Clarkson Stanfield Auction Prices and Value Guide

Clarkson Stanfield auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 908 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Clarkson Stanfield auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Clarkson Stanfield
Source records
908
Market update
2026-02-16

Clarkson Stanfield market snapshot

Clarkson Stanfield shows solid auction liquidity with 105 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $625. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-30.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (60.9% · 39 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (35.9% · 23 sales)
  • $10,000+ (3.1% · 2 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$150
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-30

Artist context

About Clarkson Stanfield

Clarkson Stanfield portrait
John Simpson · Public domain · Source

Born

1793

Died

1867

Nationality

British

Also known as

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield

Clarkson Stanfield (1793–1867), formally Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, was a British painter and illustrator identified especially with marine subjects, landscapes, and dramatic Romantic seascapes. His early experience as a sailor preceded his visual career and helps explain the sustained maritime focus associated with his name. Before becoming widely known for easel pictures, he earned recognition as a scenic designer at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and also worked with moving dioramas. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1820. Stanfield's practice therefore spans fine-art painting, theatrical image-making, and illustration rather than a single category. Collectors most often encounter him through marine and landscape paintings, while theatre-related designs and illustrated material require different comparisons. Authority records favor the full name Clarkson Frederick Stanfield; shorter and historically inconsistent name forms can complicate entity matching. A documented 1829 portrait by John Simpson provides a reliable likeness of the artist.

RomanticismPaintingTheatrical sceneryMoving dioramasIllustrationMarine scenes and seascapesLandscapes

Common works and media

Works associated with Stanfield most commonly include marine paintings, seascapes, and landscapes. His wider practice also encompassed theatrical scenery, moving dioramas, and illustration. Because these formats served different purposes and markets, an easel painting should not be compared indiscriminately with theatre-related or illustrative material.

Market and appraisal context

For appraisal, the first task is to match the object to the correct Clarkson Stanfield record. Authority files support Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, while a historical William Clarkson Stanfield form is disputed and can create cataloging noise. Marine paintings should be compared with marine subjects, landscapes with landscapes, and theatrical or illustrative material with the same work type. Relevant public auction records can supply sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots, but the supplied pack does not expose object-level condition, provenance, dimensions, or individual results. No price trend or value range can be supported from this research alone. A defensible appraisal therefore needs direct object examination, documented attribution, and like-for-like auction evidence rather than a broad artist-name average.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Marine paintings
  • Landscape paintings

Value drivers

  1. Work type and subject, including whether an object is a marine painting, landscape, theatrical design, or illustration
  2. Documented attribution to Clarkson Frederick Stanfield and careful normalization of historical name variants
  3. Like-for-like comparison with available public auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected pack does not provide individual auction-lot descriptions, condition reports, provenance, dimensions, sale dates, or realized prices.
  • No price range or market trend can be supported from the supplied research alone.
  • The historical form “William Clarkson Stanfield” appears in an authority aggregation but is described elsewhere in the pack as an incorrect name, possibly arising from confusion with the artist's brother.

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 Clarkson Stanfield

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Clarkson Stanfield 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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