# Charles Sim Mottram - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:45:02.894Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 38
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2003-05-21
- Latest auction date: 2023-12-20
- Median realised price: $250
- Price range: $50 to $1,553

## Market Takeaway
Charles Sim Mottram has 38 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $250. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($250\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($110 to $520\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 82.4% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 17.6% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-12-20
- Days since latest sale: 860
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 5 lots
- Houston Auction Company: 4 lots
- W.H. Lane & Son: 4 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Gorringes: 2 lots
- Halls Fine Art: 2 lots
- James D. Julia: 2 lots
- Olympia Auctions: 2 lots
- Rowley Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-12-20 | Charles Sim Mottram \(1876\-1919\), a fisherman and his nets on a beach, oil on canvas, signed, 16" x 26" \(40 x 6 | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
2. 2020-02-26 | Charles Sim Mottram \(act.1876\-1919\) British. "Shelling Peas", Study of a Young Girl, sitting on a Garden Wall, Watercolour, Signed and Dated '97, and Inscribed on the mount, 17.25" x 14.5". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £180
3. 2019-09-04 | Charles Sim Mottram \(act.1876\-1919\) British. 'Fishing Boats going out from St Ives', Watercolour, Signed and Dated 1902, 15.25" x 27". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £100
4. 2017-02-22 | CHARLES SIM MOTTRAM \(1852\-1919\) British Return of the Fleet Watercolour Sig | Rowley Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers | £110
5. 2017-01-25 | CHARLES SIM MOTTRAM \(worked 1876\-1903\) FROM THE BEACH signed and | Olympia Auctions | N/A
6. 2016-11-23 | Charles Sim Mottram \(1852\-1919\) British. A Seascape with Shipping, Watercolour, Signed, 12.25" x 19.25". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
7. 2016-11-13 | CHARLES SIM MOTTRAM \(British 876\-1919\) A PAINTING, "A Couple by the Sea near St. Ives," | Houston Auction Company | N/A
8. 2016-09-01 | CHARLES SIM MOTTRAM, English, c. 1852\-1919, Weir fishing., Watercolor, 14.5" x 22.5" sight. Framed 28" x 37". | Eldred's | N/A
9. 2016-05-26 | Charles Sim MOTTRAM \(1852\-1919\), Watercolour, The fishing fleet before St M | W.H. Lane & Son | £520
10. 2016-05-25 | CHARLES SIM MOTTRAM \(1876\-1903\) British Sailing in Choppy Waters Watercolou | Rowley Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers | N/A
11. 2016-03-23 | Charles Sim Mottram \(1876\-1903\) 'When Might Was Right', 24 x 20in. | Gorringes | N/A
12. 2016-03-17 | Charles Sim MOTTRAM \(1852\-1919\) Watercolour Riding the Storm – ship in heavy seas Signed & dated 1891 10” x 25” \(25.4cm x 63.5cm\) GBP | W.H. Lane & Son | £100
13. 2016-03-17 | Charles Sim MOTTRAM \(1852\-1919\) Watercolour The rough rolling surf with distant shipping Signed & dated \(19\)03 19.5” x 34” \(49.5cm x 86.4cm\) GBP | W.H. Lane & Son | £250
14. 2016-03-17 | Charles Sim MOTTRAM \(1852\-1919\) Watercolour The fishing fleet before St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall Signed 11.25” x 19” \(28.6cm x 48.3cm\) GBP | W.H. Lane & Son | £520
15. 2016-03-10 | Charles Sim Mottram \- The Return of the Fleet, Cornwall \- signed lower right "Chas. Mottram 1891" | Cheffins | N/A
16. 2015-09-27 | CHARLES SIM MOTTRAM \(British 876\-1919\) A PAINTING, "A Couple by the Sea near St. Ives," | Houston Auction Company | N/A
17. 2015-03-29 | CHARLES SIM MOTTRAM \(British 876\-1919\) A PAINTING, "A Couple by the Sea near St. Ives," | Houston Auction Company | N/A
18. 2013-08-20 | CHARLES SIM MOTTRAM \(British, 1852\-1919\) SHIPS ON OPEN OCEAN | James D. Julia | N/A
19. 2012-06-19 | Charles Sim Mottram \(Exh. 1880 \- 1919\) | Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood | N/A
20. 2017-10-25 | CHARLES SIM MOTTRAM \(worked 1876\-1903\) \- FROM THE BEACH | Olympia Auctions | N/A
21. 2017-05-31 | Charles Sim Mottram \(1807\-1876\) British. A Shipping Scene, with Calmed Boats, Watercolour, Signed, 12.25" x 19.25". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £220
22. 2014-11-08 | CHARLES SIM MOTTRAM \(British 876\-1919\) A PAINTING, "A Couple by the Sea near St. Ives," | Houston Auction Company | N/A
23. 2014-02-04 | CHARLES SIM MOTTRAM \(British, 1852\-1919\) SHIPS ON OPEN OCEAN | James D. Julia | N/A
24. 2012-11-14 | Charles Sim Mottram \(British, 1852\-1919\) Sailboats. Signed and dated "Chas S. Mottram\-86\-" l.r. Watercolor on paper, sight size 13 1/4 | Skinner | N/A

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