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Over the last 24 months the median price was $928 including buyer’s premium (middle half $720–$1,023, n=10). The auction record is $6,000 for Boudoir photograph of Ralph Morrison, scalped hunter near Fort Dodge, Kansas, 1868 (2025, Freeman's Hindman). Source: OpeningBid, an independent auction-results database.","title":"William S. Soule value: auction records & prices (updated Nov 2026)"}}