# William \(1784\) Essex - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T19:57:04.519Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 21
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2002-11-05
- Latest auction date: 2024-09-06
- Median realised price: $1,320
- Price range: $280 to $7,332

## Market Takeaway
William (1784) Essex has 21 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,320. 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 \($1,320\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($500 to $4,000\) 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: 37.5% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 62.5% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-09-06
- Days since latest sale: 602
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 2 lots
- Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers: 2 lots
- Cuttlestones: 1 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 1 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 1 lots
- Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots
- Sworders: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-06 | William Essex | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-essex-928-c-e8e44d0991
2. 2024-04-16 | William Essex, Two enamel dog miniature brooch pins | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $850 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-essex-two-enamel-dog-miniature-brooch-pins-279-c-ba447958d1
3. 2021-12-14 | William Essex \(1784\-1869\) | Sworders | £380
4. 2021-03-30 | WILLIAM ESSEX \(BRITISH 1784\-1869\) after ROBERT EDGE PINE | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
5. 2018-03-20 | WILLIAM ESSEX \(BRITISH 1784\-1869\) Portrait miniature of David Wilkie R.A., after the original picture by T. Phillips R.A. inscribed in the enamel verso, 'D. Wilkie Esq. R.A./ after the orig. picture by/T. Phillips Esq. R.A./ W. Essex pt. 1833' Enamel Gold frame Rectangular, 37mm high | Chiswick Auctions | £875
6. 2016-11-03 | WILLIAM ESSEX \(BRITISH, 1784\-1869\) Queen Victoria \(1819\-1901\), in wedding attire signed in full on the... | Christie's | £4,000
7. 2016-06-30 | William Essex \- Portrait of John Flaxman | Dreweatts 1759 | £1,054
8. 2015-10-06 | William Essex \(English, 1784\-1869\), Portrait miniature of Princess Adelaide of Saxe\-Meiningen | Freeman's \| Hindman | N/A
9. 2015-06-02 | WILLIAM ESSEX \(BRITISH, 1784\-1869\) AFTER ÉDOUARD LOUIS DUBUFE \(FRENCH,... | Christie's | £4,000
10. 2015-03-28 | WILLIAM ESSEX \(1784\-1869\) An oval miniature portra | Cuttlestones | £1,800
11. 2013-05-30 | William Essex \(British, 1784\-1869\), after Sir Thomas Lawrence | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2009-10-03 | William Essex \(1784\-1869\) After Murillo, The | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | £290
13. 2009-05-20 | William Essex \(British, 1784\-1869\) George IV \(1762\-1830\), King of Great Britain \(1820\-1830\), wearing brass\-studded breastplate with high collar, the Order of the Golden Fleece on a red ribbon around his neck, a sable\-lined red velvet cape over his | Bonhams | £6,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-essex-british-1784-1869-george-iv-1762-1830-king-of-great-britain-1820-1830-wearing-brass-studded-breastplate-with-high-collar-the-order-of-the-golden-fleece-on-a-red-ribbon-around-his-neck-a-sable-lined-red-velvet-cape-over-his-29-c-422a556781
14. 2009-05-20 | William Essex \(British, 1784\-1869\) Lady Charlotte Greville \(née Bentinck\) \(1775\-1862\), wearing dark red dress, the neckline trimmed with white lace, her curling brown hair upswept beneath a white turban | Bonhams | £1,320
15. 2008-11-19 | William Essex \(British, 1784\-1869\) A Fox's Mask | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-essex-british-1784-1869-a-fox-s-mask-20-c-xu2v22rw74
16. 2008-11-01 | William Essex \(1782\-1869\) 'From the Holy Family by | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
17. 2005-07-06 | WILLIAM ESSEX \(BRITISH, 1784\-1829\) | Christie's | £6,600
18. 2005-06-30 | WILLIAM ESSEX 1784\-1869 PORTRAIT OF DAVID GARRICK | Sotheby's | £2,160
19. 2005-04-27 | William Essex \(British, 1784\-1869\) | Bonhams | £280 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-essex-british-1784-1869-146-c-e8ae9zpul3
20. 2002-12-10 | WILLIAM ESSEX \(1784\-1869\) | Christie's | $2,850
21. 2002-11-05 | William Essex \(British, 1784\-1869\), after Thomas Phillips R.A. \(1770\-1845\) Sir David Wilkie | Bonhams | $7,332

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