British, 1903–1992
John Piper C.h.
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?
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.
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 |
Related artists: Sir Terry Frost R.a.Graham Sutherland O.m.Henry MooreLaurence Stephen Lowry R.a.
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 | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2016·03 | Westminster School II | $707–$990 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | Kilmory Chapel | $849–$1,131 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | Stowe, South of the House unframed | $849–$1,131 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | High Cross, Hampshire | $707–$990 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | Inglesham | $849–$1,131 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | The Royal Holloway College, from Victorian Dream Palaces | $1,697–$2,546 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | Ceres and Proserpine unframed | $707–$990 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | Ruined Church, Bawsey | $707–$990 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | Whithorne Priory, from Five Scottish Chapels (in ruins) | $990–$1,414 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | San Zobenigo | $566–$849 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | Isle Abbots | $1,697–$2,546 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | Travel Notes: Castle Ashby Avenue unframed | $566–$849 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | Courthouse, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire | $849–$1,131 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | Poelfoen, near Brittany | ink, watercolour, wax resist, gouache and collage | $3,615–$5,061 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·03 | Study for stained glass window | ink, oil pastel, watercolour and gouache | $1,735–$2,603 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·03 | Vézelay Tympanum | ink, watercolour and gouache | $2,892–$4,338 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·03 | Tolquhon Castle | ink, pastel, watercolour and gouache | $7,230–$11,569 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·03 | Fawley Bottom | $11,242–$16,864 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·03 | pointe du château, brittany | $11,242–$16,864 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·03 | 'Tarbat Ness ' | $4,253–$7,089 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | Entrance gate | $2,835–$4,253 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·03 | 'Poelfoen, Brittany' | $2,835–$4,253 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·02 | Death in Venice II | $524–$785 | Strauss & Co | |||
| 2016·02 | Death in Venice VIII | $524–$785 | Strauss & Co | |||
| 2015·12 | Foliate Head | $1,059–$1,513 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·12 | Ruined Chapel, Isle of Mull | $754–$1,056 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·12 | Little Cressingham, Norfolk | $905–$1,207 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·12 | Skeabost, Skye | $754–$1,056 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·12 | Anglesey Beach unframed | $905–$1,207 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·12 | The Seasons: Autumn unframed | $905–$1,207 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·12 | The Seasons: Winter | $754–$1,056 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·12 | Waddeston | $1,207–$1,811 | upcoming | Bonhams | ||
| 2015·12 | Compton Valence | watercolour, ink, gouache and pastel | $9,053–$12,071 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·12 | Huish Episcopi (Somerset) | ink, watercolour and gouache | $6,036–$9,053 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·11 | Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire | oil and mixed media on canvas | $45,299–$75,498 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·11 | Abstract Painting, 1935 | oil on canvas over panel, partly cut | $452,554–$754,257 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·11 | Untitled 15.8 x 20.3 cm. (6 1/4 x 8 in.) | $9,131–$12,174 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·11 | Garn Fechan 71.1 x 91.4 cm. (28 x 36 in.) | $10,652–$15,218 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·11 | Rock in Cwm Tryfan | $12,174–$18,261 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·11 | back gardens burgundy | $22,826–$30,435 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·11 | Cardiganshire Landscape | $6,087–$9,131 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·11 | Seaweed and Lichen, South Cornwall | $60,870–$91,305 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·09 | long sutton (levinson 374) | $1,820–$2,731 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·09 | An oval dish | $758–$1,062 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·09 | Standing Figures - Ballet Project | $2,275–$3,792 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·09 | Llanddewin III | $10,619–$15,170 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·09 | Flowers in a Black Pot | $1,236–$1,854 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·09 | Abbeville, St Wolfrun | $773–$1,082 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·09 | Skeabost, Skye | $927–$1,236 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·09 | Kilpeck, Herefordshire: the Norman South Door, from A Retrospective of Churches portfolio | $773–$1,082 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·09 | Huish-Episcopi | $1,236–$1,545 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·09 | Avoncroft Museum unframed | $927–$1,236 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·09 | Wymondham | $1,236–$1,854 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·07 | Travel Notes: Devil's Bridge Waterfalls | $469–$781 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·07 | Eye and Camera: Flame Four | $469–$781 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·07 | Cheltenham | $625–$938 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·07 | Taillebourg | pencil, ink, pastel, watercolour and gouache | $3,125–$4,688 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·07 | Fawley Bottom | ink, pastel, watercolour and gouache | $10,939–$15,627 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·07 | Inigo Jones Pavilions, Stoke Park, Stoke Bruern | ink, pastel, watercolour and gouache | $15,627–$23,440 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·07 | Nursery Frieze I | $3,114–$4,672 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·07 | Nursery Frieze II | $1,557–$2,336 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Aldeburgh | ink, watercolour and gouache | $11,009–$15,727 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·06 | Industrial village | oil on canvas | $39,316–$55,043 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·06 | Nursery Frieze II unframed | $3,146–$4,719 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Avy nr. Pons Charente 75.5 x 55.6 cm. (29 3/4 x 21 7/8 in.) | $7,742–$10,839 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Aberayon Fields 71.1 x 91.4 cm. (28 x 36 in.) | $30,969–$46,454 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Reims Cathedral, Marne, France 152.4 x 121.9 cm. (60 x 48 in.) | $38,712–$54,196 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Port Mort | $23,227–$38,712 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·06 | Still Life of Flowers in a Jug | $12,388–$18,582 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·06 | The Warren, Pembrokeshire | $6,194–$9,291 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·06 | llaneilian church | $15,485–$18,582 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·06 | Stokesay Castle | $1,530–$2,296 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Death in Venice VIII | $1,224–$1,837 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Westminster School I and II 2 | $1,530–$2,296 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | St Germain-de-L'Ivret unframed | $1,071–$1,530 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Avencroft Museum | $1,071–$1,377 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Caernarvon Castle II | $1,071–$1,377 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Terrace with Morning Glories | $765–$1,071 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Eastnor Castle, Hereford | $918–$1,224 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Wightwick Manor | $918–$1,224 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·06 | Milton Abbas | $2,284–$3,045 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·04 | Welsh Landscape, Tretio | $1,055–$1,507 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·04 | Ludlow Castle | $1,507–$2,260 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·04 | Eye and Camera: Marble, Red, Black etc. - lying figure reversed | $1,055–$1,507 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·04 | Large Dish vii | $992–$1,322 | Strauss & Co | |||
| 2015·03 | Rye Harbour | $4,475–$7,458 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·03 | Abstract Composition (Levinson 7) | $2,983–$4,475 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·03 | Long Sutton, Lincolnshire | $4,475–$7,458 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·03 | Golden Valley | $22,373–$37,288 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·03 | Thornton Abbey Gateway | ink, watercolour and gouache | $8,919–$11,891 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·03 | Cresswell Quay, Pembrokeshire, 1969 | $6,026–$9,039 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·03 | Oxfordshire farm | $6,026–$9,039 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·03 | St James the Less, Westminster, by G.E.Street | $766–$1,073 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·03 | Royal Holloway College | $1,532–$2,299 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·03 | Swansea East | $919–$1,226 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·03 | The Seasons: Summer | $919–$1,226 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·03 | Clytha Castle | $919–$1,226 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·03 | The Green Man | $766–$1,073 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·03 | Chantry House, Henley | $766–$1,073 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·03 | The seasons : Winter | $919–$919 | Bonhams | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.