# William St. Thomas Smith - Auction Profile

Canonical: https://appraisily.com/artist/william-st-thomas-smith/
Snapshot URL: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/william-st-thomas-smith/llm.md
Updated: 2026-05-04T23:13:39.635Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 56
- Lots with prices: 41
- First auction date: 2005-09-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-02
- Median realised price: $504
- Price range: $175 to $3,060

## Market Takeaway
William St. Thomas Smith has 56 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $504. 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 \($504\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($390 to $780\) 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: 85.4% (35 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 14.6% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $812
- Previous 12 months median: $409
- Median shift: 98.5%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-02
- Days since latest sale: 214
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 49 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 2 lots
- Walker's: 2 lots
- Westbridge Fine Art Auction House: 2 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-02 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), UNTITLED \(WASHDAY\) | Waddington's | CA$812
2. 2024-07-11 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), THE PARTING CLOUDS \(KETTLE CREEK, NEAR ST. THOMAS, ONT.\) | Waddington's | CA$409
3. 2021-04-24 | William St. Thomas Smith \- Point Pelle, Lake Erie | Westbridge Fine Art Auction House | CA$750
4. 2018-12-14 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(Canadian, 1862\-1947\). CLIPPER SHIP ON ROILING SEA, signed lower right. Watercolor. | Sloans & Kenyon | $275
5. 2018-11-10 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(Canadian, 1862\-1947\). CLIPPER SHIP ON ROILING SEA, signed lower right. Watercolor. | Sloans & Kenyon | N/A
6. 2018-07-12 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), FOG AT LOCKEPORT, NOVA SCOTIA, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; TITLED TO FRONT PLAQUE, 10.5 x 15 in — 26.7 x 38.1 cm | Waddington's | CA$540
7. 2018-05-27 | William St. Thomas Smith \- Woman and Child by a Croft | Westbridge Fine Art Auction House | CA$175
8. 2018-05-10 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), UNTITLED \(STRANDED FISHERMEN IN A SEA STORM\), WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 17.5 x 23.5 in — 44.5 x 59.7 cm | Waddington's | CA$660
9. 2018-02-01 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), RIVERSIDE COTTAGE, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, Sight 11.5 x 17.3 in — 29.2 x 43.9 cm | Waddington's | CA$252
10. 2018-01-25 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), CALEDON IN AUTUMN, LARGE WATERCOLOUR; UNSIGNED; TITLED VERSO AND AUTHENTICATED BY DAUGHTER ERA McGILLIVRAY TO STICKER VERSO \(Sight, 22” x 30.5”\) | Waddington's | CA$540
11. 2018-01-25 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), NEAR ST. THOMAS \(ELGIN COUNTY\), WATERCOLOUR \(Approx. 1890\); UNSIGNED; TITLED TO OLD STICKER LABELS VERSO \- AUTHENTICATED BY DAUGHTER \- FLORENCE SMITH PHELPS \(Sight, 17” x 24.5”\) Note: No glass, | Waddington's | CA$510
12. 2017-12-14 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), CALEDON IN AUTUMN, LARGE WATERCOLOUR; UNSIGNED; TITLED VERSO AND AUTHENTICATED BY DAUGHTER ERA McGILLIVRAY TO STICKER VERSO \(Sight, 22” x 30.5”\) | Waddington's | N/A
13. 2017-12-14 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), NEAR ST. THOMAS \(ELGIN COUNTY\), WATERCOLOUR \(Approx. 1890\); UNSIGNED; TITLED TO OLD STICKER LABELS VERSO \- AUTHENTICATED BY DAUGHTER \- FLORENCE PHELPS \(Sight, 17” x 24.5”\) | Waddington's | N/A
14. 2017-11-09 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), CROFTER’S COTTAGE, ORKNEY, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT; TITLED TO PAPER VERSO \(Sight, 12.5” x 19.3”\) | Waddington's | CA$480
15. 2017-11-09 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), SPRING SCENE \- FORKS OF THE CREDIT, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT; TITLED TO TYPED LABEL VERSO \(Sight, 19.8” x 13”\) | Waddington's | CA$570
16. 2017-11-09 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), RIVER STUDY WITH COTTAGE AND BRIDGE, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT \(Sight, 19.5” x 12.8”\) | Waddington's | CA$780
17. 2017-10-05 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), FIGURE ON ROADWAY, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT \(Sight, 9.3” x 12”\) | Waddington's | CA$450
18. 2017-10-05 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), OCEANSIDE HOMESTEAD, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT \(Sight, 9.3” x 14”\) | Waddington's | CA$240
19. 2017-08-31 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), AN OCTOBER DAY, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; TITLED VERSO IN PENCIL \(Sight, 10” x 14.5”\) | Waddington's | CA$390
20. 2017-08-31 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), HARBOUR SCENE, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT \(Sight, 9.3” x 13.8”\) | Waddington's | CA$510
21. 2017-08-31 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), FARM HOUSE WITH CHICKENS, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT \(Sight, 9.3” x 13.5”\) | Waddington's | CA$450
22. 2017-08-31 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), LAKE ERIE FISHERMAN’S HOUSE \(LONG POINT\), WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED AND DATED ‘91 LOWER RIGHT \(Sight, 9.5” x 19.8”\) | Waddington's | CA$360
23. 2017-06-29 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), UNTITLED \(HEADING OUT\), WATERCOLOUR; UNSIGNED; Inscribed on back \- I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PAINTING IS THE WORK OF MY GRANDFATHER W. ST. THOMAS SMITH, D. Macgillivray \(Sight, 9.5” x 14.3”\) | Waddington's | CA$180
24. 2017-05-18 | WILLIAM ST. THOMAS SMITH \(CANADIAN, 1862\-1947\), POUNDING SURF WITH GULLS, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 17.5" x 22.5" — 44.5 x 57.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$420

## Comparable Artists To Watch
- [Merv Slotnick](https://appraisily.com/artist/merv-slotnick/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [Michael Schofield](https://appraisily.com/artist/michael-schofield/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [Taras Sidan](https://appraisily.com/artist/taras-sidan/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.

## Related Artists
- [Merv Slotnick](https://appraisily.com/artist/merv-slotnick/)
- [Michael Schofield](https://appraisily.com/artist/michael-schofield/)
- [Taras Sidan](https://appraisily.com/artist/taras-sidan/)
- [Ettore Sottsass](https://appraisily.com/artist/ettore-sottsass/)
- [Stan Lee](https://appraisily.com/artist/stan-lee/)
- [Gaylord Soli](https://appraisily.com/artist/gaylord-soli/)
- [Frank Stella](https://appraisily.com/artist/frank-stella/)
- [Zinovy Shersher](https://appraisily.com/artist/zinovy-shersher/)

## JSON Source
https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/william-st-thomas-smith/seo-profile