# Ernest Crofts - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T05:25:07.361Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 37
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2003-03-07
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-28
- Median realised price: $1,440
- Price range: $30 to $19,000

## Market Takeaway
Ernest Crofts has 37 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,440. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. 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 \($1,440\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($300 to $2,800\) 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: 48% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 48% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $3,500
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-28
- Days since latest sale: 90
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Roseberys: 3 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 2 lots
- Gorringes: 2 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Reeman Dansie: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Venduehuis der Notarissen: 2 lots
- Waddington's: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-28 | Ernest Crofts \(British, 1847 \- 1911\) Ironsides Returning from Sacking a Cavalier's House \(1876\) signed 'E. Crofts' \(lower left\) oil on canvas 63 x 113 cm, framed 82.5 x 132 cm | Dawsons Auctioneers | £3,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ernest-crofts-british-1847-1911-ironsides-returning-from-sacking-a-cavalier-s-house-1876-signed-e-crofts-lower-left-oil-on-canvas-63-x-113-cm-framed-82-5-x-132-cm-42-c-eff6a32d01
2. 2024-09-17 | Ernest Crofts \(1847\-1911\), 'Boscobel', the escape of Charles II, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1889, 18" x 2 | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
3. 2024-02-28 | Ernest Crofts \(Engels, 1847\-1911\) \- Soldaten en gevangene op een landweg | Venduehuis der Notarissen | N/A
4. 2023-05-25 | Ernest Crofts \(English, 1847\-1911\), Soldiers transporting a prisoner | Venduehuis der Notarissen | N/A
5. 2022-10-19 | Ernest Crofts | Colasanti Casa d'Aste | €260
6. 2022-07-19 | Ernest Crofts, RA, British 1847 | Roseberys | N/A
7. 2022-07-19 | Ernest Crofts, RA, | Roseberys | £4,200
8. 2022-03-06 | ERNEST CROFTS \(1847 \- 1911\) | Abell Auction | $19,000
9. 2021-10-24 | Ernest Crofts \(British, 1847\-1911\), "At Waterloo" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $2,800
10. 2021-06-06 | Ernest Crofts \(British, 1847\-1911\), "At Waterloo" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $2,600
11. 2020-10-25 | ERNEST CROFTS, "UNEXPECTED VISITORS" OIL, 1894 | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $4,500
12. 2020-02-29 | Ernest Crofts | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €2,800
13. 2019-07-31 | ERNEST CROFTS \(1847\-1911\) A LARGE FOLIO OF PENCIL SKETCH AND WATERCOLOUR, study of soldiers through | Hannam's Auctioneers | £220
14. 2018-02-24 | Print, After Ernest Crofts | Clars Auctions | $126
15. 2017-11-15 | Ernest Crofts, RA | Bonhams | £250
16. 2017-06-21 | Ernest Crofts \(1847 \- 1911\), oil on panel \- The Getaway, a soldier on his h | Reeman Dansie | £300
17. 2017-06-11 | ERNEST CROFTS \(BRITISH 1847\-1911\), OIL ON CANVAS, "A HUSSAR ON GUARD", SIGNED AND LABELED. 20 X 16 1/4"; FRAMED 32 X 27 1/2"; \(OLD PATCH\) PROVENANCE: ALEX FRASER GALLERY, VANCOUVER, BC LABEL VERSO; PETLEY JONES GALLERY, VANCOUVER, BC LABEL VERSO | William J Jenack Auctioneers | $1,900
18. 2016-12-11 | ERNEST CROFTS PAINTING ''A HUSSAR ON GUARD'' | Burchard Galleries Inc | N/A
19. 2016-11-10 | Ernest Crofts \(1847\-1911\), THE OUTPOST, 1871, Oil on panel; signed and dated 71 lower right, titled to label verso, 8.25" x 6.5" — 21 x 16.5 cm. | Waddington's | CA$700
20. 2016-06-20 | Ernest Crofts \(1847\-1911\), THE MARCH OF AN ARMY, Oil on canvas; signed with initials “E.C.” lower right, signed and titled to the stretcher, 10.25" x 16" — 26 x 40.6 cm. | Waddington's | CA$2,400
21. 2016-01-27 | ERNEST CROFTS \(BRITISH 1847\-1911\) FRENCH INFANTRY, FRANCO\-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1870 30.5cm x 21.5cm \(12in x 8.5in\) and a further 12 drawing... | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A
22. 2015-07-08 | Ernest Crofts \(1847\-1911\) \- Prince Rupert at Marston Moor | Dreweatts 1759 | £2,232
23. 2014-07-03 | Ernest Crofts \(1847\-1911\) The Retreat from Moscow, 9.25 x 16in. | Gorringes | £800
24. 2014-05-23 | ERNEST CROFTS \(1847\-1911\); oil on canvas ''The | Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A

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