# Rowland Emett - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T18:11:25.957Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 32
- Lots with prices: 27
- First auction date: 2005-06-29
- Latest auction date: 2023-06-27
- Median realised price: $1,100
- Price range: $70 to $12,000

## Market Takeaway
Rowland Emett has 32 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,100. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($1,100\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($520 to $1,920\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 40.7% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 55.6% (15 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.7% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-06-27
- Days since latest sale: 1,039
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 10 lots
- Christie's: 8 lots
- Gorringes: 5 lots
- Reeman Dansie: 2 lots
- Canterbury Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Golding Young & Mawer: 1 lots
- Illustration House: 1 lots
- Potomack Company: 1 lots
- Roseberys: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-02-23 | Frederick Rowland Emett \(British, 1906\-1990\): A 1\-inch scale model of Emett's masterpiece automaton 'A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley', English, early 1980's, | Bonhams | £3,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frederick-rowland-emett-british-1906-1990-a-1-inch-scale-model-of-emett-s-masterpiece-automaton-a-quiet-afternoon-in-the-cloud-cuckoo-valley-english-early-1980-s-46-c-57549c6aac
2. 2020-02-12 | Frederick Rowland Emett \(British, 1906\-1990\) A kinetic sculpture or automaton created for PI Castings, 1964\-5, the cabinet 111cm wide x 42cm deep x 93cm high \(44in wide x 16 1/2in deep x 36 1/2in high\) | Bonhams | £5,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-frederick-rowland-emett-british-1906-1990-a-kinetic-sculpture-or-automaton-created-for-pi-castings-1964-5-the-cabinet-111cm-wide-x-42cm-deep-x-93cm-high-44in-wide-x-16-1-2in-deep-x-36-1-2in-high-297-c-65d4fadab0
3. 2023-06-27 | Frederick Rowland Emett \(English, 1906\-1990\), 'The Pen\-Y\-Bun & Llanfernuffin train', pen and ink with bodycolour, 20 x 31.5cm | Gorringes | £1,100
4. 2022-10-04 | Rowland Emett \(1906\-1990\) | Sworders | £360
5. 2021-09-28 | Rowland Emett \(1906\-1990\), Artwork for Jonathan Cape, Ink and gouache on paper, 30.5 x 23cm. Unframed | Gorringes | £1,100
6. 2021-05-05 | Frederick Rowland Emett \(British, 1906\-1990\): An original watercolour of a cat, English, 1981, \(\(2\)\) | Bonhams | £300
7. 2021-02-23 | Frederick Rowland Emett \(British, 1906\-1990\): An original watercolour of a cat, English, 1981, \(\(2\)\) | Bonhams | N/A
8. 2021-02-23 | Frederick Rowland Emett \(British, 1906\-1990\): A Scale model of Emett's automaton 'HMS Pussiewillow I', English, late 1970's, \(2\) | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2021-01-28 | FREDERICK ROWLAND EMETT \(BRITISH, 1906\-1990\) THE EVENING SHRIMP TRAIN PASSING THE OLD CLOUD\-CUCKOO CREEK TIDE\-MILL Print: 20 1/4 x 2... | Potomack Company | $70
10. 2018-09-26 | Rowland Emett, British 1906\-1990\- ‘It’s His Turn on Tonight’, 1942;Original | Roseberys | £520
11. 2018-06-26 | Rowland Emett \(1906\-1990\) 'Well met by lamp light' 8.25 x 11in. | Gorringes | £1,300
12. 2018-06-26 | Rowland Emett \(1906\-1990\) 'A branch line train and downed German fighter plane' 8 x 10.5in. | Gorringes | £1,500
13. 2016-11-29 | Rowland Emett \(1906\-1990\) \- Coloured print \- "The Evening Shrimp Train", 19ins x 25.5ins, signed in pencil and with Fine Art Guild blind stamp, in gilt frame and glazed | Canterbury Auction Galleries | £80
14. 2016-11-23 | Rowland Emett \(1906 \- 1990\), pair of pen, ink and watercolour Baby Greetings Telegram designs, together with the original telegram and envelope. This design was used between 4.3.63 and 31.10.65 | Reeman Dansie | £480
15. 2013-03-21 | FREDERICK  ROWLAND  EMETT | Sotheby's | £4,750
16. 2011-09-07 | Rowland Emett \(1906\-1990\) "..Something to do with the Nationalisation of the Railways I expect.." | Bonhams | £1,188
17. 2011-04-13 | Rowland Emett \(1906\-1990\) original pen and ink | Reeman Dansie | £300
18. 2010-07-07 | Rowland Emett \(1906\-1990\) Snowy landscape | Bonhams | N/A
19. 2010-06-02 | Frederick Rowland Emett \(1906\-1990\). Humorous pen | Golding Young & Mawer | N/A
20. 2009-12-12 | Rowland Emett \(1906\-1990\) Drawing; Elevated train | Illustration House | $862
21. 2009-05-19 | Frederick Rowland Emett \(British, 1906\-1990\) The homework assistant, an illustration for Punch Magazine 36 x 30 cm. \(14 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.\) unframed | Bonhams | £900
22. 2008-12-03 | Frederick Rowland Emett \(British, 1906\-1990\) "The Evening Shrimp\-train, passing the Old Cloud\-cuckoo Creek tide mill", | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2008-07-24 | Rowland Emett \(1906\-1990\) Parade of Steam Rollers 12 x 12.5in. | Gorringes | £1,600
24. 2007-12-19 | 'It's his turn on tonight' | Christie's | £720

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