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1770–1850

Wordsworth, William. 1770-1850.

29results on record
86%sell-through
$3,691median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$25,000record in our coverage

Drawn from 29 recorded results (28 sold · 1 passed) across 3 auction houses, 1998–2026. 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

$4.5K$9.0K$14K1998: $1.4K median, 1 sold1999: $1.5K median, 1 sold2012: $3.6K median, 1 sold2014: $14K median, 1 sold2015: $7.8K median, 3 sold2016: $3.2K median, 14 sold2017: $3.5K median, 2 sold2020: $3.3K median, 2 sold2021: $4.1K median, 1 sold2024: $179 median, 1 sold2026: $8.5K median, 1 sold19982005201220192026

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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.

$3.7K$179$25K

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By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line

MediumResultsSell-throughMedian result (USD)
other 26 80% $3,750

Medium is recorded for 26 of 29 results (90%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Darwin Wordsworth, William. 1770-1850. Darwin

$3.7K$7.4K$11K1998: $7.4K median2012: $1.2K median2013: $1.4K median2014: $3.2K median2015: $12K median2016: $8.0K median2017: $3.1K median2018: $4.8K median2019: $9.2K median2020: $5.7K median2021: $7.7K median2022: $5.0K median2023: $7.8K median2024: $6.5K median2025: $8.2K median2026: $5.1K median1998: $1.4K median1999: $1.5K median2012: $3.6K median2014: $14K median2015: $7.8K median2016: $3.2K median2017: $3.5K median2020: $3.3K median2021: $4.1K median2024: $179 median2026: $8.5K median19982005201220192026
MetricWordsworth, William. 1770-1850.Darwin
Median result$3,691$5,120
Record price $25,000 $500,075
Results on record29246
Years active at auction 1998–2026 1998–2026

Related artists: DarwinJoyce, James. 1882-1941.Wilde, Oscar. 1854-1900.Winston Churchill

Where this artist sells best

HouseResultsSell-throughMedianvs. estimate
Sotheby's 19 $3,750 0.63×
Bonhams 6 83% $2,805 0.88×
Christie's 4 100% $4,974

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 29 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 1 passed lots

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
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2026·07 Three autograph letters signed, to Thomas De Quincey, n.p. [postmarked Keswick], 24 May [1809], and to Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Lowther Castle, [26 September 1830] and [Rydal Mount], 13 June 1831 $6,674–$9,344 Christie's
2024·04 Lyrical Ballads, with Pastoral and Other Poems. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805. $300–$500 Bonhams
2021·10 A collection of 14 volumes, mostly first editions, $4,000–$6,000 Bonhams
2020·06 Autograph letter signed ("W. Wordsworth") to his publishers [Longman, Hurst] returning corrected proofs [for Ecclesiastical Sketches] and giving instructions for presentation copies to Southey, Lonsdale, and others, $1,200–$1,800 Bonhams
2020·06 Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems. London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. $2,000–$3,000 Bonhams
2017·06 yarrow revisited. london: longman, rees, orme, brown, green & longman, 1835 $1,291–$1,936 Sotheby's
2017·06 the miscellaneous poems of william wordsworth. london: longman, hurst, rees, orme, and brown, 1820 $1,936–$3,227 Sotheby's
2016·10 poems, in two volumes. london: for longman, hurst, rees and orme, 1807 $6,129–$8,581 Sotheby's
2016·07 the white doe of rylstone; or the fate of the nortons. a poem. longman, hurst, rees, orme, and brown, 1815 $658–$921 Sotheby's
2016·07 the cuckoo and the nightingale, corrected proofs, 1841 $6,581–$9,213 Sotheby's
2016·06 peter bell, a tale in verse.  london: printed by strahan and spottiswoode; for longman, hurst, rees, orme, and brown, 1819. $2,500–$3,500 Sotheby's
2016·06 westmorland election. to the independent freeholders of the county of westmorland. kendal: airey and bellingham, printers, (1818). $25,000–$35,000 Sotheby's
2016·06 concerning the relations of great britain, spain, and portugal, to each other, and to the common enemy, at this crisis; and specifically as affected by the convention of cintra... london: printed for longman, hurst, rees, and orme, 1809. $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2016·06 westmoreland election.  an address to the freeholders of the county of westmorland, elucidating the claims of the several candidates to the suffrages of the freeholders.    carlisle:  b. scott; and messrs airey and bellingham (kendal), 1818. $6,000–$8,000 Sotheby's
2016·06 lyrical ballads, with a few other poems. london: for j. & a. arch, 1798 $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2016·06 poems by william wordsworth: including lyrical ballads, and the miscellaneous pieces... london: printed for longman, hurst , rees, orme, and brown, 1815. $4,000–$6,000 Sotheby's
2016·06 kendal and windermere railway.  two letters re-printed from the morning post.  revised, with additions.  kendal: printed by r. branthwaite and son, n.d. [1845]. $3,000–$4,000 Sotheby's
2016·06 poems. london: longman, hurst, rees, and orme, 1807. $4,000–$6,000 Sotheby's
2016·06 lyrical ballads with pastoral and other poems. london: longman, hurst, rees, and orme, 1805. $1,500–$2,500 Sotheby's
2016·06 the excursion, being a portion of the recluse, a poem. london: printed for longman, hurst, rees, orme, and brown, 1814. $2,500–$3,500 Sotheby's
2016·06 Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Wm Wordsworth"), $1,000–$1,500 Bonhams
2015·11 grace darling. carlisle: printed at the office of charles thurnam, [1843] $3,016–$4,525 Sotheby's
2015·07 catalogue of the varied and valuable historical, poetical, theological, and miscellaneous library of the late venerated poet-laureate, william wordsworth...also a fine gallery picture, by l. giordano: which will be sold by auction, by mr. john burton (of preston) at that haunt of hallowed memories rydal mount, near ambleside, windermere, on tuesday the 19th, wednesday the 20th, and thursday the 21st, days of july, 1859... london: charles ambler for john burton, 19 july 1859 $9,343–$11,679 Sotheby's
2015·07 the poetical works of william wordsworth. edward moxon, dover street. 1841 [first six volumes], 1842 [seventh volume] $3,893–$7,007 Sotheby's
2014·05 Autograph manuscript signed ('William Wordsworth'), transcribing extracts from four poems, Rydal Mount, 22 December 1847 $11,724–$16,748 Christie's
2012·12 the poetical works. longman, rees, orme, browne, and green, 1827 $3,229–$4,036 Sotheby's
2012·02 Lyrical Ballads. London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. $3,000–$5,000 Bonhams
1999·05 [William Wordsworth] (1770-1850) $320–$480 Christie's
1998·05 William Wordsworth (1770-1850) pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour $653–$979 Christie's

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