Blamire Young Auction Prices and Value Guide

Blamire Young auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 191 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Blamire Young auction prices: quick answer

Blamire Young auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Blamire Young
Source records
191
Market update
2026-02-16

Blamire Young market snapshot

Blamire Young shows solid auction liquidity with 75 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,700. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-15.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (28.1% · 18 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (64.1% · 41 sales)
  • $10,000+ (7.8% · 5 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
5
Median shift vs prior year
+17.6%
Latest recorded sale
2025-09-15

Artist context

About Blamire Young

Blamire Young portrait
Spencer Shier · Public domain · Source

Born

1862

Died

1935

Nationality

English-Australian

Also known as

William Blamire Young

William Blamire Young (1862–1935), commonly known as Blamire Young, was an English-Australian artist and art critic whose public biographical profile centers on watercolour. A second-language biography in the collected source set also identifies him as an illustrator working in Australia. His identity is reinforced by linked authority records from Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, ISNI, IdRef, RKD, Art UK, and Wikidata, helping distinguish his work from similarly named makers. The available evidence does not securely assign him to a named movement, nor does it establish recurring subjects or titled series, so those details should not be inferred. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with watercolours and cataloguing that uses either “Blamire Young” or “William Blamire Young.” Appraisily’s page-level signal reports 191 auction records, indicating a substantial set of public-market references, although the supplied source pack does not expose individual lots or results.

WatercolourIllustration

Common works and media

Available sources consistently identify watercolour as Young’s principal medium, and one biography also identifies illustration. Watercolours are therefore the best-supported work type for auction and appraisal searches. The collected evidence does not establish recurring subject matter, named series, sculptures, ceramics, posters, or editioned prints, so those categories should be treated as unverified rather than assumed.

Market and appraisal context

For appraisal, first confirm that cataloguing refers to Blamire Young and that the medium agrees with his documented practice. Because the collected biographies describe watercolour as his primary medium, comparisons should prioritize records with the same medium instead of combining all attributed works. The name variant William Blamire Young should also be checked when searching historical catalogues. Appraisily’s input signal contains 191 auction records, but this source pack does not provide their dates, descriptions, estimates, realized prices, or auction-house attributions. Those details should be reviewed before selecting comparables or drawing conclusions about value. The evidence supports a market category of watercolours; it does not support a price trend, rarity claim, subject premium, or adjustment for a named period or series.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Watercolours

Value drivers

  1. Alignment of the work's medium with Young's documented watercolour practice
  2. Cataloguing under either Blamire Young or William Blamire Young
  3. Comparison with relevant public auction records attributed to the artist

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack reports 191 auction records but does not expose individual lot descriptions, sale dates, estimates, realized prices, condition information, provenance, or auction-house attribution.
  • The collected evidence does not support a price trend, rarity claim, recurring subject premium, or market distinction between named periods or series.
  • Record-level evidence should be reviewed before selecting comparable sales or reaching a value conclusion.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Blamire Young

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Artist value FAQ

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