# Francis Towne - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T21:32:24.387Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 71
- Lots with prices: 45
- First auction date: 2001-03-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-03
- Median realised price: $10,000
- Price range: $475 to $289,250

## Market Takeaway
Francis Towne has 71 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($10,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($6,250 to $23,374\) 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: 2.2% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 46.7% (21 sales)
- $10,000\+: 51.1% (23 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $12,000
- Previous 12 months median: $2,600
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-03
- Days since latest sale: 163
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 31 lots
- Sotheby's: 21 lots
- Sloane Street Auctions: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Gorringes: 3 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 2 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 2 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 1 lots
- Elstob Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Halls Fine Art: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-03 | FRANCIS TOWNE \(MIDDLESEX 1739\-1816 LONDON\). Glacier from Montanvert: lookin | Christie's | £27,940
2. 2025-11-20 | Francis Towne "Landscape with River" 1790 Watercolor on Paper | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $18,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-francis-towne-landscape-with-river-1790-watercolor-on-paper-554-c-fdd48db90a
3. 2025-06-11 | FRANCIS TOWNE \(BRITISH 1740\-1816\), CIVITA CASTELLANA, ITALY | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £12,000
4. 2025-06-11 | FRANCIS TOWNE \(BRITISH 1740\-1816\), LIDFORD, DEVONSHIRE | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £2,800
5. 2025-03-28 | Francis Towne \(1739\-1816\), A view of Lake Leman with figures in the foreground† | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
6. 2025-03-19 | FRANCIS TOWNE \(BRITISH 1739\-1816\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £3,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-francis-towne-british-1739-1816-78-c-2fe48aaa07
7. 2025-03-19 | FRANCIS TOWNE \(BRITISH 1739\-1816\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £2,600
8. 2024-06-12 | Francis Towne \(1739\-1816\), A view of Lake Leman with figures in the foreground† | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
9. 2024-05-08 | FRANCIS TOWNE \(1740\-1816\) LAKELAND LANDSCAPE | Elstob Auctioneers | £2,600
10. 2024-02-14 | Francis Towne \(1739\-1816\), A view of Lake Leman with figures in the foreground | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
11. 2023-11-30 | Francis Towne \(1739\-1816\), A view of Lake Leman with figures in the foreground | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
12. 2023-03-14 | Francis Towne \(British, 1740\-1816\), A view of Berry Castle, watercolour with pen and ink, 21 x 33.5cm | Gorringes | £6,500
13. 2023-03-14 | Francis Towne \(British, 1740\-1816\), 'Waterfall at Chudley Rock', watercolour and ink, 22.5 x 18cm | Gorringes | £7,000
14. 2021-12-08 | Francis Towne \(British, 1739/40\-1816\), A Mountain Stream | Halls Fine Art | £8,000
15. 2021-05-03 | Francis Towne \(British, 1739\-1816\) Lake Maggiore with Sunlight Breaking Through Clouds, 1781 | Hindman | $37,500
16. 2021-04-15 | Francis Towne \(Middlesex 1739\-1816 London\) | Christie's | £62,500
17. 2020-12-08 | FRANCIS TOWNE \(MIDDLESEX 1739\-1816 LONDON\), A view of the park at Oatlands, near Weybridge, Surrey, | Christie's | N/A
18. 2020-07-27 | FRANCIS TOWNE \(MIDDLESEX 1739\-1816 LONDON\) \- View of the waterfall at Chudleigh Rock, Devon | Christie's | £10,625
19. 2020-07-27 | FRANCIS TOWNE \(MIDDLESEX 1739\-1816 LONDON\) \- A view in Werrington Park, Cornwall | Christie's | £3,000
20. 2020-01-28 | Francis Towne \(Isleworth 1739\-1816 London\) \- The Lake of Wyburn \(Thirlmere\), with Raven Crag to the left and Skiddaw beyond,... | Christie's | $23,750
21. 2019-07-02 | Francis Towne \(Middlesex 1739\-1816 London\) View of the waterfall at Chudleigh Rock, Devon pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour 6 x 7 in. \(15.2 x 17.8 cm.\) | Christie's | N/A
22. 2019-07-02 | Francis Towne \(Middlesex 1739\-1816 London\) A view in Werrington Park, Cornwall pencil and watercolour 5 7/8 x 7 ½ in. \(14.9 x 19 cm.\) | Christie's | N/A
23. 2019-03-06 | FRANCIS TOWNE \(BRITISH 1739 \- 1816\) | Chiswick Auctions | £475
24. 2018-10-24 | FRANCIS TOWNE \(ISLEWORTH 1739\-1816\) \- The Breidden Hills going from Shrewsbury to Welshpool | Bonhams | £8,750

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