# Thomas Luny - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T00:32:34.527Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 405
- Lots with prices: 285
- First auction date: 1995-04-12
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-10
- Median realised price: $3,800
- Price range: $400 to $144,000

## Market Takeaway
Thomas Luny shows deep auction liquidity with 400 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 17 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,900 and $9,375.
- 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: 10.3% (29 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 66.7% (188 sales)
- $10,000\+: 23% (65 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 17
- Previous 12 months sales: 22
- Recent 12 months median: $1,500
- Previous 12 months median: $1,100
- Median shift: 36.4%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-11
- Days since latest sale: 99
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 147 lots
- Christie's: 93 lots
- Sotheby's: 23 lots
- Gorringes: 11 lots
- Charles Miller Ltd: 8 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 8 lots
- Martel Maides: 8 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 6 lots
- Sworders: 6 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-11 | Thomas Luny \(1759\-1837\) | Sworders | £1,000
2. 2025-10-15 | Thomas Luny \(British, 1759\-1837\) The rescue | Bonhams | £1,100
3. 2025-10-15 | Thomas Luny \(British, 1759\-1837\) Shipping off Ramsgate harbour | Bonhams | N/A
4. 2025-08-08 | THOMAS LUNY \(United Kingdom, 1759\-1837\), Ships off a coast., Oil on canvas, 18" x 24.5". Framed 21.25" x 28". | Eldred's | $2,500
5. 2025-07-02 | THOMAS LUNY \(ST EWE 1759\-1837 TEIGNMOUTH\). The French '74 Hercule surrender | Christie's | £15,120
6. 2025-06-12 | Thomas Luny ''Broadstairs Harbour'' Oil | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $400
7. 2025-06-12 | Thomas Luny \(1759\-1837\), MOORING | Waddington's | N/A
8. 2025-06-08 | Thomas Luny, Shipwreck off Berry Head, Brixham | Kaminski Auctions | $1,500
9. 2025-05-04 | Thomas Luny, British 1759\-1837. 2 Views of The Wreck of the Brig Warren of Whitehaven. Signed and dated 1828 lower left. Oil on panel. Framed 9 x 12.5 in. Overall size 12.5 x 16 in | Tremont Auctions | $600
10. 2025-04-30 | Thomas Luny \(British, 1759\-1837\) 'Calm seashore, fishermen' | Bonhams | £2,000
11. 2025-04-30 | Thomas Luny \(British, 1759\-1837\) Unloading cargo on the shore | Bonhams | £4,800
12. 2025-04-30 | Thomas Luny \(British, 1759\-1837\) An English frigate running up the Channel with Dover off to port | Bonhams | £3,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-luny-british-1759-1837-an-english-frigate-running-up-the-channel-with-dover-off-to-port-64-c-3b442ce9f2
13. 2025-04-29 | THOMAS LUNY \(1759\-1837\) Boats rough seas, men rowing with lighthouse in the background \- Shipping on the River Scheldt Oil on board, 22 x 30cm Signed and dated 'Luny 1820' \(lower left\) Provenance : With N.R. Omell Gallery, London, where acqui | Adam's | €1,000
14. 2025-04-29 | THOMAS LUNY \(1759\-1837\) Royal Navy Ships off Yarmouth Oil on board, 25 x 35.5cm Signed and dated 'Luny 1818' \(lower left\) Provenance : Sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 24 November 2011, lot 20; With N.R. Omell Gallery, London, where acquire | Adam's | €1,400
15. 2025-04-29 | THOMAS LUNY \(BRITISH, 1759\-1837\) \- A windy day at Ramsgate Harbour | Charles Miller Ltd | £1,900
16. 2025-03-01 | Thomas Luny \(British, 1759\-1837\) | Martel Maides | £9,500
17. 2025-03-01 | Thomas Luny \(British, 1759\-1837\) | Martel Maides | £620
18. 2024-11-12 | THOMAS LUNY \(BRITISH, 1759\-1837\) \- A windy day at Ramsgate Harbour | Charles Miller Ltd | N/A
19. 2024-10-24 | Thomas Luny \(1758\-1837\): Shipping Off Orford | STAIR | $700
20. 2024-10-24 | Thomas Luny \(1758\-1837\): Ships off the Coast | STAIR | $800
21. 2024-10-20 | Thomas Luny \(1759\-1837\) Oil on Canvas | Danielle Elizabeth Antique & Estate Auctioneers | A$600
22. 2024-10-20 | Thomas Luny \(1759\-1837\) \- Oil On Board | Danielle Elizabeth Antique & Estate Auctioneers | A$600
23. 2024-10-16 | Thomas Luny \(British, 1759\-1837\) The Cato in two positions off Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth | Bonhams | £2,800
24. 2024-10-09 | THOMAS LUNY \(BRITISH 1759\-1837\), A FISHING COVE WITH OTTOMAN FIGURES | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £900

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