# John Butler Yeats - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T08:06:08.117Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 97
- Lots with prices: 79
- First auction date: 2004-05-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-25
- Median realised price: $3,200
- Price range: $10 to $80,500

## Market Takeaway
John Butler Yeats shows solid auction liquidity with 96 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-07-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,440 and $6,250.
- 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: 16.3% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 66.3% (53 sales)
- $10,000\+: 17.5% (14 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $1,900
- Previous 12 months median: $700
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-16
- Days since latest sale: 217
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 64 lots
- Adam's: 14 lots
- Sheppards: 12 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Shapiro Auctions LLC: 2 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 1 lots
- Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-16 | John Butler Yeats \(Irish, 1839\-1922\) Portrait of a Young Man | Bonhams | £1,900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-butler-yeats-irish-1839-1922-portrait-of-a-young-man-59-c-3e043129ee
2. 2025-07-16 | John Butler Yeats \(Irish, 1839\-1922\) Self Portrait | Bonhams | £4,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-butler-yeats-irish-1839-1922-self-portrait-58-c-89e4c9cb9e
3. 2024-09-26 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS\(1839\-1922\) R.H.A. | Sheppards | €650 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-butler-yeats-1839-1922-r-h-a-1420-c-6264b5d8a3
4. 2024-09-25 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \(1839\-1922\) R.H.A | Sheppards | €700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-butler-yeats-1839-1922-r-h-a-939-c-4174c049ab
5. 2024-03-27 | John Butler Yeats \(1839\-1922\) An Irish Cabin Monochrome watercolour and bodycolour, 25 x 17cm \(9¾ x 6¾\) Signed with initials Provenance: Sale, Sotheby's London 21/11/73; where purchased by the present owner | Adam's | €2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-butler-yeats-1839-1922-an-irish-cabin-monochrome-watercolour-and-bodycolour-25-x-17cm-93-4-x-63-4-signed-with-initials-provenance-sale-sotheby-s-london-21-11-73-where-purchased-by-the-present-owner-70-c-5824f4d811
6. 2023-09-26 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS | Sheppards | €800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-butler-yeats-301-c-93341259c3
7. 2023-05-31 | John Butler Yeats \(1839\-1922\) An Irish Cabin Monochrome watercolour and bodycolour, 25 x 17cm \(9¾ x 6¾\) Signed with initials Provenance: Sale, Sotheby's London 21/11/73; where purchased by the present owner | Adam's | N/A
8. 2023-05-12 | J. B. YEATS | Sheppards | N/A
9. 2023-03-02 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \(1839 \- 1922\) R. H. A. | Sheppards | €800
10. 2023-03-01 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \(1839 \- 1922\) R. H. A. | Sheppards | €1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-butler-yeats-1839-1922-r-h-a-708-c-52e4564b8f
11. 2023-03-01 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \(1839 \- 1922\) R. H. A. | Sheppards | €700
12. 2023-02-28 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \(1839 \- 1922\) R. H. A. | Sheppards | €1,200
13. 2022-06-01 | John Butler Yeats \(1839\-1922\) Study of a Lady Pencil, 27 x 22cm \(10¾ x 8¾\) Signed | Adam's | N/A
14. 2022-03-03 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \(1839 \- 1922\) R.H.A. | Sheppards | €1,300
15. 2022-03-03 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \(1839 \- 1922\) R.H.A. | Sheppards | €750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-butler-yeats-1839-1922-r-h-a-1132-c-4d147cab73
16. 2021-09-29 | John Butler Yeats \(1839\-1922\) Portrait of a Young Fashionable Lady Seated Pencil, 35 x 24.5cm \(13¾ x 9½’’\) Signed and dated March 1902 | Adam's | €2,600
17. 2021-07-31 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \(IRISH 1839\-1922\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $850
18. 2021-07-31 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \(IRISH 1839\-1922\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $600
19. 2020-09-23 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS, R.H.A. | Sheppards | €550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-butler-yeats-r-h-a-961-c-7754f4e875
20. 2019-06-26 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \(1839\-1922\) | Sheppards | €480 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-butler-yeats-1839-1922-1105-c-010404ba92
21. 2019-06-12 | John Butler Yeats \(1839\-1922\) The HuntWatercolour on paper, 24.5 x 16cm \(9¾ x 6¼''\)Signed | Adam's | N/A
22. 2017-09-27 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \| Mary 'Cottie' Yeats | Sotheby's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-butler-yeats-mary-cottie-yeats-174-c-2384a4b9c6
23. 2017-09-27 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \| Portait of Jack B.Yeats | Sotheby's | £6,250
24. 2017-09-27 | JOHN BUTLER YEATS \| Jack in a Straw Hat | Sotheby's | £10,000

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