# Valerie Thornton - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T07:46:31.777Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 170
- Lots with prices: 145
- First auction date: 2003-12-01
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-31
- Median realised price: $160
- Price range: $15 to $2,108

## Market Takeaway
Valerie Thornton shows deep auction liquidity with 170 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $160. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 11 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-31.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($160\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $100 and $312.
- 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: 95.2% (138 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 4.8% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 11
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $44
- Previous 12 months median: $75
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-31
- Days since latest sale: 49
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Mallams: 34 lots
- Bonhams: 21 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 15 lots
- Christie's: 10 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 9 lots
- Woolley & Wallis: 7 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 6 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 6 lots
- Keys Fine Art Auctioneers: 5 lots
- Reeman Dansie: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-31 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\), Limited edition etch… | Claydon Auctioneers | £50
2. 2025-12-31 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\), Limited edition etch… | Claydon Auctioneers | £40
3. 2025-12-31 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\), Limited edition etch… | Claydon Auctioneers | £48
4. 2025-12-10 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\) The Guildhall, Lavenham, 1977 etching and aquatint 15/150, signed and numbered in pencil 50cm x 62cm. | Mallams | N/A
5. 2025-12-03 | Valerie Thornton \(British, 1931\-1991\), A | Kinghams Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2025-10-27 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\), Limited edition etch… | Claydon Auctioneers | £44
7. 2025-10-27 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\), Limited edition etch… | Claydon Auctioneers | £44
8. 2025-10-27 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\), Limited edition etch… | Claydon Auctioneers | £44
9. 2025-09-13 | VALERIE THORNTON \(1931\-1991\); pencil signed limited edition print, 'Arno at Florence', numbered 10/50, signed lower right, 55 x 66cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £20
10. 2025-03-18 | Valerie Thornton \(British 1931–1991\), Abstract Shapes, Etching and Aquatint, Signed l.r. and numbered 21/35 l.l., Frame: 25 x 19 3/4 in. \(63.5 x 50.2 cm.\) | Weschler's | $15 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-valerie-thornton-british-1931-1991-abstract-shapes-etching-and-aquatint-signed-l-r-and-numbered-21-35-l-l-frame-25-x-19-3-4-in-63-5-x-50-2-cm-150-c-99c4ac68d7
11. 2025-03-04 | Valerie Thornton \(British 1931–1991\), Abstract Shapes, Etching and Aquatint, Signed l.r. and numbered 21/35 l.l., Frame: 25 x 19 3/4 in. \(63.5 x 50.2 cm.\) | Weschler's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-valerie-thornton-british-1931-1991-abstract-shapes-etching-and-aquatint-signed-l-r-and-numbered-21-35-l-l-frame-25-x-19-3-4-in-63-5-x-50-2-cm-544-c-fdf41ae88f
12. 2025-02-13 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\), CAPORCIANO, 1987; HILL VILLAGE, NAVARRE, 1977 | Waddington's | CA$75
13. 2024-11-29 | Valerie Thornton, Harrow, Etching with Aquatint | RoGallery | N/A
14. 2024-09-26 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\) Romanesque Church, Segovia signed, titled, dated 1979, etching, 79cm x 69cm | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £80
15. 2024-06-06 | Valerie Thornton Signed Abstract Embossed Etching | Greenwich Auction | N/A
16. 2024-05-16 | Valerie Thornton Signed Abstract Embossed Etching | Greenwich Auction | N/A
17. 2024-03-26 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\), 'The Loir at Vendome', colour etching, signed in pencil, inscribed and numbered | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
18. 2023-10-05 | Valerie Thornton \(British, 1931\-1991\), ' | Kinghams Auctioneers | £190
19. 2023-09-20 | Valerie Thornton \(20th Century\), 'Village near Amboise', watercolour and gouache, The Minories, Colchester tra | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
20. 2023-07-12 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\) Langham; Forest; Untitled | Forum Auctions \- UK | £60
21. 2023-05-18 | VALERIE THORNTON, HARROW, ETCHING WITH AQUATINT | RoGallery | N/A
22. 2022-11-30 | Valerie Thornton, A facade, coloured etching and aquatint, numbered 9/50 and signed in pencil, 15.75" x 20.75" | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £70
23. 2022-11-05 | VALERIE THORNTON \(1931\- 1991\) British, Castle View, limited edition etching | Rowley Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers | £50
24. 2022-07-06 | Valerie Thornton \(1931\-1991\) 'Nedging', a view of buildings, etching and aquatint, inscribed, numbered 61/75, | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £45

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