# W. Sommerville Shanks - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T22:00:57.529Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 25
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2003-04-07
- Latest auction date: 2021-04-25
- Median realised price: $625
- Price range: $70 to $181,250

## Market Takeaway
W. Sommerville Shanks has 25 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $625. 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 \($625\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($480 to $1,560\) 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: 64.3% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 21.4% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 14.3% (2 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: 2021-04-25
- Days since latest sale: 1,835
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 7 lots
- McTear's: 5 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Gorringes: 1 lots
- Hannam's Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 1 lots
- Mallams: 1 lots
- Roseberys: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-04-25 | William Somerville Shanks \(Scottish, 1864\-1951\). An Oil on Canvas; Portrait of 'A Guitar Player', si | Wilkinson's Auctioneers | £550
2. 2018-03-21 | William Somerville Shanks | Roseberys | £400
3. 2016-11-03 | WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SHANKS \(1864\-1951\), Framed Watercolour, signed, "Th | Hannam's Auctioneers | £70
4. 2016-10-07 | Three Art Nouveau oak and elm armchairs, one marked 'JE' . Possibly by Wil | Claydon Auctioneers | £480
5. 2016-01-30 | WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SHANKS \| The Red Parasol | Sotheby's | $11,250
6. 2015-07-08 | A pot of tea | Christie's | N/A
7. 2015-07-08 | In the hallway | Christie's | N/A
8. 2012-07-18 | William Somerville Shanks \(1864\-1951\) 'Early | Mallams | £190
9. 2010-09-25 | WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SHANKS \(Scottish 1864\-1951\) | McTear's | N/A
10. 2010-08-28 | WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SHANKS \(Scottish 1864 \- 1951\) | McTear's | N/A
11. 2010-07-31 | WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SHANKS \(Scottish 1864 \- 1951\) | McTear's | N/A
12. 2010-06-26 | WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SHANKS \(Scottish 1864 \- 1951\) | McTear's | N/A
13. 2010-06-09 | WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SHANKS \(Scottish 1864 \- 1951\) | McTear's | N/A
14. 2008-11-19 | William Somerville Shanks, R.S.A., R.S.W. , 1864\-1951 tiddley winks oil on canvas | Sotheby's | £181,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-somerville-shanks-r-s-a-r-s-w-1864-1951-tiddley-winks-oil-on-canvas-153-c-crvd9bkcnl
15. 2008-10-23 | William Somerville Shanks \(1864\-1951\) | Christie's | £625
16. 2008-09-02 | William Somerville Shanks \(1864\-1951\) | Christie's | N/A
17. 2008-05-01 | William Somerville Shanks , 1864\-1951 still life with a blue jug oil on canvas | Sotheby's | £7,250
18. 2008-02-19 | Confidences | Christie's | £687
19. 2007-07-12 | WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SHANKS \(1864 \- 1951\) CONFIDENCES 34cm x 25cm | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A
20. 2006-11-02 | William Somerville Shanks \(SCOTTISH, 1864\-1951\) | Christie's | £480
21. 2006-03-14 | William Somerville Shanks \(1864\-1951\) | Christie's | £1,560
22. 2005-05-10 | William Somerville Shanks \(Scottish, 1864\-1951\) | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2005-03-09 | WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SHANKS, 1864\-1951 | Sotheby's | £1,080
24. 2004-06-08 | William Somerville Shanks \(1864\-1951\) Rouge, Blanc et Bleu, 22 x 18 ins. | Gorringes | N/A

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