Charles James McCall Auction Prices and Value Guide
Charles James McCall auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 217 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Charles James McCall auction prices: quick answer
Charles James McCall auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Charles James McCall
- Source records
- 217
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Charles James McCall market snapshot
Charles James McCall shows very deep auction liquidity with 528 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 77 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-27.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (42.8% · 155 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (51.4% · 186 sales)
- $10,000+ (5.8% · 21 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $2,300
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 77
- Median shift vs prior year
- +64.3%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-27
Artist context
About Charles James McCall
Born
1907
Died
1989
Nationality
British
Charles James McCall (1907–1989) is recorded by Wikidata as a British painter. VIAF links the same lifespan and authority identity, although its aggregated Getty label describes him as American, leaving nationality in need of further verification. Authority-linked titles including Blackfriars, London, City by Night, Corner in Chelsea, Knightsbridge, London Street in Snow, At the Dressing Table, The Hat Shop, Making the Bed, and Maquillage indicate work associated with city streets, domestic interiors, and figure-centered scenes. These titles suggest that collectors are most likely to encounter McCall through paintings of London life and intimate interiors rather than through a documented movement or formal series. Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, RKD, and Art UK profiles help distinguish him from similarly named artists. The available source pack does not establish exact birth or death dates, training, exhibition history, or a securely sourced movement affiliation.
PaintingLondon streets, districts, and nocturnal city scenesDomestic interiors and everyday activities
Common works and media
Available authority-linked titles point primarily to paintings. Recurring subjects include London streets and districts—Blackfriars, Chelsea, Knightsbridge, snow-covered streets, and nocturnal city views—as well as interiors and everyday activities such as dressmaking, making a bed, visiting a hat shop, or sitting at a dressing table. The pack does not document prints, sculptures, ceramics, editions, or named series, so those categories should not be attributed without object-level evidence.
Market and appraisal context
The source pack indicates an auction-record presence for McCall on Appraisily, but the collected page was rate-limited and did not expose individual lot details. Appraisal should therefore begin with a firm identity match to Charles James McCall (1907–1989), followed by comparison of the work’s title, subject, and setting with documented urban and interior themes. London locations or domestic scenes may help organize comparable searches, but they do not prove authorship. When complete records are available, relevant sale dates, realized prices, and genuinely similar lots should be reviewed together. No price trend, scarcity claim, or current-value conclusion is supported by this source pack alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- London and urban-scene paintings
- Interior and domestic-scene paintings
Value drivers
- Identity match across the artist name, 1907–1989 lifespan, and authority identifiers
- Subject and identifiable London or interior setting
- Comparison with relevant public auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and similar lots when available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected Appraisily page was rate-limited, so individual lots, sale dates, realized prices, media, dimensions, condition, provenance, and attribution wording could not be verified.
- The source pack contains a nationality conflict: Wikidata and VIAF identify McCall as British, while VIAF also displays an aggregated Getty label describing him as American.
- No movement, school, named series, price trend, or current-value conclusion is adequately supported by the collected evidence.
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
- RKD library authority
- 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 McCall 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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