Bill Jacklin Auction Prices and Value Guide
Bill Jacklin auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 222 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Bill Jacklin auction prices: quick answer
Bill Jacklin auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Bill Jacklin
- Source records
- 222
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Bill Jacklin market snapshot
Bill Jacklin shows solid auction liquidity with 100 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $450. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 13 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-27.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (62.9% · 39 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (29.0% · 18 sales)
- $10,000+ (8.1% · 5 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $50
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 13
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-27
Artist context
About Bill Jacklin
Bill Jacklin (born 1943, Hampton, Greater London) is a British painter associated with the School of London, a loosely defined circle of figurative artists active in the capital during the late twentieth century. He studied at the Royal College of Art and early in his career produced geometric abstract paintings before shifting toward figurative work focused on urban life, crowds, and atmospheric city scenes. Jacklin's work is held in major public collections including the Tate, London, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. His paintings and prints explore movement, light, and the energy of metropolitan space, often rendering figures in motion against architectural backdrops. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1991. With over two hundred auction appearances recorded, his work circulates regularly in the Post-War and Contemporary British art market.
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Common works and media
Collectors and appraisers most commonly encounter Jacklin's oil paintings depicting urban crowds, skaters, and cityscapes, as well as his etchings, lithographs, and other editioned prints. His geometric abstract works from the late 1960s and early 1970s represent an earlier phase. Figurative paintings of London and New York street scenes are the works most frequently seen at auction.
Market and appraisal context
Bill Jacklin's work appears frequently at auction in the Post-War and Contemporary Art and Modern British Art categories, with both paintings and prints represented. His institutional holdings at Tate and MoMA provide strong provenance benchmarks. Paintings — especially larger figurative works from his most recognised periods — tend to achieve higher results than works on paper or editioned prints. Appraisal should consider medium, scale, date of execution, subject matter, exhibition history, and condition. Comparable auction records from major houses are the most reliable pricing guide. As a living artist with an active market, values can vary significantly by period and medium.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Appraisal caveats
- Market observations are general; individual work values depend on condition, provenance, size, medium, date, and comparable auction results.
- No specific realized-price data was available in the source pack for this research pass.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
- Tate museum or university
- The Museum of Modern 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 Bill Jacklin worth?
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