# Henry Thomas \(senior\) Alken - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T01:01:21.923Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 231
- Lots with prices: 143
- First auction date: 2000-12-06
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-24
- Median realised price: $275
- Price range: $2 to $60,000

## Market Takeaway
Henry Thomas (senior) Alken shows deep auction liquidity with 229 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $258. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-01.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($258\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $100 and $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: 78.2% (111 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20.4% (29 sales)
- $10,000\+: 1.4% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $150
- Previous 12 months median: $70
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-01
- Days since latest sale: 108
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 26 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 14 lots
- Cheffins: 11 lots
- Sotheby's: 11 lots
- Charlton Hall: 8 lots
- Christie's: 8 lots
- STAIR: 8 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 7 lots
- Reeman Dansie: 6 lots
- Mallams: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-24 | Henry Alken \(British, 1785–1851\) A Collection of Sporting Designs, comprising a Variety of Entertaining Subjects, Folio Folio volume containing thirty hand\-colored engraved plates depicting a wide range of early 19th\-... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-henry-alken-british-1785-1851-a-collection-of-sporting-designs-comprising-a-variety-of-entertaining-subjects-folio-folio-volume-containing-thirty-hand-colored-engraved-plates-depicting-a-wide-range-of-early-19th-622-c-66a352469a
2. 2025-11-01 | Henry Alken and Thomas Sutherland Equestrian Fox Hunting Aquatints | Main Auction Galleries | $170
3. 2025-07-18 | Henry Alken \(English, B. 1785\-1851\) Fores's Hunting Sketches Hand Colored Aquatints H 14.5" W 17.75" Frame Size: H 22.25" W 25.5" 4 PCS | DuMouchelles | $300
4. 2025-02-05 | HENRY ALKEN \- UNKENNELING ENGRAVING | Litchfield Auctions | $70
5. 2024-12-17 | Henry Alken \(British, 1785 \- 1851\) | Helmuth Stone | $225 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-henry-alken-british-1785-1851-39-c-e3b4f1e8f7
6. 2022-12-28 | HENRY ALKEN \(ATTRIB\) 'THE COACHMAN' OIL PAINTING | Midnight Sun Antique Auction | $1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-henry-alken-attrib-the-coachman-oil-painting-120-c-0584fe2a8c
7. 2022-12-05 | Henry Alken \(1810\-1894\) | Geneve Encheres | N/A
8. 2022-11-10 | Sporting Print After Henry Alken | Brunk Auctions | N/A
9. 2022-09-19 | Henry Alken \(1810\-1894\) Le cheval de course arabe "Rasselas" avec John Hami | Geneve Encheres | N/A
10. 2021-09-10 | HENRY ALKEN OIL ON PANEL | Wiederseim Associates, Inc. | $1,300
11. 2021-02-11 | Henry Alken \(1810\-1894\): Two Dogs Chasing a Rabbit; and Hunters with Hounds | STAIR | $1,700
12. 2020-05-13 | Henry Alken \(1810\-1894\) British. The Start of the Hunt , a Hunting Scene, with Figures on Horseback, Oil on Board, Signed, Unframed, 8.5 x 7.5 , and a companion piece, Cornering a Fox , a Pair \(2\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
13. 2020-01-29 | Henry Alken \(1810\-1894\) British. 'The Start of the Hunt', a Hunting Scene, with Figures on Horseback, Oil on Board, Signed, Unframed, 8.5" x 7.5", and a companion piece, 'Cornering a Fox', a Pair \(2\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
14. 2020-01-09 | Henry Alken \(1810\-1894\) Hunting Etching | Kodner Galleries | $25
15. 2019-12-13 | Henry Alken \(British 1810\-1894\), English Retrievers and Pointer and English Setter, Signed, Two Framed Graphites on Paper, 9 x 15\-1/4 | Weschler's | N/A
16. 2019-08-15 | Henry Alken \(British, 1810\-1894\) Tally\-Ho! | Hindman | $188
17. 2019-06-26 | Henry Alken \(1810\-1894\) British. Hounds Chasing the Scent, with Horses and Riders beyond, Watercolour, Unframed, 9" x 14", and another by the same hand of Hounds and Huntsmen, Watercolour, 10.25" x 14", Two \(2\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £80
18. 2019-05-11 | Henry Alken \(British, 1810\-1894\), 4 Aquatints | Cordier Auctions & Appraisals | $325
19. 2019-05-01 | Henry Alken \(1810\-1894\) British. Hounds Chasing the Scent, with Horses and Riders beyond, Watercolour, Unframed, 9" x 14", and another by the same hand of Hounds and Huntsmen, Watercolour, 10.25" x 14", Two \(2\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £160
20. 2018-10-29 | Henry Alken \(English, 1810\-1894\), \(2\) color aquatints on paper "Bull Baiting", engraved by John Heaviside Clark, plates I and II, 7\-... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $20
21. 2018-08-04 | Henry Alken \(1810\-1894\): The Moor; and The Field | STAIR | $25
22. 2018-07-14 | HENRY ALKEN \(1810\-1894\) SET OF 5 LITHOGRAPHS | Vogt Galleries Texas | $275
23. 2017-11-15 | Henry Alken \(1810\-1894\) British. A Racing Scene, Watercolour, Signed, 4" x 9.25", and another by the same hand, two \(2\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £550
24. 2017-11-02 | Henry Alken, 'Bear Baiting', hand\-coloured lithograph, from The National Sports of Great Britain series etched by John Clark, publis... | Lawsons | A$10

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