Francis Grant Auction Prices and Value Guide
Francis Grant auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 259 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Francis Grant auction prices: quick answer
Francis Grant auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Francis Grant
- Source records
- 259
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Francis Grant market snapshot
Francis Grant shows thin auction liquidity with 10 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $460. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-04.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (50.0% · 3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (50.0% · 3 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $0
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-04
Artist context
About Francis Grant
Born
1803
Died
1878
Nationality
Scottish, British
Also known as
Sir Francis Grant, Grant, Francis, Sir
Sir Francis Grant (1803–1878) was a Scottish portrait painter whose career belongs to nineteenth-century British art. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and IdRef align on his identity and lifespan, while biographical summaries describe him as a painter of Queen Victoria and prominent aristocratic and political sitters. Grant also served as President of the Royal Academy, placing him within a major institution of Victorian art. His surviving reputation is closely tied to formal portraiture and the representation of elite public life. Collectors may encounter portraits catalogued as works by Grant, qualified attributions, or images connected with notable sitters. Careful entity matching matters because Francis Grant is a common name and catalogue descriptions may alternate among “Francis Grant,” “Sir Francis Grant,” and inverted authority-file forms. Dates, sitter identity, attribution wording, and documentary history should therefore be checked against the specific object.
Portrait paintingQueen VictoriaBritish aristocratic and political figures
Common works and media
Grant is chiefly associated in the collected sources with portrait painting. Likely appraisal encounters include formal portraits of named sitters, particularly figures from British royal, aristocratic, or political circles, as well as works carrying qualified attribution. The pack does not provide adequate evidence for broader claims about prints, drawings, or other media, so the individual object should determine how such works are classified.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal should first confirm that a work is associated with Sir Francis Grant, the 1803–1878 Scottish portrait painter, rather than another person with the same name. For portraits, sitter identity and historical prominence may affect which auction results are genuinely comparable, although this source pack does not provide lot-level evidence sufficient to quantify that relationship. Attribution wording, date, dimensions, medium, condition, provenance, and execution should be documented from the object and its records. Appraisily’s artist page indicates an established auction-record set, but record count alone does not demonstrate a price level or trend. Useful comparisons should involve similar works, with auction house, sale date, realized price, subject, and catalogue attribution reviewed together.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Portrait paintings
- Royal, aristocratic, and political portraits
Value drivers
- Attribution and identity matching to Sir Francis Grant
- Sitter identity and historical prominence in portrait works
- Comparable public auction records associated with Francis Grant
Appraisal caveats
- The collected pack does not contain lot-level descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, provenance histories, dimensions, or detailed attribution notes.
- The number of associated auction records does not by itself establish a price level, trend, or attribution.
- Object-specific medium, condition, provenance, date, dimensions, sitter identity, and attribution wording require verification before comparable sales are selected.
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
- IdRef 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 Francis Grant 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.
Can Appraisily value my Francis Grant artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.