# William Gear - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T16:55:34.683Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 301
- Lots with prices: 188
- First auction date: 2000-11-30
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-13
- Median realised price: $950
- Price range: $100 to $25,000

## Market Takeaway
William Gear shows deep auction liquidity with 300 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $960. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($960\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $420 and $4,000.
- 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: 50.8% (95 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 39.6% (74 sales)
- $10,000\+: 9.6% (18 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $190
- Previous 12 months median: $240
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-14
- Days since latest sale: 35
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 59 lots
- Sotheby's: 58 lots
- Mallams: 52 lots
- Christie's: 30 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 21 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 13 lots
- Bellmans Auctioneers: 7 lots
- Waddington's: 6 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 4 lots
- Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-10 | William Gear \(1955\-1997\) Untitled abstract, 1987 acrylic signed and dated lower right 28.5cm x 39.5cm. | Mallams | £120
2. 2025-12-10 | William Gear \(1955\-1997\) Pink Flash, 1966 oil pastel and coloured inks signed and dated lower right 59cm x 29.5cm. Provenance: Exhibited at Karl and Faber, Munich, 1988/89. | Mallams | £720
3. 2025-12-10 | William Gear \(1955\-1997\) Untitled abstract, 1970 mixed media signed and dated lower right 55cm x 36cm. | Mallams | £110
4. 2025-12-10 | William Gear \(1915\-1997\) | Mallams | £190
5. 2025-12-09 | WILLIAM GEAR \(1915\-1997\) Abstract mixed media on paper signed and dated '75 38 x 26cm | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
6. 2025-10-22 | William Gear \(1915\-1997\) Untitled, 1948, signed and dated | Mallams | £450
7. 2025-10-22 | William Gear \(1915\-1997\) Standing Structure, 1979 | Mallams | £620
8. 2024-10-26 | William Gear \(Methil 1915 \- 1997 Birmingham\) Collioure. | Dr. Irene Lehr Kunstauktionen GmbH | N/A
9. 2024-10-23 | William Gear \(1915 \- 1977\), Floating Forms, 1976 | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
10. 2024-09-26 | William Gear \(Scottish 1915 \- 1997\) Abstract Composition signed, dated 83, mixed media, 22.5cm x 16.5cm | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £150
11. 2024-05-08 | William Gear \(1915\-1997\) "Bio\-form, black/yellow" | Veritas Art Auctioneers | €1,000
12. 2024-03-26 | William Gear \(1915\-1997\), 'Wild Landscape', screenprint, trial proof, signed and inscribed and dated 62, image | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £240 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-gear-1915-1997-wild-landscape-screenprint-trial-proof-signed-and-inscribed-and-dated-62-image-21-c-f2440a5b3e
13. 2024-02-27 | William Gear \(1915\-1997\) Abstract composition, sig… | Veilinghuis Van Spengen | N/A
14. 2023-12-14 | William Gear \(1915\-1997\) Untitled | Forum Auctions \- UK | £500
15. 2023-12-12 | William Gear \(1915\-1997\) 'Grey Landscape study', signed and dated '59 l.l. | Veilinghuis Van Spengen | N/A
16. 2023-12-12 | William Gear \(1915\-1997\) Abstract composition, signed and dated '89 l.l., a | Veilinghuis Van Spengen | N/A
17. 2023-12-12 | William Gear \(1915\-1997\) Abstract composition, signed l.r. and dated '58, o | Veilinghuis Van Spengen | N/A
18. 2023-09-28 | William Gear \(1915 \- 1997\), Mixed Media \(1967\) | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
19. 2023-09-24 | William GEAR \(1915\-1997\), oil on hardboard Untitled, signed | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | €1,300
20. 2023-07-12 | William Gear \(British, 1915\-1997\) Spanish Souvenir | Bonhams | £3,800
21. 2023-06-28 | Grey and Ochre | Sotheby's | £9,525
22. 2023-02-16 | WILLIAM GEAR \(1915\-1997\) Composition, 1938 | Accademia Fine Art | N/A
23. 2023-02-16 | WILLIAM GEAR \(1915\-1997\) Composition | Accademia Fine Art | N/A
24. 2023-02-16 | WILLIAM GEAR \(1915\-1997\) Composition, 1950 | Accademia Fine Art | N/A

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