# William Butler Yeats - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T09:08:45.469Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 33
- Lots with prices: 29
- First auction date: 2005-06-12
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-30
- Median realised price: $756
- Price range: $80 to $26,000

## Market Takeaway
William Butler Yeats shows developing auction liquidity with 19 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $756. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($756\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $360 and $2,000.
- 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: 61.1% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 27.8% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 11.1% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $120
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 70
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Whyte's: 5 lots
- Adam's: 4 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Purcell Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 2 lots
- PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers: 2 lots
- Sydney Rare Book Auctions: 2 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 1 lots
- Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-10 | William Butler Yeats \- The Player Queen, published by Macmillan and Co, Lon | Purcell Auctioneers | €120 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-butler-yeats-the-player-queen-published-by-macmillan-and-co-lon-343-c-5a67df4818
2. 2023-12-15 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) Autograph letter signed \(‘W. B. Yeats’\) t | Christie's | £630 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-butler-yeats-1865-1939-autograph-letter-signed-w-b-yeats-t-197-c-be5403d9ce
3. 2023-12-15 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) Autograph letter signed \(‘W.B. Yeats’\) to | Christie's | £756 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-butler-yeats-1865-1939-autograph-letter-signed-w-b-yeats-to-196-c-ace4feea94
4. 2023-12-15 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) Series of 30 autograph letters and two le | Christie's | £17,640 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-butler-yeats-1865-1939-series-of-30-autograph-letters-and-two-le-195-c-c5a45f8b7f
5. 2023-12-15 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) Autograph letter signed \(‘W B Yeats’\) to | Christie's | £756 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-butler-yeats-1865-1939-autograph-letter-signed-w-b-yeats-to-194-c-a8c4ef8b55
6. 2023-12-15 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) Typescript signed \('W.B. Yeats'\) of The C | Christie's | £4,788 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-butler-yeats-1865-1939-typescript-signed-w-b-yeats-of-the-c-193-c-cf248d2b52
7. 2021-04-21 | WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS \(1865\-1939\) FOR CUALA PRESS FOUR HAND\-COLOURED FRAMED PRINTS | Lyon & Turnbull | £500
8. 2019-11-25 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) LETTER TO WILSON, 13 FEB 1912, TYPED 'ABBEY THEATRE' WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF WB YEATS | Whyte's | €800
9. 2017-12-20 | WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $280
10. 2017-11-22 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\)Two Girls and a Dog in the WoodPastel, 33.8 x 23.8cm \(13¼ x 9¼''\)Provenance: The Estate of the Poet's daughter, Anne Yeats \(1919\-2001\), her sale HOK, 19th November 2002, Lot 587, where purchased; later sold at Whyte | Adam's | €26,000
11. 2014-12-05 | William Butler YEATS | Sheppards | €100
12. 2014-12-03 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) Roundstone Bay, Co. Galway Oil on board, 11.5 x 21cm \(4½ x 8¼''\) Inscribed verso | Adam's | €2,000
13. 2014-12-03 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) Roundstone, Co. Galway Oil on board, 11.5 x 21cm \(4½ x 8¼''\) Signed with initials, inscribed verso William Butler Years was the eldest son of the artist John Butler Yeats and brother to the artist Jack. He spent the | Adam's | €4,400
14. 2014-02-19 | WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $1,700
15. 2010-12-13 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\), THE COLLECTED | Whyte's | €100
16. 2009-12-08 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) A fine autograph | Adam's | €1,200
17. 2008-04-05 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) PLAYS FOR AN | Whyte's | N/A
18. 2006-12-09 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats: Definitive Edition with the Author's Final Revisions Illustrated with | Whyte's | €360
19. 2005-06-12 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) Reveries Over Childhood and Youth MacMillan & Co. Ltd., London, 1916. First edition. The author?s sister LILY YEATS? | Whyte's | €600
20. 2026-04-30 | One of 600 copies signed by William Butler Yeats | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $650 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-one-of-600-copies-signed-by-william-butler-yeats-294-c-c399ada4d2
21. 2026-04-23 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) The Poems. Definitive Edition. London: The Macmillan Company, 1949. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,206 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-butler-yeats-1865-1939-the-poems-definitive-edition-london-the-macmillan-company-1949-306-c-d7a2b2ee65
22. 2026-04-23 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) Two Limited First Editions. | Swann Auction Galleries | $396 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-butler-yeats-1865-1939-two-limited-first-editions-305-c-3d2b5b9ce9
23. 2026-04-23 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) The Winding Stair. New York: The Fountain Press, 1929. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,079 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-butler-yeats-1865-1939-the-winding-stair-new-york-the-fountain-press-1929-304-c-611dfd2249
24. 2026-04-23 | William Butler Yeats \(1865\-1939\) The Tower. Two First Editions. London: Macmillan and Co., 1928. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,524 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-butler-yeats-1865-1939-the-tower-two-first-editions-london-macmillan-and-co-1928-303-c-1199c8eb48

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