# John William Waterhouse - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T03:09:38.434Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 56
- Lots with prices: 46
- First auction date: 1998-11-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-15
- Median realised price: $22,500
- Price range: $60 to $3,200,000

## Market Takeaway
John William Waterhouse shows solid auction liquidity with 55 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $22,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-15.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($22,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,629 and $70,850.
- 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: 8.9% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 28.9% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 62.2% (28 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-15
- Days since latest sale: 126
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 30 lots
- Canterbury Auction Galleries: 10 lots
- Christie's: 9 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 2 lots
- Gorringes: 2 lots
- Barridoff Auctions: 1 lots
- Plazzart: 1 lots
- Smith & Singer: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-15 | Study for the Awakening of Adonis | Sotheby's | N/A
2. 2023-06-14 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE \(BRITISH, 1849\-1917\) The Rose Bower oil on canvas | Christie's | $151,200
3. 2023-06-14 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE \(BRITISH, 1849\-1917\) A Roman Offering oil on canvas | Christie's | $94,500
4. 2022-12-14 | Study for Lamia | Sotheby's | £69,300
5. 2019-02-01 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. \| Head of a Model  | Sotheby's | N/A
6. 2018-12-13 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. \| A Young Saint | Sotheby's | £30,000
7. 2018-10-10 | John William WATERHOUSE \(after\) \- The Girl of the Wind \(Study for Boreas\) \- 1904 \- Handsigned & numbered lithograph | Plazzart | N/A
8. 2018-07-12 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. \| Phyllis | Sotheby's | £90,000
9. 2018-07-12 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. \| The Siren | Sotheby's | £3,200,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-william-waterhouse-r-a-r-i-the-siren-12-c-784469287d
10. 2018-04-29 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. 1849\-1917 Eastern Interior with a Seated Girl 1886 oil on board 26 x 18.5 cm | Smith & Singer | A$50,000
11. 2017-12-14 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. \| Study for "I'm Half Sick of Shadows" Said the Lady of Shallot | Sotheby's | £25,000
12. 2017-07-13 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. \| In the Harem, An Odalisque | Sotheby's | £30,000
13. 2017-04-04 | John William Waterhouse \(1849\-1917\) \- Coloured print \- "Echo and Narcissus", 10ins x 18ins, R.Cooper after Adam Buck \(1759\-1833\) \- "The Sisters" and "Brother and Sister", each 8.25ins x 7ins, and William Radclyffe \(1780\-1855\) \- Coloured lithograph \- | Canterbury Auction Galleries | £60
14. 2016-12-15 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. \| Study for the head of Venus in The Awakening of Adonis | Sotheby's | £50,000
15. 2016-07-14 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. \| In the Harem | Sotheby's | N/A
16. 2016-07-14 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. \| Study for a Nymph in Hylas and the Nymphs | Sotheby's | £37,500
17. 2016-07-14 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. \| Study for Circe Invidiosa | Sotheby's | £16,250
18. 2015-12-17 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. \| Miranda | Sotheby's | £581,000
19. 2014-12-11 | Juliet | Christie's | £962,500
20. 2013-05-23 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. | Sotheby's | £194,500
21. 2012-05-23 | John William Waterhouse \(1849\-1917\) \- Pencil | Canterbury Auction Galleries | £2,600
22. 2012-05-23 | John William Waterhouse \(1849\-1917\) \- Pencil | Canterbury Auction Galleries | £880
23. 2012-05-23 | John William Waterhouse \(1849\-1917\) \- Pencil | Canterbury Auction Galleries | £540
24. 2012-05-23 | John William Waterhouse \(1849\-1917\) \- Pencil | Canterbury Auction Galleries | £1,050

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