# Edward Lear - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:57:12.724Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 963
- Lots with prices: 758
- First auction date: 2000-11-30
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-03
- Median realised price: $4,200
- Price range: $20 to $938,400

## Market Takeaway
Edward Lear shows very deep auction liquidity with 961 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 72 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,700 and $9,360.
- 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: 15.5% (117 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 60.6% (459 sales)
- $10,000\+: 23.9% (181 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 72
- Previous 12 months sales: 42
- Recent 12 months median: $1,800
- Previous 12 months median: $2,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-03
- Days since latest sale: 15
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 323 lots
- Bonhams: 149 lots
- Sotheby's: 98 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 40 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 31 lots
- Cheffins: 30 lots
- Arader Galleries: 27 lots
- Gorringes: 27 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 20 lots
- Roseberys: 20 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-22 | EDWARD LEAR OIL PAINTINGS OF ANCIENT ROMAN MONUMENTS | Arader Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-lear-oil-paintings-of-ancient-roman-monuments-78-c-64d5389f00
2. 2025-11-21 | Edward Lear, British, 1812\-1888, "Rome from the Convent of S.S. Giovanni e Paulo", lithograph, 1841, artist and title inscribed in plate, from Views in Rome and Its Environs; Drawn from Nature and on Stone, published ... | Neal Auction Company | $156 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-lear-british-1812-1888-rome-from-the-convent-of-s-s-giovanni-e-paulo-lithograph-1841-artist-and-title-inscribed-in-plate-from-views-in-rome-and-its-environs-drawn-from-nature-and-on-stone-published-624-c-edee5265d5
3. 2025-11-13 | EDWARD LEAR \(BRITISH 1812\-1888\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £7,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-lear-british-1812-1888-392-c-f3003762c4
4. 2025-09-04 | EDWARD LEAR \(BRITISH 1812\-1888\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-lear-british-1812-1888-545-c-81644eea7f
5. 2025-05-14 | EDWARD LEAR \(BRITISH 1812\-1888\) | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-lear-british-1812-1888-217-c-a8a4452bf1
6. 2026-02-03 | EDWARD LEAR \(BRITISH, 1812\-1888\) | A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals | CA$1,000
7. 2026-02-03 | EDWARD LEAR \(BRITISH, 1812\-1888\) | A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals | CA$1,100
8. 2026-01-22 | Edward Lear \(British, 1812\-1888\) Trees at Tivoli | Chiswick Auctions | £1,500
9. 2026-01-22 | Edward Lear \(British, 1812\-1888\) Santa Maura | Chiswick Auctions | £4,400
10. 2026-01-22 | Edward Lear \(British, 1812\-1888\) Philae from Biggeh Sunset | Chiswick Auctions | £8,000
11. 2026-01-22 | Edward Lear \(British, 1812\-1888\) Lavello from Minervino Murge, Sunrise | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
12. 2026-01-22 | Edward Lear \(British, 1812\-1888\) The Village of Simpion, Switzerland | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
13. 2025-12-10 | EDWARD LEAR \(BRITISH 1812\-1888\) | Olympia Auctions | £1,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-lear-british-1812-1888-42-c-beb2625198
14. 2025-12-09 | EDWARD LEAR 'Baudin's Cockatoo' 'Greater Sulphur crested Cockatoo' 'Leadbeater's Cockatoo' and 'Hyacinthin | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
15. 2025-12-09 | Edward Lear \(British, 1812\-1888\) Villa Falconieri, Frascati | Freeman’s | $1,800
16. 2025-12-06 | Edward Lear \(1812\-1888\) \- A View of Zagori, Greece, pencil and watercolour, signed lower right, 12 x 18cm Provenance: Gallery label verso for Mark Fisher of London SW12 and with original purchase receipt for Mark Fisher Fine Art of SW12, January... | Lacy Scott & Knight | £6,200
17. 2025-12-03 | EDWARD LEAR \(LONDON 1812\-1888 SAN REMO\). Porto Tre Scoglie, Albania. pencil | Christie's | £10,160
18. 2025-12-03 | EDWARD LEAR \(LONDON 1812\-1888 SAN REMO\). Porto Tre Scoglie, Albania. oil on | Christie's | N/A
19. 2025-12-03 | EDWARD LEAR \(LONDON 1812\-1888 SAN REMO\). A view of Santa Maura, Levkas, Ion | Christie's | £4,445
20. 2025-12-03 | Edward Lear \(British, 1812\-1888\) | Cheffins | £800
21. 2025-11-22 | EDWARD LEAR WATERCOLOR STUDY OF A PARADISE SHELDUCK | Arader Galleries | N/A
22. 2025-11-13 | EDWARD LEAR \(BRITISH 1812\-1888\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £6,500
23. 2025-11-13 | EDWARD LEAR \(BRITISH 1812\-1888\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £11,000
24. 2025-11-11 | Edward Lear \(1812\-1888\) | Sworders | £1,500

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