John Piper C.h. — auction results & prices

2,076results on record

87%sell-through

$2,995median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)

$653,730record in our coverage

Drawn from 2,076 recorded results (1,960 sold · 116 passed) across 12 auction houses, 1998–2026. 6 upcoming lots on the ledger. 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

Where does a value land in this market?

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

Medium	Results	Sell-through	Median result (USD)
prints	539	79%	$1,559
works on paper	403	87%	$7,548
painting	79	67%	$33,913
ceramics & design	46	77%	$3,531
other	34	64%	$1,156

Medium is recorded for 1,101 of 2,076 results (53%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Sir Terry Frost R.a. John Piper C.h. Sir Terry Frost R.a.

Metric	John Piper C.h.	Sir Terry Frost R.a.
Median result	$2,995	$3,441
Record price	$653,730	$919,041
Results on record	2,076	1,090
Years active at auction	1998–2026	1998–2026

Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method

86/ 100

Sell-through87%
Meets estimate78%
Market depth2,076 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

House	Results	Sell-through	Median	vs. estimate
Christie's	981	83%	$2,833	—
Bonhams	667	89%	$1,818	0.97×
Sotheby's	304	84%	$12,123	1.00×
Lyon & Turnbull	44	83%	$1,357	0.95×
Strauss & Co	45	71%	$2,144	1.36×
Chiswick Auctions	13	100%	$809	—
Sworders	9	100%	$1,071	—
Phillips	4	75%	$1,211	—
Ketterer Kunst	2	—	$512	—
Heritage Auctions	4	50%	$10,262	—
Freeman's \| Hindman	1	100%	$22,500	2.57×
Yair gallery	2	50%	$750	—

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 A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal.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 2,082 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 116 passed lots

Date	Lot	Medium	Estimate USD	House
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2020·10	Stones and Bones		$9,438–$13,483	Bonhams
2020·10	Two sheets, from 'Stones and Bones'		$674–$944	Bonhams
2020·10	Moreton Corbett		$809–$1,079	Bonhams
2020·10	Three Somerset Towers II		$1,079–$1,618	Bonhams
2020·09	Foliate Head	ink, watercolour, gouache, and wax crayon on paper	$8,090–$10,787	Christie's
2020·09	Wells Cathedral	watercolour, ink, gouache and chalk on paper, lightly squared for transfer	$13,483–$20,225	Christie's
2020·09	Llyn-y-Gader, Cader Idris	ink, crayon, watercolour and gouache on paper	$16,180–$24,270	Christie's
2020·09	Nativity	ink, watercolour and wax crayon on paper laid on card	$2,697–$4,045	Christie's
2020·09	Moccas St Michael, Herefordshire		$5,393–$8,090	Bonhams
2020·09	Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton		$5,393–$8,090	Bonhams
2020·09	Compton Wynyates		$1,079–$1,618	Bonhams
2020·09	Kirby Muxloe Castle		$4,045–$6,742	Bonhams
2020·09	Harbour, Brittany		$3,371–$4,719	Bonhams
2020·09	View of a Town		$2,697–$4,045	Bonhams
2020·09	john piper \| st jean de vaux		$10,787–$13,483	Sotheby's
2020·07	john piper \| study related to stained glass no. 1		$13,483–$20,225	Sotheby's
2020·07	john piper \| the forum		$8,090–$10,787	Sotheby's
2020·07	Gaddesby, Leicestershire: Medieval Stonework from the series A Retrospect of Churches	Lithograph in colors on paper	—	Heritage Auctions
2020·07	Figures from a Cretan Seal 25.4 x 35.6 cm. (10 x 14 in.)		$10,787–$16,180	Bonhams
2020·06	Stokesay Castle; Harlech Castle		$1,348–$2,022	Bonhams
2020·06	Nursery Frieze II		$2,697–$4,045	Bonhams
2020·06	Holme, Nottinghamshire; Sunningwell, Oxfordshire		$1,348–$2,022	Bonhams
2020·06	Hales, Norfolk; Bridgham Parish Church		$1,348–$2,022	Bonhams
2020·06	Dahlias and Ferns		$1,079–$1,618	Bonhams
2020·06	India Love Poems; English, Scottish and Welsh Landscape; Grongar Hill The book, 1977, on Arches paper, with text, title and justification, signed by the artist and translator, copy 89, from the edition of 200, bound (as issued); with English, Scottish and Welsh Landscape (Levinson 34-46), the book, comprising 12 autolithographs, 1944, from an unknown edition size; Grongar Hill (L. 337-9); the book comprising three autolithographs, 1982, on Arches, signed in ink on the justification, copy 132 of 160, with the deluxe lithographs stamp-signed and numbered 16/20 as issued, 600 x 400mm (24 x 16in)(and smaller)(Vols)(4)		$1,348–$2,022	Bonhams
2020·06	John Piper's Stowe		$674–$944	Bonhams
2020·06	Ottery St. Mary		$809–$1,079	Bonhams
2020·06	St Raphael, Dordogne		$809–$1,079	Bonhams
2020·06	Alpilles		$809–$1,079	Bonhams
2020·06	Sutton Waldron		$674–$944	Bonhams
2020·06	Yarnton Monument, Oxon		$674–$944	Bonhams
2020·06	St Nicholas, Liverpool: Smoke-black Dockland Church		$674–$944	Bonhams
2020·06	Clydey, Pembrokshire		$809–$1,079	Bonhams
2020·06	The Grotto, Halswell, Somerset		$809–$1,079	Bonhams
2020·06	Foliate Head		$674–$944	Bonhams
2020·05	Wiggenhall St. Peter I		$5,393–$8,090	Bonhams
2020·05	Colston Bassett		$6,742–$9,438	Bonhams
2020·05	Landscape		$5,393–$8,090	Bonhams
2020·03	john piper \| ardmore (eire)		$6,742–$9,438	Sotheby's
2020·03	john piper \| holkham gate, norfolk (levinson 262)		$944–$1,348	Sotheby's
2020·03	john piper \| la belle verrière, chartres		$5,393–$8,090	Sotheby's
2020·03	john piper \| table		$2,022–$3,371	Sotheby's
2020·03	john piper \| fenny stratford, buckinghamshire, england		$5,393–$8,090	Sotheby's
2020·02	Conisbrough Castle, South Yorkshire		$492–$737	Strauss & Co
2020·01	The Catacombs, Rome	ink, watercolour, gouache and coloured crayon on marbled paper	$9,438–$13,483	Christie's
2020·01	Forms on a White Ground	oil and cut canvas laid on panel	$269,666–$404,499	Christie's
2019·12	Garn Fawr, Pembrokeshire		$809–$1,079	Bonhams
2019·12	Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire		$809–$1,079	Bonhams
2019·12	Temple of Flora		$674–$944	Bonhams
2019·12	Moutou		$674–$944	Bonhams
2019·12	The Annunciation to the Shepherds		$674–$944	Bonhams
2019·11	Illustration for the book India Love Poems		$1,348–$2,022	Bonhams
2019·11	Portland, Quarries and Houses	ink, watercolor and gouache on paper	$13,483–$20,225	Christie's
2019·11	Lampaul-Ploudalezeau	ink, pastel, watercolour and gouache on paper	$8,090–$10,787	Christie's
2019·11	muchelney farmyard		$80,900–$107,866	Sotheby's
2019·11	john piper \| near dungeness		$16,180–$24,270	Sotheby's
2019·11	Montpellier de Didonne, Charente 76.7 x 56 cm. (30 1/4 x 22 in.)		$13,483–$20,225	Bonhams
2019·11	Japanese Larch 36 x 51 cm. (14 1/8 x 20 in.)		$6,742–$9,438	Bonhams
2019·11	North Luffenham II 45 x 63 cm. (17 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.)		$8,090–$10,787	Bonhams
2019·09	Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire		$809–$1,079	Bonhams
2019·09	Temple of Flora		$809–$1,079	Bonhams
2019·09	Inglesham, Wiltshire: a rustic medieval interior, from 'A Retrospect of Churches'		$944–$1,348	Bonhams
2019·09	The Geffrye Museum		$944–$1,348	Bonhams
2019·07	Holdenby		$615–$922	Strauss & Co
2019·07	Gwaun Valley		$8,090–$10,787	Bonhams
2019·07	Chambord		$1,348–$2,022	Bonhams
2019·07	Set Design for A Midsummer Night's Dream		$5,393–$8,090	Bonhams
2019·07	Ruined Tin Mines, Cornwall		$1,348–$2,022	Bonhams
2019·07	Gates of the Grange		$1,348–$2,022	Bonhams
2019·06	'Elgin Chapter House': A Vase, Executed 1982		$1,348–$2,022	Bonhams
2019·06	Folly in West Wycombe Park	oil on canvas laid on panel, partly cut out	$13,483–$20,225	Christie's
2019·06	Coventry, November 1940	oil on canvas laid on panel	$40,450–$67,416	Christie's
2019·06	Rodez (Aveyron) 152.4 x 107 cm. (60 x 42 1/8 in.)		$26,967–$40,450	Bonhams
2019·06	Vaux-le-Vicomte		$674–$1,079	Christie's
2019·05	San Marco, Venice		$809–$1,079	Bonhams
2019·05	Brighton Aquatints		$3,371–$4,719	Bonhams
2019·05	Les Junies		$944–$1,348	Bonhams
2019·05	Llyn Teifi		$1,348–$2,022	Bonhams
2019·05	Wild Bunch		$1,079–$1,618	Bonhams
2019·05	Crug Glas, Swansea		$674–$944	Bonhams
2019·05	St Raphael, Dordogne		$674–$944	Bonhams
2019·05	The Quest		$1,079–$1,618	Bonhams
2019·04	Garn Fawr	gouache and ink on paper	$5,393–$8,090	Christie's
2019·04	Views of Venice	ink, pastel, watercolour and gouache on paper	$5,393–$8,090	Christie's
2019·04	Foliate Face		$307–$430	Strauss & Co
2019·03	st agnese and the bernini fountain of the 4 rivers: rome piazza navona		$2,022–$3,371	Sotheby's
2019·03	ardmore (eire)		$10,787–$16,180	Sotheby's
2019·03	st agnese and the bernini fountain		$3,371–$4,719	Sotheby's
2019·03	Mattersey Priory		$4,045–$6,742	Bonhams
2019·03	St. Andrew's Church in Northborough 57.6 x 78.5 cm. (22 3/4 x 30 7/8 in.)		$10,787–$16,180	Bonhams
2019·02	welsh waterfall		$1,079–$1,618	Sotheby's
2019·02	st john's waterloo road, london		$9,438–$13,483	Sotheby's
2018·12	Costume Design for Benjamin Britien's Gloriana: Housewife, Act III Scene 2; together with Costume Design for Unicorn "Harlequin in April" Royal Ballet	each watercolor, gouache, ink and pencil on paper	$2,000–$3,000	Christie's
2018·12	Old Church of Mynachlogddu		$1,079–$1,618	Bonhams
2018·12	Stokesay Castle		$1,348–$2,022	Bonhams
2018·12	Kilmory Chapel		$674–$944	Bonhams
2018·12	Stones and Bones XIV		$674–$944	Bonhams
2018·12	Chantry House, Henley		$674–$944	Bonhams
2018·12	Willington Dovecote, Bedfordshire		$674–$944	Bonhams
2018·12	Foliate Heads I		$809–$1,079	Bonhams

Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $39, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.