# Adolphus Knell - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T07:35:07.910Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 101
- Lots with prices: 81
- First auction date: 2004-02-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-15
- Median realised price: $1,000
- Price range: $85 to $6,500

## Market Takeaway
Adolphus Knell shows solid auction liquidity with 101 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-15.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $500 and $1,400.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 49.4% (40 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50.6% (41 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-15
- Days since latest sale: 126
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 35 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 9 lots
- Gorringes: 7 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Ewbank's: 5 lots
- Mallams: 4 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 3 lots
- Roseberys: 3 lots
- Charles Miller Ltd: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-15 | Adolphus Knell \(British, active 1860\-1890\) Moonlit seascapes, a pair | Bonhams | N/A
2. 2025-02-27 | ADOLPHUS KNELL \(United Kingdom, active 1860\-1890\), A busy shipping channel., Oil on board, 8" x 14". Framed 9.5" x 15.5". | Eldred's | N/A
3. 2024-10-16 | Adolphus Knell \(British, active 1860\-1890\) A merchant vessel and paddle tug by a harbour at moonlight | Bonhams | £1,200
4. 2024-10-16 | Adolphus Knell \(British, active 1860\-1890\) A three masted vessel at anchor at sunrise; Shipping by moonlight, a pair | Bonhams | £900
5. 2024-09-18 | ADOLPHUS KNELL \(BRITISH, 1801\- 1875\) | Chiswick Auctions | £480
6. 2024-07-09 | Adolphus Knell,  British fl.c.1860\-c.1890\-  A clipper on choppy waters at | Roseberys | £500
7. 2024-06-20 | Adolphus Knell \(British 1805\-1875\), Vessels off th | Ewbank's | £400
8. 2024-06-20 | Adolphus Knell \(British 1805\-1875\), The Thames nea | Ewbank's | £85
9. 2024-04-24 | Adolphus Knell \(British, active 1860\-1890\) Shipping at dawn; Ships by moonlight, a pair | Bonhams | £1,100
10. 2023-12-15 | Adolphus Knell \(1805 \- 1875\) Boats and figures at low tide, signed, oil on panel, 12 x 29.5 cm, framed 19.5 x 37.5 cm | Dawsons Auctioneers | N/A
11. 2023-11-29 | Adolphus Knell \(19th Century\), ships off a headland under moonlit sky, oil on board, signed, 4" x 6" \(10 x 15c | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
12. 2023-11-29 | Adolphus Knell \(19th Century\), a three masted ship in rolling seas, oil on board,signed, 9" x 11" \(23 x 28cm\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
13. 2023-11-14 | ADOLPHUS KNELL \(ACTIVE 1860\-1890\) | Charles Miller Ltd | £2,800
14. 2023-10-25 | Adolphus Knell \(19th Century\), sailboats in calm waters off a headland, oil on board, signed with initials, 6. | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £550
15. 2023-10-25 | Adolphus Knell \(19th Century\), ships off a headland under moonlit sky, oil on board, signed, 4" x 6" \(10 x 15c | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £200
16. 2023-10-25 | Adolphus Knell \(19th Century\), a three masted ship in rolling seas, oil on board, signed, 9" x 11" \(23 x 28cm\) | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
17. 2023-10-18 | Adolphus Knell \(British, active 1860\-1890\) Ships at anchor in moonlight; Ships at anchor at sunset, a pair | Bonhams | £1,400
18. 2023-10-03 | Adolphus Knell \(British, 1860\-1890\), Steam tug towing a warship into harbour at sunset, oil on wooden panel, 15.5 x 20.5cm | Gorringes | N/A
19. 2023-07-19 | Adolphus Knell,  A clipper on choppy waters at sunset  | Roseberys | £650
20. 2023-07-05 | Adolphus Knell \(British, active 1860\-1890\) Bringing in the day's catch; waiting for the day's catch, a pair | Bonhams | N/A
21. 2023-05-24 | Adolphus Knell \(1802\-1875\), A busy shipping scene off the coast with fishing nets cast and sailing b | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £340
22. 2023-04-26 | Adolphus Knell \(British, active 1860\-1890\) Ships at sunset | Bonhams | £450
23. 2023-04-26 | Adolphus Knell \(British, active 1860\-1890\) Sailing on a choppy sea; ships on calm water \(2\) | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2023-04-26 | Adolphus Knell \(British, active 1860\-1890\) Shipping at moonlight; Early morning shipping, a pair | Bonhams | £1,400

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