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1785–1851

After John James Audubon

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653results on record
79%sell-through
$6,875median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$173,000record in our coverage

Drawn from 653 recorded results (604 sold · 49 passed) across 7 auction houses, 1998–2026. 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

$7.6K$15K$23K1998: $6.9K median, 14 sold1999: $1.9K median, 17 sold2001: $1.8K median, 3 sold2003: $700 median, 6 sold2004: $4.8K median, 61 sold2005: $8.4K median, 33 sold2006: $11K median, 21 sold2007: $9.4K median, 106 sold2008: $14K median, 12 sold2009: $9.4K median, 9 sold2010: $28K median, 8 sold2011: $19K median, 19 sold2012: $6.2K median, 17 sold2013: $10K median, 41 sold2014: $5.5K median, 18 sold2015: $5.0K median, 33 sold2016: $3.8K median, 52 sold2017: $6.2K median, 17 sold2018: $6.2K median, 15 sold2019: $1.7K median, 5 sold2020: $7.5K median, 27 sold2021: $8.3K median, 4 sold2022: $7.0K median, 10 sold2023: $1.2K median, 3 sold2024: $3.1K median, 16 sold2025: $1.4K median, 19 sold2026: $5.4K median, 11 sold19982005201220192026

Where does a value land in this market?

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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.

$6.9K$51$173K

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

MediumResultsSell-throughMedian result (USD)
prints 451 95% $8,125
ceramics & design 64 81% $7,012
other 5 100% $2,500

Medium is recorded for 520 of 653 results (80%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Pablo Picasso After John James Audubon Pablo Picasso

$7.6K$15K$23K1998: $7.6K median1999: $9.0K median2000: $5.0K median2001: $6.8K median2002: $6.0K median2003: $6.0K median2004: $10K median2005: $10K median2006: $9.6K median2007: $14K median2008: $12K median2009: $13K median2010: $21K median2011: $14K median2012: $11K median2013: $13K median2014: $12K median2015: $15K median2016: $13K median2017: $12K median2018: $13K median2019: $15K median2020: $9.4K median2021: $11K median2022: $8.2K median2023: $7.6K median2024: $8.8K median2025: $10K median2026: $9.4K median1998: $6.9K median1999: $1.9K median2001: $1.8K median2003: $700 median2004: $4.8K median2005: $8.4K median2006: $11K median2007: $9.4K median2008: $14K median2009: $9.4K median2010: $28K median2011: $19K median2012: $6.2K median2013: $10K median2014: $5.5K median2015: $5.0K median2016: $3.8K median2017: $6.2K median2018: $6.2K median2019: $1.7K median2020: $7.5K median2021: $8.3K median2022: $7.0K median2023: $1.2K median2024: $3.1K median2025: $1.4K median2026: $5.4K median19982005201220192026
MetricAfter John James AudubonPablo Picasso
Median result$6,875$10,507
Record price $173,000 $179,365,000
Results on record65329,706
Years active at auction 1998–2026 1998–2026

Related artists: Pablo PicassoMarc ChagallJoan MiróSalvador Dalí

Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method

70/ 100
  • Sell-through79%
  • Meets estimate45%
  • Market depth653 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

HouseResultsSell-throughMedianvs. estimate
Sotheby's 427 91% $8,750 0.78×
Bonhams 161 73% $2,750 0.71×
Christie's 38 — $3,610 —
Heritage Auctions 16 88% $884 —
Doyle 6 100% $20,160 —
Rago 4 100% $7,245 —
Locati LLC 1 100% $100 0.40×

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 653 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 49 passed lots

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
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2020·01 john james audubon (after) | carolina parrot (plate 26) $40,000–$60,000 Sotheby's
2020·01 john james audubon (after) | grey fox (plate xxi) $3,000–$5,000 Sotheby's
2020·01 john james audubon (after) | great cinereous owl (plate cccli) $15,000–$20,000 Sotheby's
2020·01 john james audubon (after) | townsend's rocky mountain hare (plate iii); and swamp hare (plate xxxvii) $2,000–$3,000 Sotheby's
2020·01 john james audubon (after) | yellow-throated vireo (plate cxix) $1,500–$2,500 Sotheby's
2019·10 California Vulture (Plate CCCCXXVI) $10,000–$12,000 Bonhams
2019·10 Common Mouse, Plate 90, from the Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America $4,000–$6,000 Bonhams
2019·09 Black American Wolf (pl. LXVII) and White American Wolf (pl. LXXII) 2 $2,500–$3,500 Bonhams
2019·08 Louisiana Hawk Engraving in colors on paper laid on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·07 Canvas backed Duck Lithograph in colors on paper laid on board — Heritage Auctions
2018·12 Uria Brunnichii (No. 49, Plate CCXLV) and Burgomaster Gull (No. 80, Plate CCCXCVI) from The Birds of America (two works), 1835; Engraving with aquatint and engraving on J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1834 paper; Engraving with aquatint and etching on J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1838 paper — Heritage Auctions
2018·10 Red Tailed Hawk (Plate LI) $2,500–$3,000 Bonhams
2018·10 Eider Duck (Plate CCXLVI) $10,000–$15,000 Bonhams
2018·10 Blue-Winged Teal (Plate CCCXIII) $5,000–$7,000 Bonhams
2018·10 Bemaculated Duck (Plate CCCXXXVIII) $3,000–$5,000 Bonhams
2018·05 Louisiana Heron (Pl. CCXVII) $30,000–$50,000 Bonhams
2018·05 Ivory Gull (Pl. CCLXXXVII); Foolish Guillemot (Pl. CCXVIII); Slender-billed Guillemot (Pl. CCCCXXX) 3 $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2018·01 Spotted Grouse (Plate CLXXVI) $3,000–$5,000 Sotheby's
2018·01 Goosander (Plate CCCXXXI) $3,000–$5,000 Sotheby's
2018·01 Brasilian Caracara Eagle (Plate CLXI) $8,000–$10,000 Sotheby's
2018·01 Red-headed Duck (Plate CCCXXII) $6,000–$8,000 Sotheby's
2018·01 American Bison or Buffalo (Plate LVI) $7,000–$10,000 Sotheby's
2018·01 Bemaculated Duck (Plate CCCXXXVIII) $8,000–$10,000 Sotheby's
2018·01 Meadow Lark (Plate CXXXVI) $18,000–$24,000 Sotheby's
2018·01 Long-tailed deer (Plate CXVIII) $1,000–$1,500 Sotheby's
2018·01 Gadwall Duck (Plate CCCXLVIII) $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2018·01 Purple Heron (Plate CCLVI) $12,000–$18,000 Sotheby's
2018·01 Winter Hawk (Plate 71) $6,000–$8,000 Sotheby's
2018·01 Great-footed Hawk (Plate 20) $1,000–$1,500 Sotheby's
2017·12 American Pied-bill Dobchick (Pl. CCXLVIII) $1,500–$2,500 Bonhams
2017·01 American Woodcock (Plate CCLXVIII) $6,000–$8,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 Pinnated Grous (Plate CLXXXVI) $8,000–$12,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 Cedar Bird (Plate 43) $2,000–$3,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 American White Pelican (Plate CCCXI) $20,000–$30,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 White-crowned Pigeon (Plate CLXXVII) $6,000–$8,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 Common Cormorant (Plate CCLXVI) $1,500–$2,500 Sotheby's
2017·01 Hooded Merganser (Plate CCXXXII) $6,000–$8,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 Great American Shrike or Butcher Bird (Plate CXCII) $1,500–$2,500 Sotheby's
2017·01 Ruffed Grous (Plate 41) $15,000–$25,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 Eider Duck (Plate CCXLVI) $15,000–$20,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 Burgomaster Gull (Plate CCCXCVI) $2,500–$3,500 Sotheby's
2017·01 Key-west Dove (Plate CLXVII) $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 Carolina Pigeon, or Turtle Dove (Plate 17) $10,000–$15,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 Night Heron or Quabird (Plate CCXXXVI) $25,000–$45,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 Black-Throated Diver (Plate CCCXLVI) $6,000–$8,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 Little Screech Owl (Plate XCVII) $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2017·01 Yellow-Crowned Heron (Plate CCCXXXVI) $15,000–$25,000 Sotheby's
2016·11 White-headed Eagle, Falco Leucocephalus (No. 7, Plate 31) from Birds of America, Circa Engraving with etching, aquatint, and hand-coloring on J. Whatman — Heritage Auctions
2016·11 American Bison, Bos Americanus (No. 12, Plate LVII) and Collared Peccary, Dycoteles Torquatus (No. 7, Plate XXXI) from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (two works) Lithograph on paper with hand coloring, each — Heritage Auctions
2016·10 White-headed Eagle (Pl. CXXVI) $6,000–$8,000 Bonhams
2016·10 Rough-legged Falcon (Pl. CLXVI) $3,000–$5,000 Bonhams
2016·10 Sharp-tailed Grous (Pl. CCCLXXXII) $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2016·10 Cock of the Plains (Pl. CCCLXXI) $4,000–$6,000 Bonhams
2016·10 Barn Owl (Pl. 34) $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2016·10 Black Warrior (Pl. LXXXVI) $5,000–$7,000 Bonhams
2016·09 Polar Hare (Pl. XXXII) $800–$1,000 Bonhams
2016·09 Rocky Mountain Goat (Pl. CXXVIII) $700–$1,000 Bonhams
2016·09 Selected Images 29 $1,500–$2,500 Bonhams
2016·08 [The Birds of America]: Seven Plates seven lithographs in colors, on wove paper, with margins $1,500–$2,000 Christie's
2016·06 Goosander. Mergus merganser. [Plate 331.] London: R. Havell, 1836. $5,000–$8,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Purple Grackle or Common Crow Blackbird (Pl. VII) $4,000–$6,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Louisiana Heron (Pl. CCXVII) $80,000–$120,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Carolina Grey Squirrel (Pl. VII); Douglass Squirrel (Pl. XLVIII) 2 $1,000–$1,500 Bonhams
2016·04 Lazuli Finch. Clay-coloured Finch. Oregon Snow Finch (Pl. CCCXCVIII) $1,000–$1,200 Bonhams
2016·04 Californian Vulture (Pl. CCCCXXVI) $10,000–$12,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Pl. CCCLXXIV) $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Nuttall's Starling. Yellow-headed Tropical. Bullock's Oriole (Pl. CCCLXXXVIII); MacGillivray's Finch (Pl. CCCLV) 2 $1,500–$2,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Hawk Owl (Pl. CCCLXXVIII) $1,000–$1,500 Bonhams
2016·04 Yellow-Billed Magpie. Stellars Jay. Ultramarine Jay. Clark's Crow, (Pl. CCCLXII) $5,000–$6,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Marsh Hawk (Pl. CCCLVI) $3,000–$4,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Ring Plover (Pl. CCCXXX); Black-bellied Plover (Pl. CCCXXXIV) 2 $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Smew or White Nun (Pl. CCCXLVII) $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2016·04 American Avocet (Pl. CCCXVIII) $4,000–$6,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Black or Surf Duck (Pl. CCCXVII) $1,500–$2,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Goshawk. Stanley Hawk (Pl. CXLI) $3,000–$4,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Common Cormorant (Pl. CCLXVI) $3,000–$4,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Spotted or Canada Grouse (Pl. CLXXVI) $5,000–$7,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Rough-legged Falcon (Pl. CXLVI) $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Turkey Buzzard (Pl. CLI) $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Fish Crow (Pl. CXLVI) $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Pileated Woodpecker (Pl. CXI) $15,000–$20,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Black Warrior (Pl. 86) $4,000–$6,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Bird of Washington (Pl. XI) $5,000–$7,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Marsh Wren (Pl. C); Manks Shearwater (Pl. CCXCV) 2 $1,800–$2,500 Bonhams
2016·04 Black-billed Cuckoo (Pl. XXXII) $3,000–$5,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Snowy Owl (Pl. CXXI) $60,000–$80,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Great Blue Heron (Pl. CCXI) $70,000–$90,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Tropic Bird (Pl. CCLXII) $4,000–$6,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Black Guillemot (Pl. CCXIX) $1,500–$2,000 Bonhams
2016·04 White-headed Pigeon (Pl. CLXXVII) $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Boat-tailed Grackle (Pl. CXXXVII) $1,500–$2,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Ivory Gull (Pl. CCLXXXVII) $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2016·04 Foolish Guillemot (Pl. CCXVIII); Slender-billed Guillemot (Pl. CCCCXXX) 2 $2,500–$3,500 Bonhams
2016·01 Fish Hawk, or Osprey (Plate LXXXI) $30,000–$40,000 Sotheby's
2016·01 Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Plate LXVI) $20,000–$30,000 Sotheby's
2016·01 wild turkey (plate 287) $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2016·01 ferruginous thrush (plate cxvi) $2,000–$2,500 Sotheby's
2016·01 white-breasted black-capped nuthatch (plate clii) $800–$1,200 Sotheby's
2016·01 California Vulture (Plate CCCCXXVI) $3,000–$5,000 Sotheby's
2016·01 pinnated grous (plate clxxxvi) $3,000–$5,000 Sotheby's

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