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British, 1882–1940

Eric Gill

302results on record
76%sell-through
$3,206median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$3,476,124record in our coverage

Drawn from 302 recorded results (281 sold · 21 passed) across 12 auction houses, 1998–2026. 3 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover

Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer method · log scale

$18K$36K$54K1998: $2.2K median, 6 sold1999: $1.4K median, 4 sold2000: $1.2K median, 5 sold2001: $2.2K median, 2 sold2002: $513 median, 2 sold2003: $1.5K median, 6 sold2004: $2.3K median, 4 sold2005: $2.9K median, 5 sold2006: $6.6K median, 11 sold2007: $4.3K median, 18 sold2008: $2.0K median, 7 sold2010: $2.2K median, 4 sold2012: $18K median, 4 sold2013: $7.6K median, 7 sold2014: $4.3K median, 91 sold2015: $3.7K median, 22 sold2016: $9.9K median, 10 sold2017: $837 median, 12 sold2018: $67K median, 4 sold2019: $4.7K median, 5 sold2020: $1.5K median, 4 sold2021: $3.8K median, 3 sold2022: $1.5K median, 32 sold2023: $198 median, 4 sold2025: $1.9K median, 4 sold2026: $565 median, 5 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.

$3.2K$62$3.5M

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 68 89% $2,555
works on paper 46 0% $2,649
other 22 100% $3,620
sculpture 17 100% $31,740
ceramics & design 9 50% $1,839
photography 3 100% $1,736

Medium is recorded for 165 of 302 results (55%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with John Piper C.h. Eric Gill John Piper C.h.

$18K$36K$54K1998: $2.8K median1999: $3.1K median2000: $2.2K median2001: $2.0K median2002: $2.4K median2003: $1.9K median2004: $7.2K median2005: $6.9K median2006: $11K median2007: $7.8K median2008: $14K median2009: $6.6K median2010: $5.9K median2011: $21K median2012: $3.2K median2013: $1.8K median2014: $2.3K median2015: $2.8K median2016: $4.6K median2017: $3.1K median2018: $2.6K median2019: $3.8K median2020: $3.5K median2021: $6.5K median2022: $3.1K median2023: $3.0K median2024: $1.7K median2025: $2.1K median2026: $1.1K median1998: $2.2K median1999: $1.4K median2000: $1.2K median2001: $2.2K median2002: $513 median2003: $1.5K median2004: $2.3K median2005: $2.9K median2006: $6.6K median2007: $4.3K median2008: $2.0K median2010: $2.2K median2012: $18K median2013: $7.6K median2014: $4.3K median2015: $3.7K median2016: $9.9K median2017: $837 median2018: $67K median2019: $4.7K median2020: $1.5K median2021: $3.8K median2022: $1.5K median2023: $198 median2025: $1.9K median2026: $565 median19982005201220192026
MetricEric GillJohn Piper C.h.
Median result$3,206$2,995
Record price $3,476,124 $653,730
Results on record3022,076
Years active at auction 1998–2026 1998–2026

Related artists: John Piper C.h.Graham Sutherland O.m.Sir Terry Frost R.a.Keith Vaughan

Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method

74/ 100
  • Sell-through76%
  • Meets estimate60%
  • Market depth302 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 124 100% $5,088 0.82×
Christie's 61 $2,650
Bonhams 66 77% $1,886 0.91×
Lyon & Turnbull 41 71% $1,716 1.10×
Grisebach 1 $1,729
Freeman's | Hindman 1 100% $62 0.33×
Chiswick Auctions 3 33% $333
Ketterer Kunst 1 $3,508
Sworders 1 100% $565
Keystone Auctions 1 100% $127 1.33×
A & C Auctions of Pendle 1 0%
Strauss & Co 1 0%

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 305 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 21 passed lots

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
2026·09 Ten Leaves with Flower at Side and Eleven Leaves $135–$270 upcoming Chiswick Auctions
2026·09 Two Deer $108–$162 upcoming Chiswick Auctions
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2026·07 Female Nude Kneeling $50–$100 Keystone Auctions
2026·06 Nude $397–$661 Chiswick Auctions
2026·06 Gargoyle for Capel-y-ffin Chiswick Auctions
2026·06 Ten Leaves with Flower at Side and Eleven Leaves $401–$668 Chiswick Auctions
2026·05 The Piscina From the Chapel of St. Joseph and St. Dominic, Ditchling, 1921 $2,702–$4,053 Lyon & Turnbull
2026·05 Christ Figure for Crucifix, 1919/1968 $1,351–$2,026 Lyon & Turnbull
2026·05 Four Capitals From the Chapel of St. Joseph and St. Dominic, Ditchling, 1921 $13,509–$20,263 Lyon & Turnbull
2026·03 'In Domum Matris Meae', 1930 Sworders
2026·02 Group of signed limited edition wood-engravings from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark [1932] $811–$1,082 Lyon & Turnbull
2025·12 watercolour, prep sketch of a stained glass window design, indistinctly inscribed A & C Auctions of Pendle
2025·10 Design for Sculpture: Acrobat II, 1915 $1,969–$3,281 Lyon & Turnbull
2025·04 St Christopher Medallion, Circa 1930 $530–$796 Lyon & Turnbull
2025·04 Sitzender Akt mit überkreuzten Beinen / Sitzender Akt mit angewinkelten Beinen / Stehender Akt mit überkreuzten Beinen / Stehender Akt. 1926 bzw. 1927 4 sheets: pencil and coloured pencil on Japan paper resp $1,362–$1,702 Grisebach
2025·02 Gill family collection of photographs of the artist's work $1,882–$2,509 Lyon & Turnbull
2023·09 Three Wood Engravings $300–$500 Bonhams
2023·06 Engravings, 1928-1933. London: Faber & Faber Ltd. 1934. $1,000–$1,500 Bonhams
2023·04 A Collection $248–$372 Bonhams
2023·03 Three wood engravings 3 $184–$307 Bonhams
2023·02 Four original drawings $363–$604 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Collection of works $318–$530 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Bookplate of the 5th Earl Cawdor, carved woodblock [1936] $848–$1,272 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 8 signed wood-engravings $424–$636 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Lovers, carved woodblock, c.1926 $2,119–$3,179 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Gill family collection of photographs of Gill's statues, carvings, inscriptional works &c. $1,589–$2,119 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Album of erotic prints and sketches, 1928 $1,060–$1,589 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Collection of original drawings shown on the Gills' magic lantern at Ditchling, c.1913 and later $1,060–$1,589 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Procreant Hymn by E. Powys Mathers $848–$1,272 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Crucifixion, 1919 $742–$1,060 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer, set of signed proof engravings, [1927] $3,179–$5,298 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Two original drawings $318–$530 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Collection of wood-engraved working proofs $318–$530 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Girl Sitting on Branch, carved woodblock, c.1926 $1,589–$2,119 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 The Trinity with Chalice, original drawing, c.1914 $318–$530 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Collection of engravings, all signed or inscribed $848–$1,272 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 10 signed wood-engravings from The Canterbury Tales $530–$742 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Volume of wood-engravings presented by Gill to his wife Mary Ethel Moore Gill, c.1926-1929 $2,119–$3,179 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Original cover-design for the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Canterbury Tales, 1930 $424–$636 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Carved presentation plaque on wood, 1908 $848–$1,272 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 2 autograph cards, 1 autograph letter and 1 wood-engraving $318–$530 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 5 signed wood-engravings, 1 unsigned, and 2 other items $318–$424 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Divine Lovers, carved woodblock, [1936] $2,119–$3,179 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Original crucifix design for Blundell's School chapel, 1938 $1,060–$1,589 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Collection of wood-engravings and other ephemera $424–$636 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Collection of original designs for Woodwork by A. Romney Green, 1917 $848–$1,272 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 'Preface to the Life of Quintus Fixlein by Jean Paul Richter. Translated by Thomas Carlyle', Cambridge, December 1903 $1,060–$1,589 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 8 signed wood-engravings $424–$636 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 5 signed wood-engravings $318–$424 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Collection of signed or inscribed copies $318–$530 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 21 volumes $265–$371 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Group of original drawings $636–$848 Lyon & Turnbull
2022·09 Collection of original cartoons and lettering specimens, c.1915-27 $2,119–$3,179 Lyon & Turnbull
2021·11 Nude - Back View $2,675–$4,012 Bonhams
2021·09 A Symbol of Divine Love, from 'Art and Love' $682–$955 Bonhams
2021·04 Mother and Child $1,388–$2,081 Bonhams
2021·03 foundation stone from the old rectory, finningham, suffolk $5,551–$8,326 Sotheby's
2021·03 Landscape near Slindon $833–$1,110 Sotheby's
2020·12 Seated Female Nude $1,084–$1,626 Bonhams
2020·12 Ten , 1988 woodcut; printed by Letterio Calapai in 1988 $100–$200 Freeman's | Hindman
2020·11 Standing Female Nude $1,990–$3,316 Sotheby's
2020·10 Two Alphabet Calligraphic Moulds $1,046–$1,569 Lyon & Turnbull
2019·11 Draped Woman $1,933–$2,577 Bonhams
2019·09 Eve $3,737–$6,229 Christie's
2019·06 Girl with a Comb in her Hair 41.5 cm. (16 3/8 in.) high Carved in 1928 $255,008–$382,512 Bonhams
2019·05 Man Swimming; The Most Precious Ornament; Castor & Pollux; Artist & Mirror $913–$1,305 Bonhams
2019·02 foundation stone from the old rectory, finningham, suffolk $13,010–$19,515 Sotheby's
2018·11 Boxers Carved between 15 May and 3 July 1913, painted by the artist between 1914 and 1915 upcoming Christie's
2018·07 Mother Breast Feeding Child $607–$910 Strauss & Co
2018·07 Artist and Mirror a preparatory pencil sketch together with three wood engravings, (Skelton P836, P837), 1932, on various papers, one of them published for the book Sculpture and the Living Model by Sheed & Ward, London, each approximately 127 x 750mm (5 x 3in)(I) $1,326–$1,989 Bonhams
2018·06 Lovers Embracing ivory relief on ebony stand $19,763–$32,938 Christie's
2018·06 Dancer Carved from April - September 1913 $92,226–$131,751 Christie's
2018·03 Angel 8.8 x 14 cm. (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.) $2,815–$4,222 Bonhams
2017·11 A Collection $670–$938 Bonhams
2017·11 A Collection $670–$938 Bonhams
2017·11 A Collection $938–$1,340 Bonhams
2017·11 A Collection $670–$938 Bonhams
2017·11 A Collection $938–$1,340 Bonhams
2017·11 A Collection $670–$938 Bonhams
2017·11 A Collection $670–$938 Bonhams
2017·11 Nude Girl with Hair Carved in October 1925 $396,881–$661,468 Christie's
2017·10 Angel 8.8 x 14 cm. (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.) $6,639–$9,295 Bonhams
2017·06 Leda and The Swan 23.5 cm. (9 1/4 in.) high $25,473–$38,209 Bonhams
2017·05 Das Hohe Lied Salomo, 1931 $1,124–$1,124 Ketterer Kunst
2017·02 Female Nude $10,012–$15,019 Sotheby's
2017·02 Female Nude $10,012–$15,019 Sotheby's
2016·11 three studies for sculpture $3,798–$6,330 Sotheby's
2016·11 designs for sculpture: rossall school war memorial altarpiece $10,128–$15,191 Sotheby's
2016·11 study for altar (proposed) for church of 1st martyrs, bradford $1,899–$3,165 Sotheby's
2016·11 three illustrations from canticum canticorum $760–$1,013 Sotheby's
2016·11 six illustrations from canticum canticorum $1,899–$3,165 Sotheby's
2016·11 Eve Wood engraving with hand-colouring, 1926, initialed in pencil, on laid paper $1,266–$1,899 Sotheby's
2016·11 Study for Sculpture, Ratcliffe College $1,899–$3,165 Sotheby's
2016·06 Seated female nude $1,166–$1,749 Bonhams
2016·03 Autumn Midnight ink and gouache $5,784–$8,677 Christie's
2016·03 Squatting Nude pencil $2,892–$4,338 Christie's
2015·12 the four gospels of the lord jesus christ. golden cockerel press, 1931 $6,062–$9,093 Sotheby's
2015·12 collection of 11 golden cockerel press volumes with wood-engraved illustrations or initial letters by eric gill, comprising: $1,061–$1,515 Sotheby's
2015·12 the song of songs. golden cockerel press, 1925 $606–$909 Sotheby's
2015·12 passio domini nostri jesu christi. golden cockerel press, 1926 $1,212–$1,819 Sotheby's

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