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Request for Answer Clarification by uzzz-ga on 26 Oct 2003 13:41 PST

Hello Hummer

Good to hear from you again. I appreciate you providing all of the
information that you were able to obtain on William Starkweather. I
will check out a city library next week (I am in a rural location
without a library nearby) to try to obtain some values of his work. My
interest is a limited one and not of a level to warrant subscribing to
a service. I was hoping to get a few recent realized sales values to
give me an idea of the market value of this artist who had a keen
interest in Atlantic North America.

Regardzzz

U

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Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 26 Oct 2003 14:37 PST

Hi uzzz,

Sorry, I should've posted what we found for you as a comment and not
as an answer. I will ask Google to remove my answer - please be
patient, it probably won't be removed until Monday. Don't feel bad -
it was my mistake.

Galleries and auctioneers consider auction prices realized as
proprietary information and a valuable commodity - you may be able to
find it for free but it won't be easy without alot of digging. The
realized prices for any given catalogue, such as Skinner below, may be
available at their website, but it's the collation of all that
information into a searchable database that is the proprietary part.
You can go to individual auction sites and explore their catalogues
and hope to get lucky - otherwise, visiting a large library is a good
option.

We've checked the first 5 catalogues but did not find any
Starkweather:
Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Fine Art: "Past Auctions"
Click each catalogues "View Online" 
At bottom of page: "Download as plain text"
Use your browser's find-in-page function: "starkweather"
If found, note lot#, return to the "view online" page and go to the
page containing record (5 lots per page) -- the lots report estimate
and hammer price
http://www.skinnerinc.com/content/pastauctions.asp?fam=1

You can search Skinner's catalogues thirty days at a time, here:
http://www.skinnerinc.com/asp/archivesearch.asp

Auction Guide.com Directory: 
Art: Paintings Auctioneers
http://www.auctionguide.com/dir/Art/Paintings/

Cached page for U Conn "links to art auction resources on the web":
"leading auction houses" & "other auction related resources":
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:Y8VfXgBwzRUJ:www.lib.uconn.edu/art/artauctionlinks.htm++%22Phillips+International+Auctioneers+and+Valuers%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

ArtNet: Fine Art Auctions Database: log-in required:
http://www.artnet.com/research/databaseintro.asp?H=1

Good luck, uzzz,
hummer & co

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Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 26 Oct 2003 15:21 PST

Hi again uzzz,

We searched Sotheby's for "starkweather" =>0 results.

Forum exchange of interest:
"Access to Sotheby's Auction Records":
"free online auction result site"???
WetCanvas Forum in re: auction records
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/html_archive/topic/66226-1.html

Auctions Directory: Fine Art Auctions
http://www.online-auctions.net/Categories/Fine_Art_Auctions/fine_art_auctions.html

hummer & co

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Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 26 Oct 2003 18:51 PST

Me again, uzzz,

I'm not sure if you realize that I already sent you one price - 

"#122 ($300.00 bid price) ($600-$1200) 
://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:hKaL6V8xuUoJ:www.winterassociatesinc.com/auctions/auction_344/auction_344_text.html++%22William+Starkweather%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Here are two more links about the same auction:

Winter Associates (Connecticut)
"Northern Lights" 
http://winterassociatesinc.com/lot.php?lot_id=5128

sale record: lot#122, 12/10/01
Est: $600-1200
Bid Price: $300
auction cat archive search:
http://winterassociatesinc.com/search.php

Here's another price, but they don't mention which painting.
Bonhams & Butterfields: 10 March 2002 Prices realized:
#8275  William Starkweather  	$2350 
http://www.butterfields.com/areas/prices_realized/prices7311t.htm

Also, you could try contacting Landry Auctions: 
PH/FAX 978 768 6233
http://www.landryauctions.com/auctions/2002/0202/auctions.html

hummer

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Request for Answer Clarification by uzzz-ga on 27 Oct 2003 08:01 PST

Hello Hummer & Co (hmmm...how many are you?)

Please do not remove your answer. Answers are not always final...
that's why we have the Request for Answer Clarification option.

Thank you for the reply & especially the realized value. I now have an
idea of the market level of this artist. If you come up with any other
leads as to where we can find some values 'for free' please let me
know.

Best regards

Uzzz

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Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 27 Oct 2003 11:27 PST

Dear U. It's always a pleasure working with you too. Thank you. As
long as you are happy with the answer, that is the main thing.

Two, actually - we used to be three but we have been dogless for a
couple of years now, ever since our collie died. Most of the time I do
the research myself, but it seems that it is time to start giving
credit where credit is due. I didn't think of "& co" myself, a GA
questioner slipped that in and I liked it - I thought it would be nice
to use when I've had help with a question.

Thanks for everything, U.
hummmer

Very informative answer. Always a pleasure to hear from hummer-ga