# John Henry Foley - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T08:31:56.840Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 26
- Lots with prices: 21
- First auction date: 2004-09-14
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-16
- Median realised price: $2,000
- Price range: $240 to $21,250

## Market Takeaway
John Henry Foley shows developing auction liquidity with 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $850 and $3,250.
- 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: 26.3% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 68.4% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $8,000
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Adam's: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Gorringes: 2 lots
- Hindman: 2 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Subastas Segre: 2 lots
- Veritas Art Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Bellmans Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-02-24 | John Henry Foley \(British, 1818\-1874\) | Hindman | $4,160 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-henry-foley-british-1818-1874-344-c-ca34dcdaf3
2. 2025-12-16 | John Henry Foley \(1818\-1874\), Ino and Bacchus, 1851 | Veritas Art Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-henry-foley-1818-1874-ino-and-bacchus-1851-398-c-b891bec6c6
3. 2025-12-04 | JOHN HENRY FOLEY \(1814\-1874\) Portrait Bust of a Young Lady White statuary marble, 58cm high Signed Best known for his public sculpture, John Henry Foley was born in Dublin where he began his studies, continuing on to the Royal Academy Sc | Adam's | €8,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-henry-foley-1814-1874-portrait-bust-of-a-young-lady-white-statuary-marble-58cm-high-signed-best-known-for-his-public-sculpture-john-henry-foley-was-born-in-dublin-where-he-began-his-studies-continuing-on-to-the-royal-academy-sc-31-c-7a629f167f
4. 2025-07-02 | John Henry Foley \(England 1818\-1874\) "Edmund Burke" Signed "JH Foley RA. SC London" | Subastas Segre | €1,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-henry-foley-england-1818-1874-edmund-burke-signed-jh-foley-ra-sc-london-1163-c-d244205b19
5. 2025-07-02 | John Henry Foley \(England 1818\-1874\) "Oliver Goldsmith" Signed "JH Foley RA. SC London" | Subastas Segre | €1,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-henry-foley-england-1818-1874-oliver-goldsmith-signed-jh-foley-ra-sc-london-1162-c-5674586923
6. 2024-01-26 | John Henry Foley \(Irish, 1818\-1874\) | Neal Auction Company | $2,440
7. 2023-12-19 | John Henry Foley \(1818\-1874\)Ino and Bacchus, 1851 | Veritas Art Auctioneers | N/A
8. 2023-09-27 | John Henry Foley \(Irish, 1818\-1874\): An impressive late 19th century patinated bronze figure of Oliver Goldsmith cast by Elkington & Co. | Bonhams | £3,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-henry-foley-irish-1818-1874-an-impressive-late-19th-century-patinated-bronze-figure-of-oliver-goldsmith-cast-by-elkington-co-351-c-67849c1a3a
9. 2023-04-13 | John Henry Foley \(Irish, 1818\-1874\) | Hindman | $3,250
10. 2021-09-30 | JOHN HENRY FOLEY \(1818\-1874\) Caractacus copper/bronze, dark brown patina 3 | Christie's | £2,000
11. 2021-08-11 | John Henry Foley \(Irish 1818\-1874\), A Normandy street scene | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £450
12. 2021-04-21 | John Henry Foley, Bronze Sculpture of Warrior | Nye & Company | $1,700
13. 2015-05-20 | JOHN HENRY FOLEY \| Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke | Sotheby's | £21,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-henry-foley-oliver-goldsmith-and-edmund-burke-68-c-9554f9e9b6
14. 2014-11-19 | John Henry Foley \(Irish 1818\-1874\) Bronze with dark brown patina | Jackson's International | N/A
15. 2014-03-04 | John Henry Foley \(1818\-1874\), 'Hermaphrodites', | Sworders | £850
16. 2013-03-26 | John Henry Foley \(1818\-1874\) Winter Bronze, 48cm | Adam's | €2,200
17. 2013-03-19 | John Henry Foley \(1818\-1874\), a bronze sculpture | Roseberys | £1,000
18. 2013-01-01 | John Henry Foley \(1818\-1875\) Corner Street Scene | J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC | $425
19. 2013-01-01 | John Henry Foley \(1818\-1875\) Street Passageway | J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC | $425
20. 2012-06-13 | John Henry Foley, Ino & Bacchus | Stockholms Auktionsverket | N/A
21. 2012-02-15 | John Henry Foley \(1818\-1874\), Town scene, oil on | Bellmans Auctioneers | £240
22. 2011-10-11 | JOHN HENRY FOLEY \(1818\-1874\) Ino & Bacchus A life | Adam's | €3,200
23. 2009-11-25 | JOHN HENRY FOLEY | Sotheby's | £5,000
24. 2009-10-21 | John Henry Foley \(1818\-1874\). A bronze statue of Caractacus, 32ins | Gorringes | £1,200

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