# Francis Swaine - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T11:02:49.461Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 116
- Lots with prices: 77
- First auction date: 1999-04-28
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-11
- Median realised price: $3,750
- Price range: $160 to $37,000

## Market Takeaway
Francis Swaine shows solid auction liquidity with 116 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,920 and $7,800.
- 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: 18.2% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 62.3% (48 sales)
- $10,000\+: 19.5% (15 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $175
- Previous 12 months median: $3,200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-11
- Days since latest sale: 160
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 37 lots
- Bonhams: 34 lots
- Sotheby's: 16 lots
- Helios Auctions: 3 lots
- Roseberys: 3 lots
- Arader Galleries: 2 lots
- Tajan: 2 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 1 lots
- Andrew Smith & Son: 1 lots
- Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-11 | Francis Swaine, British 1725\-1782, Ship at Sea, Watercolor | Nye & Company | $175
2. 2025-05-21 | Francis Swaine \(Londra circa 1720 \- 1782\) attribuito | Lucas Aste | €6,000
3. 2024-11-19 | Francis Swaine \(1725\-1782\) | Sworders | £12,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-francis-swaine-1725-1782-230-c-f614348a9d
4. 2024-10-23 | FRANCIS SWAINE \(? 1725\-Chelsea, 1782\) | Tajan | €4,044
5. 2024-10-16 | Francis Swaine \(London circa 1720\-1782\) A British merchant ship and other shipping off the coast; Shipwreck on a stormy sea, pair | Bonhams | £500
6. 2024-09-19 | Francis Swaine \(1725 \- 1782\), A pair of naval views | Sloane Street Auctions | £3,200
7. 2024-06-12 | FRANCIS SWAINE \(? 1725\-Chelsea, 1782\) | Tajan | N/A
8. 2024-05-19 | AN 18TH C. BRITISH OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING BY FRANCIS SWAINE | Helios Auctions | $900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-an-18th-c-british-oil-on-canvas-painting-by-francis-swaine-221-c-64a4f6c8c9
9. 2024-04-06 | FRANCIS SWAINE OIL \- ATTACK ON FORT MARTINIQU | Arader Galleries | $6,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-francis-swaine-oil-attack-on-fort-martiniqu-78-c-7e84944aaf
10. 2024-03-17 | AN 18TH C. BRITISH OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING BY FRANCIS SWAINE | Helios Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-an-18th-c-british-oil-on-canvas-painting-by-francis-swaine-167-c-26a4735936
11. 2023-12-08 | FRANCIS SWAINE \(LONDON 1719\-1782\) \- A British warship in three positions in the Channel | Christie's | £12,600
12. 2023-11-01 | AN 18TH C. BRITISH OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING BY FRANCIS SWAINE | Helios Auctions | $1,600
13. 2023-07-05 | Francis Swaine \(London circa 1720\-1782\) Shipping in calm waters, a flagship firing a salute; and Shipping in calm waters, with a jetty in the foreground \(2\) | Bonhams | £4,500
14. 2023-04-26 | Francis Swaine \(London circa 1720\-1782\) English men\-o\-War reefed down in heavy seas to ride out the gale | Bonhams | £2,500
15. 2023-04-04 | FRANCIS SWAINE \(C.1720\-1782\) \(ATTRIB.\), ENGLISH MARINE PAINTER, SAILING SHIPS ON A CALM SEA, OIL | Historia Auctionata | €950
16. 2023-02-09 | FRANCIS SWAINE \(LONDON C.1715\-1782\) Men\-o'war anchored in the Hamoaze, Plym | Christie's | £10,080
17. 2022-12-09 | FRANCIS SWAINE \(LONDON 1719\-1782\) A British warship in three positions in t | Christie's | N/A
18. 2022-10-25 | Francis Swaine \(London circa 1720\-1782\) Fishermen mending nets beside a beached boat | Bonhams | £1,000
19. 2022-10-25 | Francis Swaine \(London circa 1720\-1782\) A squadron caught in a gale, with a ship\-of\-the\-line foundering on the rocky shore | Bonhams | N/A
20. 2022-05-21 | Francis Swaine, The Morning Gun | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | N/A
21. 2022-04-27 | Francis Swaine \(London circa 1720\-1782\) An English man\-of\-war and other shipping in choppy waters | Bonhams | £3,500
22. 2022-04-27 | Francis Swaine \(London circa 1720\-1782\) Coastal view of a harbour with boats | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2022-04-27 | Francis Swaine \(London circa 1720\-1782\) Fishermen mending nets beside a beached boat | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2022-04-27 | Francis Swaine \(London circa 1720\-1782\) An English frigate coming into harbour | Bonhams | £800

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