# George Wells - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T03:04:28.467Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 17
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2009-12-05
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-10
- Median realised price: $500
- Price range: $80 to $3,000

## Market Takeaway
George Wells has 17 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $500. 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 \($500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($300 to $900\) 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: 75% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 25% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $1,500
- Previous 12 months median: $300
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-10
- Days since latest sale: 77
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Copley Fine Art Auctions: 2 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 1 lots
- Barton's Auction: 1 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 1 lots
- Cheffins: 1 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 1 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 1 lots
- Fontaine's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Holloway's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-10 | GEORGE WELLS \(BRITISH ACTIVE CIRCA 1842\-1888\), PORTRAIT OF A LADY READING; PORTRAIT OF A LADY \(2\) | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-george-wells-british-active-circa-1842-1888-portrait-of-a-lady-reading-portrait-of-a-lady-2-234-c-b3ed06d917
2. 2024-09-15 | George Wells \- Hooked Runner | Barton's Auction | $300
3. 2024-05-01 | GEORGE WELLS \(BRITISH, ACT. 1842\-1888\) | Chiswick Auctions | £500
4. 2023-08-26 | GEORGE WELLS \(British, active circa 1842€“1888\), The Blackberry Gatherers, oil on canvas, signed lower left "G. Wells, 1857, titled verso "No.1 Blackberry Gatherers, by George Wells, 1857", 50 x 40cm, 72 x 60cm overall | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$3,000
5. 2023-06-28 | George Wells \(fl. 1842\-1888\) | Cheffins | £500
6. 2023-05-07 | George Wells "Strata" Hooked Wool Rug / Tapestry | Auctions at Showplace | $550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-george-wells-strata-hooked-wool-rug-tapestry-276-c-7084c02838
7. 2022-05-21 | George Wells \(British, fl. 1842\-1888\), Interior Scene with Mother & Child | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | N/A
8. 2022-01-06 | \(2\) 19THC. SIGNED LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS | Leighton Galleries | $300
9. 2020-12-06 | George Wells \(UK,fl 1842\-1888\) oil painting antique | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $380
10. 2016-03-19 | GEORGE WELLS OIL ON CANVAS | Milestone Auctions | $190
11. 2015-10-20 | George Wells | Sheppards | €1,400
12. 2014-02-13 | George Wells \(1906\-1988\)Glen Head, Long Island, NY | Copley Fine Art Auctions | $540
13. 2014-02-13 | George Wells \(1906\-1988\)Glen Head, Long Island, NY | Copley Fine Art Auctions | $1,200
14. 2013-09-18 | George Wells \(British, active 1842\-1888\) | Bonhams | £375
15. 2013-09-18 | George Wells \(British, active 1842\-1888\) | Bonhams | £750
16. 2010-03-23 | George Wells \(1777\-1842\) 'A Map of the Country to | Holloway's | £80
17. 2009-12-05 | George Wells \(British fl. 1842\-1888\), Low Tide, oil on canvas, 9 x 13\-3/4 in | Weschler's | $900

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