# Francis William Topham - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T21:34:44.185Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 100
- Lots with prices: 67
- First auction date: 1994-03-06
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-05
- Median realised price: $1,300
- Price range: $50 to $1,874,500

## Market Takeaway
Francis William Topham shows solid auction liquidity with 99 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-05.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,300\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $350 and $12,500.
- 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: 45.5% (30 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 25.8% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 28.8% (19 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $125
- Previous 12 months median: $350
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-05
- Days since latest sale: 13
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 29 lots
- Bonhams: 13 lots
- Adam's: 10 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 4 lots
- O'Gallerie: 4 lots
- DVC: 3 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 3 lots
- Smith & Singer: 3 lots
- Sworders: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2010-04-23 | FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON, P.R.A. | Sotheby's | $50,000
2. 2009-10-22 | FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON, P.R.A. | Sotheby's | $1,874,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frederic-lord-leighton-p-r-a-36-c-a9845af8b1
3. 2026-02-05 | Francis William Topham, 1808\-1877, The Crofter's Cottage | Abell Auction | $125
4. 2025-05-14 | FRANCIS WILLIAM TOPHAM \(1808\-1877\) | Sheppards | €1,300
5. 2024-12-17 | Francis William Topham \(1808 \- 1877\), young woman at fireside in camp, oil on canvas, signed, 22cm x | Burstow & Hewett | £100
6. 2024-10-24 | Francis William Topham, 1808\-1877, Portrait of George Pritchard Morgan, Oil on Board | Nye & Company | $375
7. 2024-05-22 | FREDERIC \(F.M.S.\) FARLEY \(MD, 1895 \- ?\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $50
8. 2024-05-21 | Frederic, Lord Leighton | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $5,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frederic-lord-leighton-75-c-c374df8a39
9. 2024-03-02 | FREDERIC \(BARON\) LEON \(1856 \- 1940\) olieverfschild… | DVC | €350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frederic-baron-leon-1856-1940-olieverfschild-179-c-57c464d849
10. 2023-11-27 | FRANCIS WILLIAM TOPHAM \(1808 \- 1877\) 'Irish Peasant Girl with Bowl of Milk' Watercolour, 30 x 23cm Signed and dated 1867; Signed and titled on label verso | Adam's | €500
11. 2023-11-10 | FREDERIC \(F.M.S.\) FARLEY \(MD, 1895 \- ?\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
12. 2023-06-10 | Francis William TOPHAM \(1808\-1877\) | Galerie Moenius | CHF 380
13. 2023-04-04 | Francis William Topham \(1808\-1877\) | Sworders | £300
14. 2023-01-31 | Francis William Topham \(1808\-1877\) | Sworders | £150
15. 2022-09-27 | Francis William Topham \(1808\-1877\) | Sworders | N/A
16. 2022-03-30 | Francis William Topham \(1808 \- 1877\) Irish Peasantry Watercolour, 46 x 33cm \(18 x 13\) Signed and dated 1856 Provenance: With Richard Haworth, Dealer in Works of Art, 25 Preston Street, Blackburn, label verso | Adam's | €1,100
17. 2021-09-01 | Frank William Topham "The Young Princess" Oil on Canvas | Market Auctions | $2,800
18. 2020-05-30 | Frederic \(H. M. S.\) Farley | Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers | $50
19. 2019-11-12 | Francis William Topham \(British, 1808\-1877\) Collecting water | Bonhams | N/A
20. 2019-08-29 | Francis William Topham \(1808 \- 1877\) \- Untitled \(Grapeseller\), 1867 38.5 x 30cm | Lawsons | A$500
21. 2019-05-11 | Frederic \(Sackrider\) Remington, American \(1861\-1909\) Provenance: Rosequist Galleries, Tucson, Arizona; Phillips Auctioneers, Saint L... | Link Auction Galleries | N/A
22. 2018-12-12 | FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON \| Needless Alarms | Sotheby's | N/A
23. 2018-12-05 | Francis William Topham \(1808\-1877\)Gathering FernWatercolour, 65 x 45cm \(25½ x 17¾''\)Signed and dated 1870 | Adam's | €1,500
24. 2018-10-16 | FRANCIS WILLIAM TOPHAM \(1808\-1877\)Crossing the StreamOil on canvas, 60 x 68.5cmSigned | Adam's | €4,200

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