# William Makepeace Thackeray - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T08:36:08.502Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 35
- Lots with prices: 18
- First auction date: 2002-07-26
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-11
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $30 to $3,024

## Market Takeaway
William Makepeace Thackeray shows developing auction liquidity with 33 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $480. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-10.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($480\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $200 and $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: 82.4% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 17.6% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $50
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-10
- Days since latest sale: 161
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Gorringes: 3 lots
- RR Auction: 3 lots
- Aalders Auctions: 2 lots
- Global Auctions Company: 2 lots
- Lettieri Auction & Appraisal: 2 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 2 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 2 lots
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-10 | William Makepeace Thackeray \(British, 1811\-1863\), | Aalders Auctions | N/A
2. 2025-06-18 | William Makepeace Thackeray \(British, 1811\-1863\), | Aalders Auctions | N/A
3. 2024-09-19 | William Makepeace Thackeray \(1811 \- 1863\), Two handwritten letters | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
4. 2024-04-27 | WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, VANITY FAIR, FIRST BOUND EDITION, 1848 | Amelia Jeffers | $50
5. 2023-12-15 | William Makepeace Thackeray \(1811\-1863\) 18 original drawings, in pencil, p | Christie's | N/A
6. 2023-12-15 | William Makepeace Thackeray \(1811\-1863\) Autograph letter, signed \(‘W.M. Th | Christie's | £3,024
7. 2023-08-20 | "THE VIRGINIANS: A TALE OF THE LAST CENTURY" BY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
8. 2023-04-02 | "The Virginians: A Tale Of The Last Century" By William Makepeace Thackeray | Lettieri Auction & Appraisal | N/A
9. 2022-10-06 | 4 William Makepeace Thackeray / Titmarsh Books | Willow Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-4-william-makepeace-thackeray-titmarsh-books-101-c-7aa402ba02
10. 2021-08-27 | WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY \(UK, 1811\-1863\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $300
11. 2020-10-25 | William Makepeace Thackeray Framed Inscribed Autograph Signed Note | Global Auctions Company | N/A
12. 2020-10-25 | William Makepeace Thackeray Framed autographed signed Drawing | Global Auctions Company | N/A
13. 2020-08-22 | 5 European prints | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $50
14. 2020-05-30 | W.M.Thackeray 3 etchings & H.Daumier 2 lithographs | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | N/A
15. 2017-12-20 | WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $30
16. 2017-12-16 | William Makepeace Thackeray | Capo Auction | $80
17. 2015-10-17 | William Makepeace Thackeray \(1811\-1863\) | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $2,460
18. 2015-09-26 | WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY \(British, 1811\-1863\), | South Bay Auctions Inc | $550
19. 2013-09-05 | William Makepeace Thackeray \(1811\-1863\) Brighton from The Royal Crescent Hotel, July 17th 1859, 3 x 4.75in. | Gorringes | N/A
20. 2011-04-13 | Autograph: William Makepeace Thackeray | RR Auction | N/A
21. 2010-09-09 | William Makepeace Thackeray \(1811\-1863\) Illustration for 'The Rose and the Ring', 6.5 x 8in. | Gorringes | £280
22. 2010-08-11 | Autograph: William Makepeace Thackeray | RR Auction | $1,367
23. 2010-07-15 | WATERCOLOUR DRAWING: WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
24. 2010-05-22 | William Makepeace Thackeray \(1811\-1863\), Ten | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $676

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