# John Singleton Copley - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T02:36:00.875Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 41
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2004-06-11
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-28
- Median realised price: $17,000
- Price range: $200 to $3,376,000

## Market Takeaway
John Singleton Copley shows developing auction liquidity with 41 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $17,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($17,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $9,375 and $75,000.
- 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: 8% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 72% (18 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $17,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-28
- Days since latest sale: 235
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 13 lots
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 3 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals: 2 lots
- Adam's: 1 lots
- Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-28 | JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY \(MA/UK, 1734\-1815\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
2. 2024-11-19 | John Singleton Copley \(1737\-1815\), Portrait of Thomas William Vawdrey, Esq. \(1752\-1798\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
3. 2024-08-24 | JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY \(MA/UK, 1738\-1815\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $17,000
4. 2024-01-19 | JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY \(1738\-1815\) | Christie's | $119,700
5. 2023-09-09 | John Singleton Copley \(American, 1738\-1815\) Portrait of Sea Captain Richard Fanning \(1774\-1800\), Oil on Canvas laid down to masonite, 24" x 20", in the period gilded and gesso cast exhibition frame, with nameplate, Ov... | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | $10,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-singleton-copley-american-1738-1815-portrait-of-sea-captain-richard-fanning-1774-1800-oil-on-canvas-laid-down-to-masonite-24-x-20-in-the-period-gilded-and-gesso-cast-exhibition-frame-with-nameplate-ov-1-c-17744848fd
6. 2023-06-04 | John Singleton Copley \(American, 1737–1815\) Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Coffin Amory, Bust\-Length | Freeman's \| Hindman | N/A
7. 2023-01-19 | JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY \(1738\-1815\) Mrs. Samuel Watts \(Sarah \(Osborne\) Oxnard | Christie's | $63,000
8. 2022-12-17 | 18th C Oil On Panel Of James Madison By John Singleton Copley | Tunicks Auction Gallery | $1,050
9. 2022-03-26 | John Singleton Copley | Brunk Auctions | $32,000
10. 2021-10-01 | Attributed to John Singleton Copley oil portrait | Pook & Pook Inc. | $3,800
11. 2021-02-27 | JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY \(MA/UK, 1738\-1815\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $3,000
12. 2020-10-13 | JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY \(1738\-1815\) Portrait of William Lushington Oil on canvas, 25 x 20cm Inscribed verso 'Mr. Wm Lushing/ ton, Son of WM/ J. Lushington/ of Rodmer/ Sham, Kent/ by Singleton.' | Adam's | €1,300
13. 2019-01-20 | JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY \| Mrs. Elizabeth Coffin Amory | Sotheby's | N/A
14. 2019-01-18 | John Singleton Copley \(1738\-1815\) | Christie's | $9,375
15. 2018-07-04 | JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY \(BOSTON 1737\-1815 LONDON\) \- Portrait of a lady, said to be Charlotte Pochin of Barkby Hall, | Bonhams | £12,500
16. 2018-06-02 | John Singleton COPLEY \(Attrib.\) \(1737\-1815\) | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | $200
17. 2017-11-18 | John Singleton COPLEY \(Attrib.\) \(1737\-1815\) | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | N/A
18. 2017-09-20 | John Singleton Copley \(1738–1815\) Portrait of Mrs. Rufus Greene oil on canvas 24 ¼ x 20 ¾ in. | Christie's | $20,000
19. 2017-01-19 | JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY \(1738 \- 1815\) \| Reverend Joseph Sewall | Sotheby's | $12,500
20. 2016-11-02 | John Singleton Copley \(Boston 1738\-1815 Saint Peter oil on canvas | Christie's | £11,250
21. 2015-11-13 | John Singleton Copley \(American, 1738\-1815\) Group of 5 Engravings | Cottone Auctions | $690
22. 2015-03-21 | John Singleton Copley \(Boston 1738\-1815 Colonel William Fitch’s Horse in a | Christie's | $12,500
23. 2015-01-23 | John Singleton Copley \(American, 1737\-1815\), Portrait of Rebecca Dudley Gerrish, c. 1763\-66, Unsigned, identified on loan labels from t | Skinner | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-singleton-copley-american-1737-1815-portrait-of-rebecca-dudley-gerrish-c-1763-66-unsigned-identified-on-loan-labels-from-t-370-c-0934c76b54
24. 2014-05-22 | John Singleton Copley \(1738\-1815\) | Christie's | N/A

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