# Thomas Whitcombe - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T06:20:19.531Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 140
- Lots with prices: 84
- First auction date: 1999-04-28
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-10
- Median realised price: $7,000
- Price range: $400 to $77,000

## Market Takeaway
Thomas Whitcombe shows solid auction liquidity with 138 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-10.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($7,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,720 and $18,750.
- 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: 3.6% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 51.8% (43 sales)
- $10,000\+: 44.6% (37 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $3,000
- Previous 12 months median: $5,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-10
- Days since latest sale: 8
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 52 lots
- Bonhams: 41 lots
- Sotheby's: 10 lots
- DuMouchelles: 4 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 2 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 2 lots
- Lacy Scott & Knight: 2 lots
- Martel Maides: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-30 | Thomas Whitcombe \(British, circa 1752\-1824\) The 74\-gun H.M.S. Brunswick hove\-to off Castle Cornet, Guernsey, with a fast Post Office cutter crossing her stern | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-whitcombe-british-circa-1752-1824-the-74-gun-h-m-s-brunswick-hove-to-off-castle-cornet-guernsey-with-a-fast-post-office-cutter-crossing-her-stern-59-c-b7840b8a44
2. 2025-02-11 | THOMAS WHITCOMBE \(BRITISH 1763\-1824\), H.M.S. REPULSE LAUNCHED AT EAST COWES | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £8,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-whitcombe-british-1763-1824-h-m-s-repulse-launched-at-east-cowes-347-c-c5a4431807
3. 2022-02-24 | THOMAS WHITCOMBE \(United Kingdom, 1752\-1824\), The 44\-gun frigate Medina in two positions, circa 1810., Oil on canvas, 39" x 60.25". Framed 45.75" x 67". | Eldred's | $7,000
4. 2026-03-10 | Thomas Whitcombe,  British c.1763\-1824\-  An East Indiaman i | Roseberys | £4,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thomas-whitcombe-british-c-1763-1824-an-east-indiaman-i-193-c-4441a9321b
5. 2026-02-10 | THOMAS WHITCOMBE \(BRITISH 1752\-1824\), THE BATTLE OF THE SAINTES 9\-12 APRIL1782 | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £22,000
6. 2025-12-19 | Thomas Whitcombe \(British, 1732\-1824\) Oil on Canvas 'Battle of the Nile', H 20" W 25" Frame Size: H 24.5" W 30" | DuMouchelles | N/A
7. 2025-12-19 | Thomas Whitcombe \(British, 1732\-1824\) Oil on Canvas 'Battle of Camperdown', H 20" W 25" Frame Size: H 24.5" W 30" | DuMouchelles | N/A
8. 2025-10-29 | Thomas Whitcombe \(English c. 1760\-1824\), The Destruction of the French Fleet in Basque Roads | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
9. 2025-10-15 | Thomas Whitcombe \(British, circa 1752\-1824\) Frigates in a stormy sea | Bonhams | £1,200
10. 2025-10-15 | Thomas Whitcombe \(British, circa 1752\-1824\) A Royal Navy frigate 'signalling her number' \[598\] to a naval schooner heading into port and which will report sighting her | Bonhams | N/A
11. 2025-09-12 | Thomas Whitcombe \(British, 1732\-1824\) Oil on Canvas 'Battle of Camperdown', H 20" W 25" Frame Size: H 24.5" W 30" | DuMouchelles | $3,000
12. 2025-09-12 | Thomas Whitcombe \(British, 1732\-1824\) Oil on Canvas 'Battle of the Nile', H 20" W 25" Frame Size: H 24.5" W 30" | DuMouchelles | $3,000
13. 2025-07-02 | THOMAS WHITCOMBE \(LONDON C. 1763\-C. 1824 ?\). The Capture of the Genoese pir | Christie's | £22,680
14. 2024-05-11 | Thomas Whitcombe Painting of an English Warship | Boston Harbor Auctions | N/A
15. 2024-04-24 | Thomas Whitcombe \(British, circa 1752\-1824\) A 32 gun frigate entering Whitby | Bonhams | £5,500
16. 2023-07-18 | Thomas Whitcombe \(British, 1763–1824\) Capture of St. Paul, Isle of Reunion or Bourbon by a Naval squadron under Commodore Joshua Rowley and the Essex Regiment under Lt. Col Henry S. Keating, 21st September 1809 | Freeman's \| Hindman | $7,000
17. 2023-04-27 | Thomas Whitcombe \(1760 \- 1824\), A Royal Navy Three\-Decker announcing her Departure from the Anchorage at Spithead \(1787\) | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
18. 2022-10-25 | Thomas Whitcombe \(British, c.1732\-1824\) The Mercury of London, a merchantman and other shipping offshore; Two frigates in the Channel off Dover, a pair each 53.3 x 76.5cm \(21 x 30 1/8in\). \(2\) | Bonhams | £2,800
19. 2022-06-28 | Thomas Whitcombe \(British, c.1732\-1824\) The Mercury of London, a merchantman and other shipping offshore; Two frigates in the Channel off Dover, a pair Each 53.3 x 76.5cm \(21 x 30 1/8in\). \(2\) | Bonhams | N/A
20. 2022-04-26 | THOMAS WHITCOMBE \(BRITISH, 1763\-1824\) \- A 44\-gun frigate of the Royal Navy in the Downs off Dover | Charles Miller Ltd | £2,800
21. 2021-07-11 | THOMAS WHITCOMBE \(British, c. 1760\- c. 1824\) | Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC | $800
22. 2021-06-12 | THOMAS WHITCOMBE \(British c.1752/1763\-c.1824\) A PAINTING, "British Frigate: Flora, 36 Tons," 1787, | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $3,500
23. 2020-12-17 | THOMAS WHITCOMBE \(LONDON C.1752/1760\-C.1824\) \- Running into stormy weather off Gibraltar | Christie's | £3,500
24. 2020-11-10 | Thomas Whitcombe \(English, 1763\-1824\), 14\-Gun Frigate off Dover, dated, "1815" | Freeman's \| Hindman | $4,687

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