# William \(1798\) Egley - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T18:14:25.400Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 50
- Lots with prices: 38
- First auction date: 2004-02-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-03
- Median realised price: $440
- Price range: $30 to $4,600

## Market Takeaway
William (1798) Egley has 50 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $440. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. 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 \($440\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($260 to $1,250\) 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: 63.2% (24 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 36.8% (14 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $180
- Previous 12 months median: $30
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-03
- Days since latest sale: 149
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 15 lots
- Christie's: 7 lots
- Cheffins: 6 lots
- Gorringes: 3 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 3 lots
- Sworders: 3 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 2 lots
- Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques: 1 lots
- Auktionshaus Dr. Fischer: 1 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-03 | William Egley \(British, 1798\-1870\) | Cheffins | £400
2. 2025-12-03 | William Egley \(British, 1798\-1870\) | Cheffins | £260 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-egley-british-1798-1870-310-c-7ea16e85fa
3. 2025-09-17 | William Egley \(British, 1798\-1870\) | Cheffins | £130 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-egley-british-1798-1870-327-c-1c5420d9b5
4. 2025-09-17 | William Egley \(British, 1798\-1870\) | Cheffins | £150
5. 2025-09-17 | William Egley \(British, 1798\-1870\) | Cheffins | £280
6. 2025-05-28 | William Egley \(1798\-1870\) | Sworders | £180
7. 2024-11-12 | William Egley \(1798\-1870\), a miniature portrait of a gentleman, watercolour on ivory, signed and dated 1829, 2 | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £30
8. 2024-10-15 | William Egley \(1798\-1870\), a miniature portrait of a gentleman, watercolour on ivory, signed and dated 1829, 2 | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
9. 2024-09-17 | William Egley \(1798\-1870\), a miniature portrait of a gentleman, watercolour on ivory, signed and dated 1829, 2 | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
10. 2024-03-07 | William Egley \(British, 1798–1870\), port | Kinghams Auctioneers | £280 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-egley-british-1798-1870-port-211-c-9414f57bcd
11. 2024-02-29 | William Egley \(1798 \- 1870\), Portrait of Fitzroy Augustus Talbot, aged 3 years old, inscribed and dated 1837 verso, watercolour on ivory, 15.5 x 11.5 cm, Ivory certification reference P5JDU5KR; and another of Richard Nugent Clayton with Maria... | Dawsons Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-egley-1798-1870-portrait-of-fitzroy-augustus-talbot-aged-3-years-old-inscribed-and-dated-1837-verso-watercolour-on-ivory-15-5-x-11-5-cm-ivory-certification-reference-p5jdu5kr-and-another-of-richard-nugent-clayton-with-maria-108-c-09a4254a2d
12. 2022-07-20 | William Egley miniature watercolor portrait | Pook & Pook Inc. | $3,400
13. 2022-05-31 | William Egley 1798\-1870 Britain | McKenzies Auctioneers | N/A
14. 2021-03-31 | William Egley \(1798\-1870\) | Sworders | £280 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-egley-1798-1870-573-c-8b14838aa5
15. 2021-03-30 | William Egley \(1798\-1870\) Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a lace bonnet and green dress 2.5 x 1.75in., gold framed | Gorringes | £440
16. 2021-03-30 | William Egley \(1798\-1870\) Portrait miniature of a young lady wearing a purple dress and sapphire set jewel 2 x 1.5in, gold framed | Gorringes | £440
17. 2019-12-07 | William Egley \(Attrib.\) | Auktionshaus Dr. Fischer | €250
18. 2019-03-06 | WILLIAM EGLEY \(BRITISH 1798\-1870\) | Chiswick Auctions | £600
19. 2015-11-26 | William Egley \(British, 1798\-1870\) Portrait miniature of a boy watercolour on ivory | Cheffins | £200
20. 2015-11-26 | WILLIAM EGLEY \(1798\-1870\) A GENTLEMAN OF THE PHILLIPS FAMILY half len | Mellors & Kirk | £70 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-egley-1798-1870-a-gentleman-of-the-phillips-family-half-len-468-c-4dc4219bd1
21. 2015-09-30 | William Egley \(British, 1798\-1870\) A pair of portraits of two Ladies, belie | Bonhams | £1,000
22. 2015-06-25 | William Egley \(1798\-1870\) Miniatures of young ladies, 2.25 x 1.75in. | Gorringes | £600
23. 2014-11-27 | William Egley \(1798\-1870\). Portrait of a young child resting on a balustrade, head and shoulder length; Portrait of a fair haired child in a white dress, quarter length. Each 4.5cm x 3.8cm. In differing leather covered cases | Dreweatts 1759 | £992
24. 2014-08-06 | William Egley, pair nineteenth century miniature | Reeman Dansie | £460

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