Charles James Adams Auction Prices and Value Guide
Charles James Adams auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 176 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Charles James Adams auction prices: quick answer
Charles James Adams auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Charles James Adams
- Source records
- 176
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Charles James Adams market snapshot
Charles James Adams shows solid auction liquidity with 89 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-03.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (68.3% · 41 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (31.7% · 19 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $100
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- +42.9%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-03
Artist context
About Charles James Adams
Born
1859
Died
1931
Nationality
English, British
Also known as
J. Charles Adams
Charles James Adams (1859–1931) was an English painter best known for landscape subjects. Authority records identify him as a British painter, while the available biography places his birth in Gravesend, Kent. He studied at Leicester School of Art under Wilmot Pilsbury and received the Society of Arts’ Mulready Gold Medal for life drawing. Adams worked mainly in oil but also produced watercolours and lithographs. His subjects ranged from landscapes with animals to genre and historical scenes, placing his output within the broad context of late Victorian and early twentieth-century British landscape art. He lived in several parts of England before settling in Farnham, Surrey, where he remained until his death in 1931. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name on rural landscapes and related works on paper. Because detailed catalogue scholarship is absent from the current source pack, an individual work should be assessed on its own documented characteristics rather than on the artist’s name alone.
Oil paintingWatercolourLithographyLandscapesLandscapes with animalsGenre subjectsHistorical subjects
Common works and media
Works encountered under Adams’s name are chiefly landscape pictures, often in oil, with watercolours also forming an important part of his documented practice. The available biography additionally records lithographs and subjects involving animals, genre scenes, and historical themes. The source pack does not establish named series, edition sizes, or a catalogue raisonné.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily’s input identifies 176 auction records associated with Charles James Adams, but this source pack does not expose the underlying lot details or realized prices. Relevant comparisons should therefore separate oils, watercolours, and lithographs, then match subject matter as closely as possible, particularly landscape, animal, genre, or historical scenes. Sale date and the quality of each comparable record also matter when interpreting public results. Condition, dimensions, provenance, signature, and attribution may be important in an appraisal, but the collected sources do not provide artist-specific evidence showing how those factors have affected Adams’s prices. No price trend, scarcity conclusion, or forecast can be supported from this pack alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Landscape paintings
- Watercolours
- Lithographs and other works on paper
Value drivers
- Medium and work type, including distinctions among oil paintings, watercolours, and lithographs
- Subject matter, including landscapes, animal subjects, genre scenes, and historical themes
- Comparison with like-for-like public auction records by medium, subject, sale date, and realized price when lot-level records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The input identifies 176 associated auction records, but the collected source pack does not expose their lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition, provenance, or attribution notes.
- The source pack does not support a price trend, scarcity claim, or market forecast.
- Named movements, formal series, edition sizes, and catalogue-raisonné information were not established by the collected sources.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF 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 Charles James Adams 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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