Charles William Bartlett Auction Prices and Value Guide

Charles William Bartlett auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 368 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Charles William Bartlett auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Charles William Bartlett
Source records
368
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Charles William Bartlett

Charles William Bartlett (1860–1940) was an English painter, watercolorist, and printmaker who is best known for his evocative scenes of India, Japan, and the Hawaiian Islands. Born in England, Bartlett trained as an artist and spent his early career working in London and on the European continent. In the 1890s and early 1900s he traveled extensively through South and East Asia, producing watercolors and wood engravings that captured temples, markets, and daily life in places such as Amritsar, Benares, and the Khyber Pass. He eventually settled in Hawaii, where he became an important figure in the islands' art community and continued producing landscapes and figure studies. Bartlett's work bridges late-nineteenth-century British travel art and early-twentieth-century Hawaiian regional painting, making his prints and watercolors sought after by collectors of both traditions.

watercolorwood engravingoil paintingprintmakingHawaiian landscapes and scenesIndian scenes and figuresJapanese scenesmarket and street scenes

Common works and media

Bartlett's most commonly encountered works include color wood engravings and watercolors depicting Hawaiian landscapes, Indian street and temple scenes (such as Amritsar and Benares), and Japanese genre subjects. Oil paintings by Bartlett are less frequently seen at auction. Print series based on his travels through India, Japan, and Hawaii form the core of his graphic output. Collectors may also encounter exhibition catalogs and illustrated books reproducing his travel watercolors.

Market and appraisal context

Bartlett's works appear most frequently at auction as wood engravings, etchings, and watercolors. His Hawaiian subjects attract the strongest regional demand, while his Indian and Japanese travel scenes appeal to collectors of colonial-era and Asian-themed works on paper. Valuation depends on medium (original prints versus reproductive works), subject, date, condition, and provenance. Signed or early-state impressions of his wood engravings tend to carry a premium. Buyers should verify attribution carefully, as his monogram "CWB" may be faint or trimmed on older impressions.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Subject matter (Hawaiian scenes tend to attract strong regional collector interest)
  2. Medium (wood engravings and watercolors are the most commonly encountered work types)
  3. Period and travel subject (India and Japan travel works may carry premium for thematic collectors)
  4. Attribution and authenticity (monogram CWB may appear on works)
  5. Condition and edition (print impressions vary; early pulls and signed works command premium)

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack does not include auction-house results or realized-price records; market value observations are general and should be corroborated with specific comparable sales.
  • Bartlett's output spans oils, watercolors, and prints; collectors should confirm medium and attribution before valuation.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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