# John Sell Cotman - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T03:37:12.697Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 251
- Lots with prices: 177
- First auction date: 1995-04-12
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-05
- Median realised price: $720
- Price range: $10 to $338,500

## Market Takeaway
John Sell Cotman shows deep auction liquidity with 251 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $720. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 11 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-05.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($720\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $180 and $3,750.
- 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: 54.2% (96 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 34.5% (61 sales)
- $10,000\+: 11.3% (20 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 11
- Previous 12 months sales: 11
- Recent 12 months median: $480
- Previous 12 months median: $700
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-05
- Days since latest sale: 75
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 38 lots
- Bonhams: 29 lots
- Keys Fine Art Auctioneers: 25 lots
- Dawsons Auctioneers: 23 lots
- Sotheby's: 18 lots
- Cheffins: 14 lots
- Roseberys: 12 lots
- East Coast Books: 10 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 7 lots
- Sworders: 6 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-22 | John Sell Cotman \(5\) Antique 19th C Etchings | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-sell-cotman-5-antique-19th-c-etchings-559-c-f0e44dd833
2. 2025-12-05 | John Sell Cotman \(British, 1782\-1842\), Harbour view | Sloane Street Auctions | £400
3. 2025-11-12 | John Sell Cotman,  British 1782\-1842\-  Study of a group of trees;  pencil | Roseberys | £600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-sell-cotman-british-1782-1842-study-of-a-group-of-trees-pencil-183-c-bcf8734efa
4. 2025-11-12 | John Sell Cotman,  British 1782\-1842\-  St Mary's Abbey, York;  pencil on p | Roseberys | £1,950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-sell-cotman-british-1782-1842-st-mary-s-abbey-york-pencil-on-p-182-c-bcf843673f
5. 2025-11-11 | John Sell Cotman \(1782\-1842\) | Sworders | £380
6. 2025-07-09 | John Sell Cotman \(1782\-1842\), | Sworders | £480
7. 2025-06-12 | John Sell Cotman \(1782\-1842\), A COTTAGE SCENE | Waddington's | N/A
8. 2025-06-12 | John Sell Cotman \(1782\-1842\), CASTLE ACRE, NORFOLK, 1804 | Waddington's | CA$6,875
9. 2025-06-11 | JOHN SELL COTMAN \(BRITISH 1782\-1842\), WINDMILLS AND A FIGURE IN AN EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £2,400
10. 2025-06-11 | JOHN SELL COTMAN \(BRITISH 1782\-1842\), BACHARACH | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £100
11. 2025-03-19 | JOHN SELL COTMAN \(BRITISH 1782\-1842\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £2,300
12. 2024-12-15 | John Sell Cotman \(1782\-1842\) England, Tree Study, pencil drawing, signed lower left, approx 29.5cm 25.5cm | Vickers & Hoad | A$280
13. 2024-12-04 | JOHN SELL COTMAN \(NORWICH 1782\-1842 LONDON\). View of Howth and Ireland's Ey | Christie's | N/A
14. 2024-11-21 | John Sell Cotman \(1782\-1842\), etching on paper, Th | Burstow & Hewett | N/A
15. 2024-11-19 | John Sell Cotman \(1782\-1842\) | Sworders | N/A
16. 2024-09-18 | John Sell Cotman \(British, 1782\-1842\) | Cheffins | £1,400
17. 2024-07-13 | John Sell Cotman \(Norwich 1782\-1842 London\) | Hessink's | N/A
18. 2024-04-10 | John Sell Cotman \(Norwich 1782\-1842 London\) Ely Cathedral, from the South West, circa 1804 | Bonhams | N/A
19. 2024-03-20 | John Sell Cotman \(1782\-1842\) | Cheffins | £900
20. 2024-03-20 | John Sell Cotman \(1782\-1842\) | Cheffins | £700
21. 2024-03-20 | John Sell Cotman \(1782\-1842\) | Cheffins | £360
22. 2024-03-10 | JOHN SELL COTMAN \(1782\-1842\) WATERCOLOR | District Auction | N/A
23. 2023-10-29 | John Sell Cotman \(1782\-1842\) England, Tree Study, pencil drawing, signed lower left, approx 29.5 cm 25.5 cm | Vickers & Hoad | N/A
24. 2023-10-18 | JOHN SELL COTMAN \(BRITISH 1782 \- 1842\), VENICE | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £1,800

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