# William Henry Fox Talbot - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T08:46:16.025Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 99
- Lots with prices: 65
- First auction date: 2001-05-10
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-01
- Median realised price: $5,400
- Price range: $40 to $220,000

## Market Takeaway
William Henry Fox Talbot shows solid auction liquidity with 98 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-01-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($5,400\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,640 and $16,800.
- 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: 7.8% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 57.8% (37 sales)
- $10,000\+: 34.4% (22 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $3,250
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-01-28
- Days since latest sale: 386
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 37 lots
- Sotheby's: 21 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 8 lots
- Phillips: 8 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 8 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 4 lots
- Leonard Joel: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Finarte: 2 lots
- District Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-31 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \(1800\-1877\) The Three Graces. Circa 1846. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-henry-fox-talbot-1800-1877-the-three-graces-circa-1846-17-c-8da4d59a93
2. 2026-04-01 | William Henry Fox Talbot \(1800 \- 1877\) \- Study of a Marble Bust, 1840s | Finarte | €2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-henry-fox-talbot-1800-1877-study-of-a-marble-bust-1840s-234-c-08020c389e
3. 2025-01-28 | William Henry Fox Talbot \(1800\-1877\) | Chiswick Auctions | £1,600
4. 2024-12-17 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \(1800\-1877\) Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh. 1844. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
5. 2024-10-15 | William Henry Fox Talbot \(1800\-1877\) \- Lacock Abbey, 1842 | Finarte | €3,800
6. 2024-05-16 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \(1800\-1877\) York Minster Cathedral from Lob Lane. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,250
7. 2024-02-15 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \(1800\-1877\) Sir Walter Scott's Tomb, in Dryburgh Abbey. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,250
8. 2023-04-27 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \(1800\-1877\) The Hungerford Suspension Bridge. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2022-11-25 | Talbot \[William Henry Fox\] | Chiswick Auctions | £1,000
10. 2022-11-25 | William Henry Fox Talbot \(1800\-1877\) | Chiswick Auctions | £950
11. 2022-05-24 | William Henry Fox Talbot \(1800\-1877\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
12. 2021-12-01 | William Henry Fox Talbot \(1800\-1877\) | Chiswick Auctions | £2,800
13. 2021-12-01 | William Henry Fox Talbot \(1800\-1877\) | Chiswick Auctions | £1,600
14. 2021-12-01 | William Henry Fox Talbot \(1800\-1877\) | Chiswick Auctions | £750
15. 2021-10-21 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \(1800\-1877\) The Hungerford Suspension Bridge, London \* A fruit piece with a single pineapple. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,750
16. 2021-05-28 | William Henry Fox Talbot \(1800\-1877\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
17. 2018-10-04 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \- All Souls College Chapel, Oxford, 1840s | Phillips | N/A
18. 2018-04-10 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \| 'The Pencil of Nature' | Sotheby's | $220,000
19. 2018-04-10 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \| The Fruit Sellers | Sotheby's | $12,000
20. 2017-11-10 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \(1800\-1877\) \- Hungerford Suspension Bridge, vers 1845 | Christie's | N/A
21. 2017-10-19 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \(1800\-1877\) The Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,680
22. 2017-10-19 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \(1800\-1877\) The Hungerford Suspension Bridge. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,500
23. 2017-10-10 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \(1800–1877\) The Bridge of Sighs, Saint John’s Coll | Christie's | N/A
24. 2017-10-10 | WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT \(1800–1877\) Articles of China, 1844 numbered 'LA3A | Christie's | $18,750

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