# William Russell Birch - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T13:31:35.685Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 22
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2003-01-16
- Latest auction date: 2024-10-17
- Median realised price: $3,600
- Price range: $147 to $88,125

## Market Takeaway
William Russell Birch has 22 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,600. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($3,600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,000 to $28,750\) 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: 23.5% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 35.3% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 41.2% (7 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $147
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-10-17
- Days since latest sale: 564
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 4 lots
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- Grogan & Company: 1 lots
- Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates: 1 lots
- Neal Auction Company: 1 lots
- Potomack Company: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-17 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(1755\-1834\). PORTRAIT OF GENERAL JOHN BARKER, CIRCA 1824, Signed lower right with initials "WB". Enamel on copper | Sloans & Kenyon | $800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-russell-birch-1755-1834-portrait-of-general-john-barker-circa-1824-signed-lower-right-with-initials-wb-enamel-on-copper-256-c-53a43069bb
2. 2024-06-22 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(AMERICAN, 1755\-1834\) PHILADELPHIA PRINT | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $147 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-russell-birch-american-1755-1834-philadelphia-print-2506-c-98f4b3eb03
3. 2023-05-06 | William Russell Birch \(1755\-1834\) and Thomas Birch \(1779\-1851\), Two Views of Philadelphia | Grogan & Company | $1,000
4. 2022-07-26 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(Pennsylvania/United Kingdom, 1755\-1834\), Portrait of Mr. Blakely., Watercolor on paper, 8.75" x 7.5" sight. Unframed. | Eldred's | $500
5. 2021-11-10 | William Russell Birch \(1755\-1844\) and Thomas Birch \(1779\-1851\) Nine Views of Philadelphia, "The City of Philadelphia, In the State of Pennsylvania North America; As it Appeared in the Year 1800" | Freeman's \| Hindman | $6,000
6. 2021-01-21 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(1755 \- 1834\) A miniature portrait of Bishop William | Christie's | $2,500
7. 2021-01-21 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(1755\-1834\) A Portrait of Captain Joshua Barney sig | Christie's | N/A
8. 2018-04-07 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(1755\-1834\). ELEVEN ENGRAVED VIEWS OF COUNTRY SEATS FROM "DELICES DE LA GRANDE BRETAGNE," 1791. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | N/A
9. 2017-11-15 | William Russell Birch \(1755\-1834\), Portrait miniature of Bishop William White \(1748\-1836\) | Freeman's \| Hindman | $1,250
10. 2017-10-28 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(ANGLO/ AMERICAN 1755\-1834\). COMPLETE SET OF ENGRAVINGS FROM "THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, NORTH AMERICA … AS IT APPEARED IN THE YEAR 1800," FIRST EDITION, 1800. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $46,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-russell-birch-anglo-american-1755-1834-complete-set-of-engravings-from-the-city-of-philadelphia-in-the-state-of-pennsylvania-north-america-as-it-appeared-in-the-year-1800-first-edition-1800-150-c-ade4575aa9
11. 2014-11-13 | William Russell Birch \(1755\-1834\), a view from the artist's estate, springland, or the elysian bower | Freeman's \| Hindman | $20,000
12. 2014-11-13 | William Russell Birch \(1755\-1834\), view of springland, country estate of the artist on the delaware river, circa 1800 | Freeman's \| Hindman | $28,750
13. 2014-10-21 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(BRITISH/AMERICAN, 1755\-1834\) CONGRESS HALL AND NEW THEATRE, IN CHESNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA Etching: 11 x 13 i... | Potomack Company | $450
14. 2012-01-20 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(1755\-1834\) | Sotheby's | $10,000
15. 2011-11-23 | William Russell Birch \(British/American, 1755\-1834\) Commander Thomas MacDonough \(1783–1825\), standing, profile to the right, wearing white trousers, blue coat with gold buttons, piping and epaulettes, white frilled chemise and black stock, the hilt | Bonhams | £1,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-russell-birch-british-american-1755-1834-commander-thomas-macdonough-1783-1825-standing-profile-to-the-right-wearing-white-trousers-blue-coat-with-gold-buttons-piping-and-epaulettes-white-frilled-chemise-and-black-stock-the-hilt-90-c-f7cce82105
16. 2011-09-11 | William Russell Birch \(British/American, 1755\) | Neal Auction Company | N/A
17. 2009-11-08 | William Russell Birch \(American, 1755\-1834\), after Gilbert Stuart \(American, 1755\-18 28\) Portrait Miniatur... | Skinner | $38,513
18. 2008-11-19 | William Russell Birch \(British/American, 1755\-1834\) Charles Watson\-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham \(1730\-1782\), wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter, his brown hair worn en queue | Bonhams | £3,600
19. 2006-08-06 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(ANGLO/AMERICAN 1755\-1834\) AND THOMAS BIRCH \(ANGLO/ AMERICAN 1779\-1851\). IMPORTANT ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR VIEW FOR WM. BIRCH & SON'S 'THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,' 'HIGH ST. WITH THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,' 1799. | Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians | $78,880
20. 2004-11-07 | William Russell Birch \(Anglo/American, 1755\-1834\) | Skinner | $88,125
21. 2004-01-15 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(1755\-1834\), DATED 1807 | Christie's | N/A
22. 2003-01-16 | WILLIAM RUSSELL BIRCH \(1755\-1834\), DATED 1807 | Christie's | N/A

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