# James Gillray - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T03:03:16.055Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,053
- Lots with prices: 845
- First auction date: 1995-03-09
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-16
- Median realised price: $598
- Price range: $10 to $72,000

## Market Takeaway
James Gillray shows very deep auction liquidity with 919 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 27 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $320 and $1,125.
- 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: 69.8% (526 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 30% (226 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0.3% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 27
- Previous 12 months sales: 20
- Recent 12 months median: $350
- Previous 12 months median: $170
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-28
- Days since latest sale: 21
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 517 lots
- Christie's: 72 lots
- Gorringes: 39 lots
- Roseberys: 37 lots
- Cheffins: 30 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 22 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 21 lots
- Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.: 19 lots
- East Coast Books: 18 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 14 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-14 | James Gillray, British 1756\-1815, Monstrous Craws, at a New Coalition Feast, hand colored etching | Link Auction Galleries | $325 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-british-1756-1815-monstrous-craws-at-a-new-coalition-feast-hand-colored-etching-454-c-f7b6d8a054
2. 2026-01-24 | James Gillray \(British, 1756–1815\) “The Caricatures of James Gillray”, Folio London: Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh, circa 1825. Large folio volume containing 85 finely hand\-color... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $1,900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-british-1756-1815-the-caricatures-of-james-gillray-folio-london-published-by-john-miller-bridge-street-and-w-blackwood-edinburgh-circa-1825-large-folio-volume-containing-85-finely-hand-color-637-c-72cf46991f
3. 2025-11-28 | James Gillray \(British 1757\-1815\) The Union Club published January 21st 1801 by H. Humphrey, St James's Street etching with later hand colouring plate 30 x 44 cm, framed and glazed 54 x 65.5 cm | Dawsons Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-british-1757-1815-the-union-club-published-january-21st-1801-by-h-humphrey-st-james-s-street-etching-with-later-hand-colouring-plate-30-x-44-cm-framed-and-glazed-54-x-65-5-cm-38-c-f6f991be7f
4. 2025-03-30 | JAMES GILLRAY \- The National Assembly Revivified | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$14 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-the-national-assembly-revivified-259-c-b714c7f838
5. 2025-02-21 | JAMES GILLRAY \(UK, 1757\-1815\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $125
6. 2025-02-21 | JAMES GILLRAY \(UK, 1757\-1815\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-uk-1757-1815-1101-c-3114476947
7. 2024-09-22 | JAMES GILLRAY \- The National Assembly Revivified | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-the-national-assembly-revivified-262-c-7ee4ffba9c
8. 2024-03-05 | James Gillray, "Uncle Toby Retired..." | Old Kinderhook Auction Company | $60
9. 2024-02-27 | James Gillray \- Temperance enjoying a Frugal Meal  | Roseberys | £200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-temperance-enjoying-a-frugal-meal-138-c-76e4b1a9f8
10. 2023-10-03 | James Gillray \(English, 1756\-1815\) | Gorringes | £4,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-english-1756-1815-257-c-493441e907
11. 2023-07-19 | Gillray \(James\). The Guardian Angel..., H. Humphrey, April 22nd 1805 | Dominic Winter Auctions | £540
12. 2023-07-19 | James Gillray,  Germans Eating Sour\-Kraut  | Roseberys | £440 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-germans-eating-sour-kraut-175-c-3ff43b9bac
13. 2023-07-19 | James Gillray,  German\-Nonchalance \-or\-, the Vexation of Little\-Boney  | Roseberys | £550
14. 2022-08-18 | James Gillray \(7\) Antique Prints \[Caricature\] | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $25 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-7-antique-prints-caricature-966-c-6384ebfbe5
15. 2019-12-18 | James Gillray \(British, 1757\-1815\) Promis'd Horrors of the French Invasion, \- or \- Forcible Reasons for Negotiating a Regicide Peace Etching and with hand\-colouring, 1796, on heavy wove, published by H. Humphrey, with margins, 335 x 445 \(13 1/4 x ... | Bonhams | £1,700
16. 2026-04-16 | James Gillray \- Napoleon receives the obeisance of the enormous Mrs. Fox | Old Master Print | €120 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-napoleon-receives-the-obeisance-of-the-enormous-mrs-fox-366-c-921ea0b1c1
17. 2026-03-10 | James Gillray,  British 1756\-1815\-  Political\-Candour;– i.e | Roseberys | £240 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-british-1756-1815-political-candour-i-e-122-c-285dce2d64
18. 2026-03-10 | James Gillray,  British 1756\-1815\-  Contemplations upon a C | Roseberys | £100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-british-1756-1815-contemplations-upon-a-c-121-c-6ef17bfee9
19. 2026-03-10 | James Gillray,  British 1756\-1815\-  Sketches of a man, from | Roseberys | £3,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-british-1756-1815-sketches-of-a-man-from-120-c-4ab158f206
20. 2026-02-24 | JAMES GILLRAY \(1756 \- 1815\) The Daily Advertiser Coloured engraving, 35.5 x 25cm After the original published by Hannah Humphreys in 1797 | Adam's | €150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-1756-1815-the-daily-advertiser-coloured-engraving-35-5-x-25cm-after-the-original-published-by-hannah-humphreys-in-1797-198-c-2bdab104f7
21. 2026-02-19 | James Gillray, hand\-colored engraving, 1804 | Millea Bros Ltd | $70 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-james-gillray-hand-colored-engraving-1804-2287-c-454c4600e8
22. 2026-01-28 | James Gillray \(British 1757\-1815\) The Union Club published January 21st 1801 by H. Humphrey, St James's Street etching with later hand colouring plate 30 x 44 cm, framed and glazed 54 x 65.5 cm | Dawsons Auctioneers | £320
23. 2026-01-18 | Works of James Gillray | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-works-of-james-gillray-148-c-0bdb853135
24. 2026-01-14 | JAMES GILLRAY \(1757\-1815\) 'Equestrian Elegance or A Noble Scot Metamorphosed' coloured engraving 25 x 20cm | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £25

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