# John \(1798\) Ward - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T07:49:50.699Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 53
- Lots with prices: 35
- First auction date: 1995-04-12
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-12
- Median realised price: $5,400
- Price range: $500 to $176,000

## Market Takeaway
John (1798) Ward has 53 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,400. 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 \($5,400\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($2,500 to $8,963\) 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: 8.6% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 77.1% (27 sales)
- $10,000\+: 14.3% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $500
- Previous 12 months median: $6,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-12
- Days since latest sale: 137
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 24 lots
- Christie's: 8 lots
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 2 lots
- Martel Maides: 2 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Tennants: 2 lots
- Cheffins: 1 lots
- David Duggleby: 1 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-12 | John Ward of Hull \(British 1798\-1849\), N.W. Hastings Beach, Squally Day, Oil on panel, 11 x 14 in \(27.9 x 35.6 cm.\); Frame: 18 x 20\-3/4 in \(45.7 x 52.7 cm\) | Weschler's | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-ward-of-hull-british-1798-1849-n-w-hastings-beach-squally-day-oil-on-panel-11-x-14-in-27-9-x-35-6-cm-frame-18-x-20-3-4-in-45-7-x-52-7-cm-198-c-37962502d0
2. 2024-12-08 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\), "Frigate off the English Coast" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-ward-of-hull-british-1798-1849-frigate-off-the-english-coast-638-c-3da4e0ab26
3. 2024-02-21 | JOHN WARD OF HULL \(BRITISH 1798 \-1849\), SHIPPING AT ANCHOR | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | N/A
4. 2023-10-18 | JOHN WARD OF HULL \(BRITISH 1798 \-1849\), SHIPPING AT ANCHOR | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | N/A
5. 2023-03-22 | John Ward of Hull \(1798\-1849\) | Cheffins | £4,200
6. 2023-02-24 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) | Martel Maides | £700
7. 2022-07-07 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) | Martel Maides | N/A
8. 2022-05-21 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\), "Frigate off the English Coast" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $5,750
9. 2020-11-11 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) Coastal craft moored in calm waters | Bonhams | £5,500
10. 2020-05-26 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) A busy riverside with windmill | Bonhams | N/A
11. 2020-05-26 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) On the Humber | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2019-05-01 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) A view across the Humber from the Citadel | Bonhams | £4,812
13. 2018-10-17 | JOHN WARD OF HULL \(BRITISH, 1798\-1849\) Figures by a duster, looking towar | Bonhams | £4,250
14. 2018-01-17 | JOHN WARD OF HULL \| Shipping on the Humber | Sotheby's | £2,800
15. 2017-12-20 | John Ward of Hull \(1798\-1849\) British. Boats on the Humber River, with Figures Pulling Nets in the foreground, Oil on Panel, Signed, 6.5" x 9", and the companion piece, a pair \(2\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £4,600
16. 2017-10-18 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) Various sailing craft off a coast | Bonhams | £2,500
17. 2017-10-18 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) A regatta on the Humber | Bonhams | £13,750
18. 2016-10-05 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) The paddle steamer Vivid at the mouth of the Humber | Bonhams | £5,625
19. 2015-10-07 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) H.M.S. Vindictive | Bonhams | £6,250
20. 2015-10-07 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) The paddle steamer Vivid at the mouth of the Humber | Bonhams | N/A
21. 2015-04-15 | JOHN WARD OF HULL \(British, 1798\-1849\) Collecting Clams \- a British Man O'War departing | Bonhams | N/A
22. 2015-04-15 | JOHN WARD OF HULL \(British, 1798\-1849\) The paddle steamer Vivid at the mouth of the Humber | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2015-04-15 | JOHN WARD OF HULL \(British, 1798\-1849\) The frigate Herculaneum in profile; A frigate in profile; A Dutch herring buss\-a regula | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2015-01-30 | John Ward of Hull \(British, 1798\-1849\) A ship of t | Bonhams | N/A

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