Cavendish Morton Auction Prices and Value Guide
Cavendish Morton auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 179 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Cavendish Morton auction prices: quick answer
Cavendish Morton auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Cavendish Morton
- Source records
- 179
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Cavendish Morton market snapshot
Cavendish Morton shows solid auction liquidity with 95 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-17.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (95.8% · 69 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (4.2% · 3 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $130
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-06-17
Artist context
About Cavendish Morton
Born
1911
Died
2015
Nationality
British, Scottish
Cavendish Morton (1911–2015) was a British painter and illustrator; linked authority data also describes him as Scottish and records activity as a watercolourist and woodcutter. The available biographical summary associates Morton with the Norwich Twenty Group and identifies oils and watercolours as central to his practice. Marine scenes and landscapes were recurring subjects. The same account reports that he exhibited at the Royal Academy and belonged to the Royal Institute of Painters in Oil and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. His record is therefore best understood within twentieth-century British regional painting and professional exhibiting-society practice rather than through a clearly documented avant-garde movement. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name on representational landscapes, coastal or marine views, and works executed on paper or canvas. Authority records establish his identity and life years, although fuller institutional documentation of his career remains desirable.
Norwich Twenty GroupOil paintingWatercolourWoodcutMarine scenesLandscapes
Common works and media
Available sources point chiefly to oil paintings and watercolours depicting marine scenes and landscapes. VIAF's Getty-linked authority data also identifies Morton as a woodcutter, so woodcuts may appear in attribution or appraisal research. Each medium should be classified separately when selecting comparable works.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal should first match the object to Cavendish Morton the painter, born in 1911, because public searches also surface another person with the same name. Medium provides an important basis for comparison: an oil painting, watercolour, and woodcut should not be treated as equivalent work types. Subject matter also helps organize relevant evidence, particularly for marine views and landscapes. When auction records are available, sale dates, realized prices, and genuinely comparable lots should be examined at the individual-record level. The collected source pack did not provide accessible lot details or a major-auction-house biography, so it does not support a price range, market trend, or prediction for a specific work.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Oil paintings
- Watercolours
- Marine and coastal views
- Landscape paintings
- Woodcuts
Value drivers
- Medium and technique, particularly whether a work is an oil, watercolour, or woodcut
- Subject matter, including whether the work depicts a marine scene or landscape
- Correct attribution to the painter Cavendish Morton, born in 1911, rather than another person with the same name
- Comparison with relevant public auction records, including sale dates and realized prices, when lot-level records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains no usable major-auction-house biography or lot-level sale evidence.
- The Appraisily artist page could not be inspected because the collected request was rate-limited, so no price range, market direction, or individual comparable-sale claim is supported here.
- Detailed statements about media, subjects, exhibitions, and group membership rely primarily on a secondary biographical source and should be strengthened with an accessible institutional record.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Cavendish Morton 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.
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