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Exceptional 19th Century Oak Country House / Castle Dining Table by Strahan
By Strahan of Dublin
Located in Dublin, IE
Agnes Jones, that was based on the life of a young nurse from nearby Fahan, who trained with Florence
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19th Century Irish Antique Nurses

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Oak

The Marriage Proposal, Impressionist Original "The Important Question", Signed
By John Strickland Goodall
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wood Gallery, in the provinces and abroad. When Margaret fell ill in 1970, Goodall nursed her, and
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Nurses

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Watercolor

"The Navy is Calling ENLIST NOW" Vintage WWI Poster, circa 1918
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
and rationing, and emotionally, through volunteer service (men for the military, women for the nurse
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1910s Antique Nurses

Tiffany Co. Copper Building Plaque for the Riverside General Hospital
By Tiffany Co.
Located in Houston, TX
first educational institution created for the training of black nurses in Houston. Houston Negro
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1920s American American Colonial Antique Nurses

Materials

Copper

E-E-E-YAH-YIP World War I U.S. Marines Recruitment Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
nurse corps), displays of patriotism, and shared sacrifice. New government organizations, especially
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Early 20th Century American Antique Nurses

19th Century French Oil on Canvas Monk Painting Signed Jose Frappa
By José Frappa
Located in Dallas, TX
serious subjects. One such naturalistic painting is a large canvas, The Wet Nurse Agency, which depicts
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Late 19th Century French Antique Nurses

Materials

Abalone, Canvas, Giltwood

French Post Impressionist Landscape, The River Bank
By Charles Picart le Doux
Located in Cotignac, FR
War, Picart le Doux was incorporated into the army where he served as a nurse in the trenches. He
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil

Civil War Apron, Made In Cambridge, OH by Laura, Hynes, ca 1861
Located in York County, PA
1881, Sanitary Commission nurse Clara Barton would carry the torch forward, expanding upon the concept
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1860s American Antique Nurses

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Cotton

Pair of Italian Rococo Pastels on Silk Portraits by Joseph De Saint Michel, 1769
By Joseph de Saint-Michel
Located in Milano, IT
Giuseppina di Savoia (the future Countess of Provence) along with her nurse. The works certainly ascribable
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1760s Italian Rococo Antique Nurses

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Silk, Wood

Jeune Fille avec Perroquet
By Edmond Aman-Jean
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
decorative compositions, most of them destined for various public buildings in Paris: St Julian the Nurse in
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Nurses

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Abigail, Countess of Kinnoull dated 17**, Godfrey Kneller Painting
By Kneller Godfrey
Located in London, GB
night; Pray remember me to nurse ... tell her I heartily rejoice y' her Master has a tooth ... pray let
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elegant Women - Impressionist Oil, Figures in Interior Edmond Francois Aman-Jean
By Edmond Aman-Jean
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
decorative compositions, most of them destined for various public buildings in Paris: St Julian the Nurse in
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1910s Impressionist Antique Nurses

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Canvas, Oil

Femme a la toilette - Symbolist Oil, Figures in Interior by Edmond Aman-Jean
By Edmond Aman-Jean
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
decorative compositions, most of them destined for various public buildings in Paris: St Julian the Nurse in
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1910s Symbolist Antique Nurses

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Jean Claude Pellegrini (1787-1854)
Located in Paris, IDF
to the Nurse, for the philanthropic society founded in particular by Louis d'Affry, captain of the
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Early 19th Century French School Antique Nurses

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Oil

“A French Nurse”
By Pierre Edouard Frere
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a finely painted, delicate work of a young French nurse directly
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1870s Impressionist Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle, Chester 1902
Located in Rotterdam, NL
This is an antique Edwardian nurses belt buckle crafted in sterling silver. An excellent slightly
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Nurses

Materials

Sterling Silver

Julius Kronberg’s Angelica – A Romantic Heroine of Renaissance Legend
Located in Stockholm, SE
her own destiny. She falls in love with a humble Saracen soldier, Medoro, whom she nurses back to
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Nurses

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Repoussé Sterling Silver Belt Buckle of Baroque Dolphins, by William Kerr c1890
Located in valatie, NY
Repoussé Sterling Silver, Art Nouveau 2 Piece (Nurses) Belt Buckle of Baroque Stylized Dolphins, by
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Late 19th Century American Antique Nurses

Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Belt Buckle England c1897
Located in Montreal, QC
Fine Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Nurse’s Belt Buckle depicting Flora designs and TRADIMUS LAMPADA
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Late 19th Century British Art Nouveau Antique Nurses

Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye Measured Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Cincinnati, OH
the "Radio Nurse". This simple and sculptural piece of art was crafted in the early 1930s and led
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Nurses

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Bakelite

Hotel Turtle Bell by BOJ Eibar Head and Tail Ring When Pressed
By Boj Eiber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
nurse or help? A turtle represents healing, wisdom, spirituality, health, safety, longevity
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Nurses

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Bronze, Stainless Steel

Chinese Whitish Celadon Carved Jade Group of Ram with Two Boys
Located in New York, NY
, the most important of Chinese virtues, because rams kneel to nurse from their mothers. Apart from
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19th Century Chinese Antique Nurses

Materials

Jade

Victorian Ladies Pressed Seaweed Pictures, circa 1885
Located in Downingtown, PA
us not weeds, we are Ocean's gay flowers. Not nursed like the plants of a summer parterre, Whose
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Late 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Nurses

Victorian Ladies Pressed Seaweed Pictures Set of Six, circa 1885
Located in Downingtown, PA
call us not weeds, we are Ocean's gay flowers. Not nursed like the plants of a summer parterre
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Late 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Nurses

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Seagrass, Paper

Antique English Carved Oak Corner Wall Cabinet Oxford Latin Coat of Arms British
Located in Shreveport, LA
nutrix” meaning “harsh nurse of men”. Pembroke College, a constituent of Oxford, coat of arms that also
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1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Nurses

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Oak

World War I Red Cross Propaganda Poster by James Montgomery Flagg
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
features a Red Cross nurse beckoning with outstretched arms, as the figure of Uncle Sam rests a hand on her
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Early 20th Century American Antique Nurses

French school early 20th century, Portrait of a young man, oil painting
Located in Paris, FR
tué en 1914) par un camarade des Beaux Arts" "Portrait of Constant Renard (a nurse killed in 1914) by
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1910s Post-Impressionist Antique Nurses

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Oil

Nursemaids: les bonnes de Luxembourg.
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Plano, TX
example, the little view of the Luxembourg Gardens entitled Les Bonnes, in which the nurses with their
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19th Century American Impressionist Antique Nurses

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Lithograph

Impressionist painting "Paysage au Moulin" - Landscape Mill
Located in Aartselaar, BE
a nurse until 1919. After the war, he married fellow artist Maria Piron and they would remain
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Nurses

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Canvas, Glass, Oil Pastel

Impressionist painting "Paysage au Moulin" - Landscape Mill
Located in Aartselaar, BE
a nurse until 1919. After the war, he married fellow artist Maria Piron and they would remain
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Nurses

Materials

Board

Queen Victoria as The Lady in the Shoe
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Soquel, CA
surrounded by children and a nurse holding Prince Maurice of Battenberg. Signed "A Rackham" lower
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Nurses

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India Ink, Paper

Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, circa 1929
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
English nurse named Catherine Barkley. The novel is semi-autobiographical, based on Hemingway's own
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1920s Antique Nurses

19th Century sporting horse portrait oil painting
By Margaret Collyer
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
friends. Collyer enrolled as a nurse at the outbreak of WW1 working at the Allied Hospital in Boulogne
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19th Century Victorian Antique Nurses

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Canvas, Oil

Collection of Seven Rare 18th Century Pewter Baby Nursing Bottles
Located in Haarlem, NL
round and no copper bands, which these do have. To address the lack of wet nurses who were highly
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Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Nurses

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Pewter, Copper

20th Century Italian Royal Silver Photo Frame, Musy, circa 1900
By Musy Gioielli
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
popularity within the country. During the First World War Elena worked as a nurse and, with the help of the
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Early 20th Century Italian Antique Nurses

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Silver

Sailing the Norfolk Broads, Early 20th Century British Seascape w/ Sailboats
Located in Beachwood, OH
Cottage, Barton Turf. In 1952, Wigg married his mother's nurse, but this was disastrous for his artistic
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Early 20th Century Antique Nurses

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Oil

Portrait of a Girl with Doll - British Edwardian art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
return home to nurse her father. After his death Mead studied under Auguste Joseph Delécluse in Paris
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Early 1900s Realist Antique Nurses

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Oil

Long Life Happiness.Queen Victoria s Daughter, Princess Alice in 1860. Original
By HRH Princess Alice Maud Mary Hanover
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
she became the family caregiver. She nursed her grandmother, Victoria, Duchess of Kent, mother to
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Nurses

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Ink, Watercolor, Cardboard, Pencil

"The Spirit of 1776, Buy Liberty Loans" Vintage WWI Poster, circa 1917
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, women for the nurse corps), displays of patriotism, and through shared sacrifice. New government
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1910s American Antique Nurses

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Paper

Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study of a woman, original drawing
By Georges Antoine Rochegrosse
Located in Paris, FR
wife in 1920 following an illness contracted at the hospital in Algiers where she was a nurse
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1890s Symbolist Antique Nurses

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Gouache, Carbon Pencil

Primroses Snowdrops In The Orchard 19th Century Victorian Watercolor Painting
By Edwin Harris
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
those who nursed her and whilst at Cliff Castle she first made the acquaintance of Stanhope Forbes, whom
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Nurses

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Paper, Watercolor

G. A. Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for Les Trophées, original drawing
By Georges Antoine Rochegrosse
Located in Paris, FR
illness contracted at the hospital in Algiers where she was a nurse. Inconsolable, he goes so far as to
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1910s Symbolist Antique Nurses

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Carbon Pencil

Fountains at Pernes Les Fountaines France Impressionist landscape oil painting
By Sylvia Gosse
Located in Hagley, England
followed him to Dieppe where she nursed him through periods of ill health. She was a loyal disciple of
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1910s Impressionist Antique Nurses

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Oil

G A Rochegrosse (1859-1938) A naked woman, Study for Salammbo or Le Tepidarium
By Georges Antoine Rochegrosse
Located in Paris, FR
illness contracted at the hospital in Algiers where she was a nurse. Inconsolable, he goes so far as to
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1890s Symbolist Antique Nurses

Materials

Charcoal

Portrait of Gentleman in Armour by Table Helmut c.1685 Aristocratic Provenance
By Johann Kerseboom
Located in London, GB
established in Cheshire which has been called by one old writer “the mother and nurse of gentility”. The Legh
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Nurses

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Canvas, Oil

Young Red-haired Woman
By Charles Picart le Doux
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
the National Society of Fine Arts. The First World War plunges him, as a nurse, closer to the horror
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Nurses

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Canvas, Oil

Vegetables
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
his regular night nurse. The agency sent him a young, twenty-one year old student nurse: Monique
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1920s Modern Antique Nurses

Materials

Lithograph

After Henri Matisse - Blue Nude
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, beneficent nature. In September of 1940 he employed a temporary stand-in for his regular night nurse. The
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1920s Abstract Impressionist Antique Nurses

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse - The Saint Michel Bridge - Original Etching
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
his regular night nurse. The agency sent him a young, twenty-one year old student nurse: Monique
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1920s Modern Antique Nurses

Materials

Etching

Portrait of Lady Legh Seated Holding Flowers c.1693 English Aristocratic History
By Kneller Godfrey
Located in London, GB
mother and nurse of gentility”. The Legh family were already an established family in Cheshire having
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Nurses

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Canvas, Oil

Lord of the Isles
By Margaret Collyer
Located in London, GB
then enrolled as a nurse at the Allied Hospital in Boulogne, until it virtually closed down in 1915
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Early 1900s Realist Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique Silver Nurses Fob Watch
Located in Carlisle, GB
This beautiful ball dial antique silver nurses fob watch is in good working order.
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1890s Antique Nurses

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Silver

19th Century Victorian Silver Nurse s Buckle
Located in Umberleigh, Devon
A lovely English Victorian silver nurse's buckle with pierced and engraved decoration. Hallmarked
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1890s English Late Victorian Antique Nurses

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Silver

Hystorical "Nurse" earrings with sound pendants
Located in Sežana, SI
"Nurse" earrings with sound pendants. Made of 18K gold, beginning of the 19th century, Istro
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Early 1800s European Arts and Crafts Antique Nurses

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18k Gold

World War I Soldier Red Cross Nurse
By C. Clyde Squires
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Nightingale-inspired Red Cross nurse tending to a doughboy soldier by noted American illustrator C. Clyde
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Nurses

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Antique Edwardian Gold Family Locket, 1902
Located in Sale, Cheshire
the engraving "22nd February 1902" and to the back "Nurse - From Christie, Faith, Philip" - presumable
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Nurses

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18k Gold

1915 Rene Lalique gold brooch
By René Lalique
Located in London, GB
made for the British nurses in the trenches attending the wounded troops.These were normally made in
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Nurses

Materials

14k Gold

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Antique Nurses For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique nurses is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, paper and wood, all antique nurses available were constructed with great care. Antique nurses have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Victorian, Art Deco and industrial antique nurses are consistently popular styles. Antique nurses have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Ernest Hemingway, Musy Gioielli and Isamu Noguchi are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Nurses?

Prices for antique nurses can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique nurses begin at $85 and can go as high as $294,283, while the average can fetch as much as $2,767.