1913–1989
William Scott R.a.
676results on record
83%sell-through
$20,251median result (USD, incl. premium; 98% observed, 2% estimated from hammer)
$2,096,917record in our coverage
Drawn from 676 recorded results (632 sold · 44 passed) across 16 auction houses, 1998–2026. 1 upcoming lot on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 98% observed, 2% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| painting | 124 | 72% | $137,468 |
| prints | 104 | 90% | $3,535 |
| works on paper | 91 | 88% | $28,564 |
| ceramics & design | 34 | 89% | $24,831 |
Medium is recorded for 353 of 676 results (52%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Henry Moore William Scott R.a. Henry Moore
| Metric | William Scott R.a. | Henry Moore |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $20,251 | $15,000 |
| Record price | $2,096,917 | $35,201,404 |
| Results on record | 676 | 3,915 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Henry MooreJohn Piper C.h.Graham Sutherland O.m.Ben Nicholson O.m.
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
84/ 100
- Sell-through83%
- Meets estimate77%
- Market depth676 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 | 270 | 79% | $32,869 | — |
| Sotheby's | 216 | 85% | $42,428 | 1.19× |
| Bonhams | 139 | 84% | $4,182 | 1.09× |
| Lyon & Turnbull | 12 | 100% | $4,539 | 1.27× |
| Phillips | 12 | 75% | $6,775 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 9 | 100% | $1,750 | 0.50× |
| Ketterer Kunst | 5 | — | $2,719 | — |
| Chiswick Auctions | 2 | 100% | $3,646 | — |
| Strauss & Co | 2 | 100% | $2,604 | 0.75× |
| Grisebach | 1 | — | $1,932 | — |
| Rago | 1 | 100% | $2,250 | — |
| Galerie Bassenge | 1 | — | $1,712 | — |
| Bertolami Fine Art | 2 | 50% | $235 | — |
| Kings Russell Auctioneers | 1 | 100% | $2,150 | 0.74× |
| Heritage Auctions | 2 | 50% | $2,750 | — |
| Dorotheum | 2 | 50% | $20,001 | — |
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 678 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 44 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2022·10 | Untitled (blue and green still life) | gouache on paper | $13,492–$20,239 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·10 | Frying Pan - Still Life, 1947 | oil on canvas | $337,200–$561,999 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·10 | Three and One No. 1 | oil on canvas | $168,600–$281,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·09 | Untitled | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·09 | Cornish Harbour, Mousehole | Lithograph in colors on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·09 | Cup and Pan Blues (A. 27) | $4,620–$6,930 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·09 | White Bowl, Black Pan on Brown (A. 29) | $2,310–$3,465 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·06 | Still Life with Frying Pan and Eggs | colour screenprint on paper | $2,499–$3,748 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2022·06 | Untitled 20.3 x 25.9 cm. (8 x 10 1/8 in.) | $7,350–$9,800 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·06 | Odeon Suite III | $1,500–$2,000 | Rago | |||
| 2022·05 | Still Life on Orange | $150,887–$226,330 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·05 | Trees, Ruabon | $3,772–$6,287 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·05 | Untitled | $12,000–$18,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·05 | Still Life Orange Theme XVIII/L | Nature morte thème orange XVIII/L | $8,338–$12,506 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·05 | Bottle Still Life | $41,688–$62,532 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·04 | Green Pears | $2,262–$2,765 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·04 | Odeon Suite III | $1,508–$2,262 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·04 | Lemon Pears | $2,262–$2,765 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·03 | White Theme Encompassed | oil on canvas | $264,911–$397,366 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·03 | Nude | $19,614–$32,691 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·03 | Still Life with Frying Pan and Eggs | $3,923–$6,538 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·03 | Gouache No.1 | $7,846–$10,461 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·12 | Still Life with Frying Pan and Eggs | $3,958–$6,596 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·12 | Odeon Suite V | $1,055–$1,583 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·12 | Odeon Suite III | $1,583–$2,375 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·11 | Still Life, Brown Theme I | $3,161–$3,952 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·11 | Brown Still Life | $20,026–$33,377 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·11 | Brown Composition | $53,403–$80,105 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·11 | Four Pears 63.5 x 76.2 cm. (25 x 30 in.) | $200,262–$333,770 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·11 | Standing Figure | $106,993–$160,489 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·10 | Figure into Landscape, circa 1960 | $1,103–$1,654 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2021·10 | Jug and Pipe | oil on canvas | $69,030–$110,447 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Untitled | gouache and wash on paper | $96,641–$138,059 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Untitled (Composition no. 30) | oil on canvas | $110,447–$165,671 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Theme Green Linear I | charcoal and gouache on paper | $27,612–$41,418 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Still Life Blue Green Theme XXIV/L | gouache on paper | $13,806–$20,709 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Still Life Dark Theme XXIII/L | gouache on paper | $13,806–$20,709 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Still Life Pale Theme VI/L | gouache and pencil on paper | $13,806–$20,709 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Still Life Blue Green Theme XXV/L | gouache on paper | $13,806–$20,709 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Pear Study (3 Pears) | oil on canvas | $110,447–$165,671 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Reclining Nude | gouache on paper | $55,018–$82,527 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·09 | Green Pears | $2,046–$2,728 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·09 | Lemon Pears | $2,455–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·09 | Fish on a plate | $2,078–$3,464 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·08 | Still-Life - 1988 | $2,767–$4,151 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2021·06 | Composition 2 24.1 x 30.5 cm. (9 1/2 x 12 in.) | $11,080–$13,850 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·06 | Composition 30.6 x 40.3 cm. (12 x 15 7/8 in.) | $8,310–$11,080 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·06 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2021·04 | Still Life with Lemon | $2,775–$4,163 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·04 | Blue Still Life | $694–$971 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·03 | Cornish Harbour | $4,163–$6,938 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Theme Green Linear I | $16,652–$24,977 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Six Pears and Grapes | oil on canvas | $111,328–$166,992 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·02 | Composition, from 'Thirty-Five Artists', 1982 | $2,830–$4,244 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·02 | Three Pears and a Pan, 1955 | $1,132–$1,698 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·01 | Arran (A. 12) | $2,058–$2,744 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·12 | Linear Pears | $1,330–$1,995 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·12 | Still Life, Green Edge | oil on canvas | $150,000–$200,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2020·11 | No.1 - Apricot, Orange and Black 27.3 x 37.5 cm. (10 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.) | $10,623–$15,935 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·11 | Composition | $39,790–$66,317 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Untitled | $19,895–$33,158 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | chelsea suite no. 4 | $19,895–$33,158 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Untitled | $53,054–$79,580 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | deep blues | $397,206–$662,010 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | Cup, Bowl, Pan, Reds and Ochres, 1970 | $2,615–$3,923 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2020·10 | Whithorn, designed 1961 | $2,092–$3,138 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2020·10 | Blue Still Life | $644–$901 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·10 | Dark Pears | $1,931–$2,575 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·10 | Green Pears | $1,931–$2,575 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·10 | Arran | $1,931–$2,575 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·10 | Lemon Pears | $2,318–$2,833 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·09 | still life with frying pan and eggs | $3,895–$6,491 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·09 | william scott, r.a. | poem for a jug, no. 23 | $90,350–$129,072 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·08 | Blue Field, From the Portfolio 'A Poem for Alexander' -1972 | $1,057–$1,585 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2020·07 | william scott, r.a. | composition, blue with collage | $15,611–$23,416 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | poem for a jug, no. 19 | $91,063–$130,090 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·06 | Scalpay | $873–$1,246 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·06 | Blue Still Life | $623–$873 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·04 | Blue Still-Life - 1975 | $625–$874 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2019·12 | Odeon Suite I | $784–$1,045 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·11 | Form with Ochre | pastel on paper | $5,186–$7,779 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | White Eggs and Pan with Ochre Underline | pencil, pastel and gouache on paper | $38,894–$64,823 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Two Forms 35.6 x 40.6 cm. (14 x 16 in.) | $19,353–$25,804 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·11 | Still Life with Fish 77.5 x 100.8 cm. (30 1/2 x 39 5/8 in.) | $90,314–$129,021 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·11 | william scott, r.a. | abstract painting (radió telefís éireann mural) | $193,531–$322,551 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·11 | white with black predominating | $322,551–$451,572 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | william scott, r.a. | near abstraction 7 | $7,418–$9,890 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | william scott, r.a. | still life with orange notes | $4,945–$7,418 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | william scott, r.a. | first triangles | $989–$1,484 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·06 | painting | $88,125–$125,893 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·06 | orange arm | $12,589–$18,884 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·06 | berlin blues | $62,947–$88,125 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·06 | Two Pears and a Pan 56.5 x 75.3 cm. (22 1/4 x 29 5/8 in.) | $25,501–$38,251 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·06 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2019·05 | Iona | $2,610–$3,914 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·05 | Still Life | $652–$913 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·05 | Linear Pears | $1,305–$1,957 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·05 | Dark Pears | $1,566–$2,349 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·04 | Untitled | gouache, ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper | $3,919–$6,531 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·03 | still life with frying pan and eggs | $3,290–$4,606 | Sotheby's | |||
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