British, 1815–1879
Julia Margaret Cameron
208results on record
64%sell-through
$6,000median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$461,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 208 recorded results (182 sold · 26 passed) across 9 auction houses, 1998–2026. 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
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| photography | 146 | 88% | $5,287 |
| other | 8 | 100% | $9,143 |
| prints | 3 | 100% | $1,188 |
Medium is recorded for 157 of 208 results (75%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Edward Weston Julia Margaret Cameron Edward Weston
| Metric | Julia Margaret Cameron | Edward Weston |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $6,000 | $8,365 |
| Record price | $461,000 | $1,805,000 |
| Results on record | 208 | 1,374 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Edward WestonRobert MapplethorpeHenri Cartier-bressonIrving Penn
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
61/ 100
- Sell-through64%
- Meets estimate39%
- Market depth208 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 | 100 | — | $5,400 | — |
| Sotheby's | 51 | 41% | $6,719 | 0.76× |
| Heritage Auctions | 17 | 100% | $2,750 | — |
| Phillips | 23 | 52% | $15,056 | — |
| Bonhams | 13 | 62% | $11,050 | 0.73× |
| Grisebach | 2 | — | $10,775 | — |
| Lempertz | 1 | 100% | $3,896 | — |
| Chiswick Auctions | 1 | 100% | $7,778 | — |
| International Autograph Auctions | 1 | — | $18,445 | 0.80× |
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 209 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 26 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2012·05 | Valentine Prinsep, 1867 | $28,506–$34,841 | Bonhams | |||
| 2012·04 | 'rachel' | $7,000–$10,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2010·12 | Ellen Terry, at the Age of Sixteen,Camera Work Vol.41 Page 13,... | — | Heritage Auctions | |||
| 2010·06 | Alfred Tennyson | Albumen | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2009·10 | Enid, 1874 | handwritten by Cameron in ink | $12,000–$18,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·05 | Mary Ryan, 1867 | Albumen print, mounted on card. Framed | $7,739–$10,835 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2009·05 | Henry Cotton, May 1867 | $6,191–$9,287 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·04 | Study of a Magdalen, July 1874 | albumen print | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2008·04 | 2nd Version of Study after the Elgin Marbles: Cyllena Wilson, Mary Hillier, 1867 | albumen print | $7,000–$9,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2008·04 | Young Girl in Peasant Costume | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·04 | 'gareth and lynette' | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·11 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel, April 1867 | albumen print | $8,233–$12,350 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·11 | Various portraits, 1860s | 2 variously annotated in ink on mount | $4,117–$6,175 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·11 | 'the mourner' (mary hillier), 1859 | $10,348–$14,487 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·10 | Charlotte Norman, 1865-68 | albumen print | $7,000–$9,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·04 | mrs. herbert duckworth | $50,000–$70,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·11 | May Prinsep [Head of St. John], March 1866 | albumen print | $18,969–$28,454 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·11 | 'vivien and merlin' (agnes mangles and charles hay cameron), 1874 | $3,794–$5,691 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·11 | 'the parting of lancelot and guinevere' (mr. read and mrs. hardinge), 1874 | $7,588–$11,381 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·11 | queen henrietta telling her children of the coming fate of their father king charles i (rachel gurney, isabel bateman and daisy taylor), may 1874 | $2,845–$4,742 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·10 | mrs. herbert fisher | $1,871–$2,807 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·10 | Julia Jackson, September 26, 1875 | albumen print | $30,000–$50,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Cupid Escaped from His Mother (Daisy Taylor?), 1873 | albumen print | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Ewen Wrottesley Hay Cameron, 1865 | albumen print, possibly unique | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Elaine Guarding the Shield of Lancelot (May Prinsep), 1874 | titled in ink (on the mount) | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Eugene Hay Cameron, 1867 | albumen print | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Elaine (May Prinsep), 1874 | albumen print | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | The Rosebud Garden of Girls (Nelly, Christiana, Mary and Ethel Fraser-Tytler), June 1868 | albumen print | $15,000–$25,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Alfred Lord Tennyson, June 3, 1870 | albumen print | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Queen Henrietta informing Her Children of the Coming Fate of their Father King Charles the First (Rachel Gurney, Isabel Bateman, Daisy Taylor), May 1874 | albumen print | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1870 | albumen print | $8,000–$12,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Prospero and Miranda (Henry Taylor and Mary Ryan), November 11, 1865 | albumen print | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Baby Blossom (Alice Keown), 1866 | albumen print | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | The Dedication (Hatty Campbell), 1868 | albumen print | $15,000–$25,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | The Dream (Mary Hillier), March 1869 | albumen print | $25,000–$35,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Lionel Tennyson as the Marquis de St. Cast, 1869 | albumen print | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Alfred Lord Tennyson, June 30, 1869 | albumen print | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | The Guardian Angel (Hatty Campbell), September 1868 | albumen print | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·10 | Sappho (Mary Hillier), 1865 | albumen print | $40,000–$60,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·04 | selected biblical studies | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·11 | st agnes [alice liddell], september 1872 | $17,331–$25,996 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·05 | 'the snowdrop' and other works. a group of five studies featuring the keown sisters, circa 1865-72 | $3,677–$5,515 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·05 | alfred tennyson, circa 1867 | $1,838–$2,758 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·05 | george frederic watts. two studies, 1864 | $2,206–$3,309 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·05 | ellen terry, circa 1864 | $1,838–$2,758 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·05 | Julia Jackson, 1864 | $2,758–$3,677 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·11 | thomas carlyle, 4th june 1867 | $3,708–$5,562 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·11 | the guardian angel, circa 1868 | $1,298–$1,669 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·11 | Henry Taylor, 1864 | albumen print | $1,854–$2,781 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·10 | Pray God Bring Father Safely Home, 1874 | albumen print | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·10 | Cordelia and King Lear, 1865 | albumen print | $8,000–$10,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·07 | 'alethea' (alice liddell) and tears from the depth of some divine despair (may prinsep). two studies, 1872 and 1875. | $926–$1,296 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·05 | Alfred Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and Other Poems, Illustrated by Julia Margaret Cameron | $10,685–$16,028 | Christie's | |||
| 2004·05 | Oenone, 1870 | carbon print | $3,562–$5,343 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·12 | Girl with jar [Unknown Girl], 1869 | albumen print | $4,720–$7,867 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·12 | Resting in Hope, 1864 | albumen print | $1,573–$2,360 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·12 | Charles Darwin, 1868 | albumen print | $1,259–$1,573 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·12 | Young woman [Mary Ryan], 1865-66 | albumen print | $4,720–$7,867 | Christie's | ||
| 2002·11 | Alfred Lord Tennyson | $1,504–$2,006 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·10 | Paul and Virginia | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·10 | "The Dirty Monk" (Alfred Lord Tennyson); and George Frederick Watts, Painter | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | George Frederick Watts | $8,769–$14,615 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Mary Mother | $8,769–$11,692 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Freshwater; Faith with Children | $2,192–$2,923 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | The Dream | $8,769–$13,153 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | The "Turtle Doves" | $1,461–$2,192 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·05 | Little Margie | $1,169–$1,754 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·10 | Cecilia Tennyson | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·05 | A Cherub | $28,387–$42,580 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·05 | Julia Margaret Cameron | $284–$426 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·05 | Hosanna | $11,355–$17,032 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·05 | Charles Darwin | $1,419–$2,129 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·04 | Elaine the Lily-Maid of Astolat | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·10 | Alfred Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Other Poems, Illustrated by Julia Margaret Cameron , London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875 | $8,695–$13,043 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·10 | Mrs. Herbert Duckworth, circa 1867 | $2,174–$2,898 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·10 | Charles Hay Cameron | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·10 | Friar Lawrence and Juliet | $7,000–$9,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·05 | King Arthur, 1874; Lionel Tennyson, circa 1870 | $3,847–$4,617 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·05 | Dejátch Alámáyou, King Theodore's Son , 1868 | $1,231–$1,847 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·05 | Thomas Carlyle, 1867, printed circa 1870s | $1,539–$1,847 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·05 | Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1868; Joseph Joachim, 1868 | $3,078–$4,617 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·05 | James Spedding, 1865; William Holman Hunt, circa 1864 | $1,539–$2,308 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·04 | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·10 | Maud | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·05 | "The Dirty Monk" (Alfred Lord Tennyson) | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·05 | Sir Henry Taylor | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·05 | May Prinsep as Beatrice Cenci, 1870 | $4,079–$5,711 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·05 | Mrs. Ewen Hay Cameron as 'Zuleika', circa 1871 | $3,264–$4,895 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·12 | 'The Passing of King Arthur', circa 1874 | $332–$665 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·12 | 'Venus hiding Cupid', 1860s-70s; Untitled (Mary Hillier with Elizabeth and Kate Keown), 1866 | $1,330–$1,662 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·10 | King Arthur from "Idylls of the King" | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·06 | Sir John Herschel, April 1867 | albumen print, mounted on card with gilt border | $6,656–$9,985 | Christie's | ||
| 1998·05 | Female and child portraits, sacred, allegorical and narrative subjects, 1860s | $4,914–$8,190 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·05 | Sacred, allegorical and narrative subjects, circa , 1865-70 | $2,457–$3,276 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·05 | Marie Spartali, circa late 1860s | $819–$1,147 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·05 | 'Sordello', circa late 1860s | $819–$1,147 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·05 | Profile portrait of unknown woman, circa late 1860s | $819–$1,147 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·05 | 'Mountain Nymph Sweet Liberty', 1866 | $819–$1,147 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·05 | Unknown child, circa late 1860s | $819–$1,147 | Christie's | |||
| 1998·05 | 'Hypatia', 1867 | $819–$1,147 | Christie's | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.