# Thomas Frye - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T04:03:38.674Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 53
- Lots with prices: 43
- First auction date: 2001-09-26
- Latest auction date: 2026-06-19
- Median realised price: $3,200
- Price range: $237 to $45,000

## Market Takeaway
Thomas Frye has 53 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,200. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. 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 \($3,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,500 to $6,931\) 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: 18.6% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 65.1% (28 sales)
- $10,000\+: 16.3% (7 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $550
- Previous 12 months median: $2,400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-06-19
- Days since latest sale: 36
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 17 lots
- Adam's: 6 lots
- Bonhams: 5 lots
- Mallams: 3 lots
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 2 lots
- Dominic Winter Auctions: 2 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 2 lots
- STAIR: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Sworders: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-21 | Thomas Frye \(British 1710\-1762\) "Turkish Basha" Man in a Turban, from 'Life\-sized Heads', circa 1760 Mezzotint on laid paper Signed in plate lower left 19" x 13 1/2" plate size Provenance: Property from a Upper East ... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-frye-british-1710-1762-turkish-basha-man-in-a-turban-from-life-sized-heads-circa-1760-mezzotint-on-laid-paper-signed-in-plate-lower-left-19-x-13-1-2-plate-size-provenance-property-from-a-upper-east-389-c-80c8a48bb5
2. 2026-06-19 | Thomas Frye \(British, c.1710\-1762\), A man wearing a turban holding a richly\-bound book | Sloane Street Auctions | £1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-frye-british-c-1710-1762-a-man-wearing-a-turban-holding-a-richly-bound-book-605-c-c9521b64bd
3. 2025-07-01 | THOMAS FRYE \- Elegant Lady | Subastas Segre | N/A
4. 2025-03-19 | Thomas Frye \(1710\-1762\) Three portraits from 'Life\-sized Heads' | Forum Auctions \- UK | £2,400
5. 2024-02-21 | THOMAS FRYE \(ANGLO\-IRISH 1710\-1762\), PORTRAIT OF A LADY | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £19,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-frye-anglo-irish-1710-1762-portrait-of-a-lady-74-c-e16415daaa
6. 2022-10-18 | THOMAS FRYE \(c.1710\-1762\) Portrait of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, of Brympton D’Evercy in Somerset \(1701\-1771\), three\-quarter length Oil on unlined canvas, and contained in its fine original carved and gilded frame, 127 x 102cm \(50 x 40¼” | Adam's | €18,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-frye-c-1710-1762-portrait-of-thomas-fane-8th-earl-of-westmorland-of-brympton-d-evercy-in-somerset-1701-1771-three-quarter-length-oil-on-unlined-canvas-and-contained-in-its-fine-original-carved-and-gilded-frame-127-x-102cm-50-x-401-4-371-c-dd340d9b01
7. 2022-09-22 | Thomas Frye \(1710\-1762\) | Cheffins | £6,500
8. 2022-03-29 | THOMAS FRYE \(1710\-1762\) Her Most Excellent Majesty Charlotte Queen of Great Britain circa 1762 glass colour print from original mezz... | Leonard Joel | A$750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-frye-1710-1762-her-most-excellent-majesty-charlotte-queen-of-great-britain-circa-1762-glass-colour-print-from-original-mezz-142-c-0d94ed6b76
9. 2021-11-28 | THOMAS FRYE \(1710 Edenderry \- 1762\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | N/A
10. 2021-10-23 | Thomas Frye | Brunk Auctions | $1,700
11. 2021-09-07 | THOMAS FRYE \(1710\-1762\) Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman in Brown Velvet Jacket Oil on canvas, 75 x 62cm Signed, dated 1745 and inscribed 'Aged 88' Provenance: With Gimbel Brothers, New York; Sale, Sotheby's New York, 17th January 1991, Lot no. | Adam's | €7,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-frye-1710-1762-portrait-of-an-elderly-gentleman-in-brown-velvet-jacket-oil-on-canvas-75-x-62cm-signed-dated-1745-and-inscribed-aged-88-provenance-with-gimbel-brothers-new-york-sale-sotheby-s-new-york-17th-january-1991-lot-no-91-c-c3d47299e0
12. 2021-05-27 | Thomas Frye \(Irish 1710\-1762\), Portrait of a Gentleman, seated three\-quarter\-length, at a table | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £3,200
13. 2020-09-16 | Thomas Frye \(1710\-1762\): Life\-Size Heads: Eighteen Plates; and George III of Great Britain | STAIR | $45,000
14. 2020-03-25 | THOMAS FRYE \(IRISH 1710\-1762\) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman wearing red coat with green collar, hair en queue Signed lower left  Watercolour on card Gold frame Oval, 30mm \(1 1/4in\) high The present work is a rare example of a miniature by the Du | Chiswick Auctions | £3,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-frye-irish-1710-1762-portrait-miniature-of-a-gentleman-wearing-red-coat-with-green-collar-hair-en-queue-signed-lower-left-watercolour-on-card-gold-frame-oval-30mm-1-1-4in-high-the-present-work-is-a-rare-example-of-a-miniature-by-the-du-130-c-d1045e5bdf
15. 2017-03-29 | THOMAS FRYE \(CIRCA 1710\-1762\) \- Three plates, from: Life\-sized Heads | Christie's | £2,500
16. 2015-10-06 | Thomas Frye \(1710 \- 1762\) Mezzotint: ''Fine Head and Shoulders of a Woman | Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers | €840
17. 2013-10-16 | Thomas Frye \(1710\-1762\), LIFE\-SIZED HEAD: MAN | Sworders | £620
18. 2013-10-16 | Thomas Frye \(1710\-1762\), LIFE\-SIZED HEAD: YOUNG | Sworders | £1,000
19. 2013-07-17 | THOMAS FRYE \(1710\-1762\) Study of a gentleman in a | Mallams | £440
20. 2013-06-12 | Thomas Frye \(Irish, 1710\-1762\) | Bonhams | £237
21. 2013-05-12 | THOMAS FRYE \(c.1710\) The Head of a Man with | Adam's | €500
22. 2013-05-12 | THOMAS FRYE \(c.1710\) The Head of a Man Turned in | Adam's | €500
23. 2012-06-19 | Thomas Frye \(IRISH, circa 1710\-1762\) | Christie's | N/A
24. 2012-03-10 | THOMAS FRYE \(1710\-1762\): OLD WOMAN, BUST\-LENGTH IN PROFILE | STAIR | $2,700

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