Alfred William Parsons Auction Prices and Value Guide
Alfred William Parsons auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 177 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Alfred William Parsons auction prices: quick answer
Alfred William Parsons auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Alfred William Parsons
- Source records
- 177
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Alfred William Parsons market snapshot
Alfred William Parsons shows developing auction liquidity with 30 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $632. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-22.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (57.9% · 11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (31.6% · 6 sales)
- $10,000+ (10.5% · 2 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,500
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-22
Artist context
About Alfred William Parsons
Born
1847
Died
1920
Nationality
English, British
Also known as
Alfred Parsons
Alfred William Parsons (1847–1920), also recorded as Alfred Parsons, was an English artist whose practice joined landscape painting, illustration, watercolour, and garden design. He worked in both oils and watercolour and carried the professional designations RA and PRWS. Landscape is the clearest subject identified by the collected sources, while his activity as a garden designer adds an important context for garden and designed-landscape imagery. The source pack does not establish a named art movement for Parsons, so his page is better grounded in his media, subjects, and professional roles than in a speculative stylistic label. Collectors may encounter his name on oil paintings, watercolours, illustrations, and other works on paper. Stable records at Wikidata, Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress, Tate, the British Museum, the National Gallery of Art, and Art UK help distinguish this British artist from other people with similar names and provide useful anchors for entity matching.
Oil paintingWatercolourIllustrationLandscapesGardens and designed landscapes
Common works and media
Works associated with Parsons may appear as oil landscapes, landscape watercolours, illustrations, and other works on paper. Garden and designed-landscape imagery may also be relevant because he worked as both an artist and a garden designer. The collected evidence does not establish a documented edition practice, sculpture, ceramics, or a named series, so those categories should not be inferred without object-specific evidence.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal should first establish that a work is associated with Alfred William Parsons rather than another person sharing the shorter name Alfred Parsons. Medium matters because his documented practice includes oils, watercolours, and illustration, which should be compared within their appropriate work types. Landscape and garden-related subject matter can help place an object within his known artistic context, but subject alone does not establish authorship. When public auction records are available, useful comparisons should align the work with closely related lots and consider their sale dates and realized prices. The present source pack does not contain a fetched major-auction-house catalogue entry, so it does not support price forecasts, market-trend claims, or a record-price statement.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Landscape oil paintings
- Landscape watercolours
- Illustrations and works on paper
Value drivers
- Medium and work type, particularly the distinction between oil painting, watercolour, and illustration
- Landscape or garden-related subject matter
- Attribution to the correct Alfred William Parsons, checked against stable museum and authority profiles
- Comparable public auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and closely related lots when those records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no fetched major-auction-house catalogue entry, so it does not support claims about price trends, record prices, scarcity, or market direction.
- Oil paintings, watercolours, and illustrations should not be treated as directly interchangeable comparables.
- The name Alfred Parsons should be reconciled with the full identity Alfred William Parsons before associating an auction lot with this artist.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Tate museum or university
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- British Museum museum or university
- National Gallery of Art museum or university
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Alfred William Parsons worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
Can Appraisily value my Alfred William Parsons artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.