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6 results on record
100% sell-through
$1,137 median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$5,535 record in our coverage
Drawn from 6 recorded results
(6 sold · 0 passed) across 3 auction houses, 2009–2024.
What we cover
Median sold price by year
USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer
method
· log scale
$2.0K $4.0K $6.0K 2009: $5.5K median, 1 sold 2013: $2.2K median, 2 sold 2021: $181 median, 1 sold 2024: $613 median, 2 sold 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024
Compared with Archibald Thorburn
$10K $21K $31K 1998: $23K median 1999: $10K median 2000: $8.3K median 2001: $2.2K median 2002: $15K median 2003: $24K median 2004: $14K median 2005: $11K median 2006: $14K median 2007: $18K median 2008: $23K median 2009: $16K median 2010: $38K median 2011: $15K median 2012: $20K median 2013: $16K median 2014: $12K median 2015: $11K median 2016: $6.7K median 2017: $5.4K median 2018: $14K median 2019: $15K median 2020: $4.6K median 2021: $11K median 2022: $12K median 2023: $7.0K median 2024: $7.7K median 2025: $7.6K median 2026: $8.5K median 2009: $5.5K median 2013: $2.2K median 2021: $181 median 2024: $613 median 1998 2005 2012 2019 2026
Metric Richardson, John. 1787-1865. Archibald Thorburn
Median result $1,137 $11,892 Record price
$5,535
$321,018 Results on record 6 553 Years active at auction
2009–2024
1998–2026
Related artists: Archibald Thorburn John Duncan Fergusson Rba Sydney Harpley R.a. Robert Gwelo Goodman
Where this artist sells best
House Results Sell-through Median vs. estimate
Bonhams
4
$1,137
0.72×
Sotheby's
1
—
$5,535
0.75×
Strauss & Co
1
$181
0.55×
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 A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal.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
6 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule
Date Lot Medium vs. estimate Estimate USD Result USD, incl. premium House
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2024·11
Fauna Boreali-Americana; or The Zoology of The Northern Parts of British America.... London: John Murray, Richard Bentley, and Josiah Fletcher, 1829-1837. $1,000–$1,500
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Bonhams
2024·09
The Eglinton Tournament, Colnachi & Puckle, 1843 $393–$524
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Bonhams
2021·07
In Full Flight: Out of Africa $211–$351
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Strauss & Co
2013·06
Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat-Voyage Through Ruperts Land and the Arctic Sea, in Search of the Discovery Ships Under Command of Sir John Franklin with an Appendix on the Physical Geography of North America. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851. $2,000–$3,000
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Bonhams
2013·06
Fauna Boreali-Americana; or The Zoology Of The Northern Parts Of British America: Containing Descriptions Of The Objects Of Natural History Collected On The Late Northern Expeditions, Under Command Of Captain John Franklin London: John Murray, 1829. $1,000–$1,500
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Bonhams
2009·04
The Bagpiper $4,428–$7,380
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Sotheby's
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