# John Raphael Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T14:28:12.091Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 96
- Lots with prices: 65
- First auction date: 2000-12-13
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-16
- Median realised price: $320
- Price range: $10 to $18,000

## Market Takeaway
John Raphael Smith shows solid auction liquidity with 94 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $320. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-30.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($320\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $140 and $1,000.
- 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: 72.3% (47 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 24.6% (16 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.1% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $60
- Previous 12 months median: $70
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-30
- Days since latest sale: 111
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 18 lots
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Cheffins: 6 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 6 lots
- Roseberys: 5 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 4 lots
- Gorringes: 3 lots
- Adam's: 2 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 2 lots
- Auktionshalle Cuxhaven: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-09 | John Raphael Smith,  British 1751/52\-1812\-  Portrait of a lady, bust\-lengt | Roseberys | £950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-raphael-smith-british-1751-52-1812-portrait-of-a-lady-bust-lengt-211-c-0dd4877910
2. 2025-01-30 | John Raphael Smith "Visit to Grandmother" Print | Auctions at Showplace | $25 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-raphael-smith-visit-to-grandmother-print-117-c-b6445d2b57
3. 2024-07-25 | John Raphael Smith \(British, 1752\-1812\), | Kinghams Auctioneers | £600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-raphael-smith-british-1752-1812-203a-c-cd8440f87c
4. 2021-12-22 | John Raphael Smith, after George Morland, 'The Fern Gatherers', mezzotint with later hand\-colouring, published | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £10
5. 2019-10-19 | JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH \(1751\-1812\) after SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS Lt. Col. Tarleton Mezzotint by John Raphael Smith, published 4 Oct. 1782,... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-raphael-smith-1751-1812-after-sir-joshua-reynolds-lt-col-tarleton-mezzotint-by-john-raphael-smith-published-4-oct-1782-22-c-e0c48449e9
6. 2026-04-16 | John Raphael Smith \- Mrs Elizabeth Meymot as Almeria \- after John Opie \- 1787 | Old Master Print | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-raphael-smith-mrs-elizabeth-meymot-as-almeria-after-john-opie-1787-57-c-c33adda440
7. 2025-10-30 | JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH, BRITISH 1752\-1812; CHARLES KNIGHT, BRITISH 1743\-1827, THE MATCH BOY and THE PRIMROSE GIRL, Color engraving, Sight: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. \(31.8 x 24.1 cm.\), Frame: 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. \(36.8 x 29.2 cm.\) | Potomack Company | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-raphael-smith-british-1752-1812-charles-knight-british-1743-1827-the-match-boy-and-the-primrose-girl-color-engraving-sight-12-1-2-x-9-1-2-in-31-8-x-24-1-cm-frame-14-1-2-x-11-1-2-in-36-8-x-29-2-cm-149-c-294245539b
8. 2025-09-13 | JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH \(ATTR.\) \| PASTELLPAAR: PORTRAIT EINES FLÖTESPIELENDEN HIRTENJUNGEN MIT HUND / POR | Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf | €500
9. 2025-07-16 | JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH \(1752\-1812\) AFTER GEORGE MORLAND, 'The Horse Feeder', coloured mezzotint, published by I | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £20
10. 2025-07-09 | John Raphael Smith \(1751\-1812\) Margate \- Inner View of the Pier, and Outer View of the Pier, etchings with aquatint \(a pair\), 29.5 x 63cm, and one further print \(all unframed\), in a folio containing several loose sheets of 19th century artist's... | Mallams | £60
11. 2025-06-27 | John Raphael SMITH \(1752\-1812\) | Auktionshalle Cuxhaven | N/A
12. 2025-06-17 | JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH \(1752\-1812\) AFTER GEORGE MORLAND, 'The Horse Feeder', coloured mezzotint, published by I | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
13. 2024-12-04 | John Raphael Smith \(British, 1752\-1812\) | Cheffins | £600
14. 2024-10-31 | John Raphael SMITH \(1751\-1812\), d'après | Millon Riviera | €70
15. 2024-08-28 | John Raphael Smith "Visit to Grandmother" Print | Auctions at Showplace | N/A
16. 2024-07-16 | John Raphael SMITH \(1751\-1812\) | Millon Riviera | N/A
17. 2024-04-04 | John Raphael Smith \(1751\-1812\) after George Morland | Cheffins | £50
18. 2024-03-20 | John Raphael Smith \(1752\-1812\) | Cheffins | N/A
19. 2023-03-21 | John Raphael Smith \(1751\-1812\)"A visit to the grandfather" | Veritas Art Auctioneers | €150
20. 2023-03-21 | John Raphael Smith \(1751\-1812\)"A visit to the grandmother" | Veritas Art Auctioneers | €150
21. 2023-01-11 | JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH \(DERBY 1752\-1812 DONCASTER\) AFTER GODFREY KNELLER \(LÜBECK 1646\-1723 LONDON\) | Chiswick Auctions | £140
22. 2022-09-21 | John Raphael Smith \(1752\-1812\) after Thomas Gainsborough | Cheffins | £220
23. 2022-02-26 | JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH \(1752\-1812\) | Auktionshalle Cuxhaven | N/A
24. 2021-12-07 | JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH \(1752 \- 1812\) AFTER GODFREY KNELLER \(LÜBECK 1646 \- 1723 LONDON\) | Chiswick Auctions | £190

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