# William James Laidlay - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T00:53:30.910Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2005-03-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-22
- Median realised price: $340
- Price range: $110 to $1,200

## Market Takeaway
William James Laidlay has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $340. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($340\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($200 to $500\) 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: 93.8% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 6.3% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $200
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-22
- Days since latest sale: 190
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Hampstead Auctions Ltd: 10 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 3 lots
- Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood: 2 lots
- Ewbank's: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 1 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 1 lots
- Lawrences: 1 lots
- Mallams: 1 lots
- Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-22 | William James Laidlay \(1846 \- 1912\) A distant coastal harbour, signed, oil on canvas 38 x 53.5cm | Mallams | £200
2. 2020-10-21 | WILLIAM JAMES LAIDLAY \(SCOTTISH 1846\-1912\) WINDING THEIR WAY HOME | Lyon & Turnbull | £400
3. 2019-09-26 | WILLIAM JAMES LAIDLAY \(BRITISH 1846–1912\) ABANDONED | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A
4. 2015-07-15 | William James Laidlay \(1846\-1912\) British. “On the Ayrshir | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
5. 2014-03-27 | William James Laidlay, 1846\-1912, 'The Shepherdess | Hampstead Auctions Ltd | £110
6. 2014-03-27 | William James Laidlay, 1846 \-1912, 'Peasants | Hampstead Auctions Ltd | £120
7. 2014-02-27 | William James Laidlay, 1846\-1912, 'A Schooner by | Hampstead Auctions Ltd | N/A
8. 2014-02-27 | William James Laidlay, 1846\-1912, 'Lapwings at the | Hampstead Auctions Ltd | £340
9. 2014-02-27 | William James Laidlay, 1846\-1912, 'The Shepherdess | Hampstead Auctions Ltd | N/A
10. 2014-02-27 | William James Laidlay, 1846 \-1912, 'The Millhouse | Hampstead Auctions Ltd | £520
11. 2014-02-27 | William James Laidlay, 1846 \-1912, 'Peasants | Hampstead Auctions Ltd | N/A
12. 2014-02-27 | William James Laidlay, 1846 \-1912, 'River Scene', | Hampstead Auctions Ltd | £320
13. 2014-02-27 | William James Laidlay, 1846 \-1912, 'Sailing Boats | Hampstead Auctions Ltd | £600
14. 2014-02-27 | William James Laidlay, 1846 \-1912, 'Desert | Hampstead Auctions Ltd | £800
15. 2013-05-08 | William James Laidlay \(1846\-1912\) \- Evening On The Nile, oil on canvas, signed and dated, under glass in gilt frame | Ewbank's | £200
16. 2013-03-21 | William James Laidlay \(1846\-1912\) \- Evening On The Nile, oil on canvas, signed and dated, under glass in gilt frame | Ewbank's | N/A
17. 2013-02-13 | WILLIAM JAMES LAIDLAY \(BRITISH 1846\-1912\) NOCTURNE ON THE COAST 36cm x 54cm \(14in x 23in\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £500
18. 2010-10-20 | William James Laidlay \(1846\-1912\) A coastal view, | Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood | £420
19. 2010-10-20 | William James Laidlay \(1846\-1912\) Breton coastal | Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood | £360
20. 2010-06-05 | William James Laidlay \(1846\-1912\) Sunset Landscape | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
21. 2009-04-07 | William James Laidlay \(1846\-1912\) Across to the | Dreweatts 1759 | £288
22. 2007-10-19 | WILLIAM JAMES LAIDLAY \(1846\-1912\) WALK AT DUSK | Lawrences | £120
23. 2006-11-21 | WILLIAM JAMES LAIDLAY, 1846\-1912 | Sotheby's | £1,200
24. 2005-03-13 | William James Laidlay \(1846\-1912\) | Christie's | N/A

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