George Augustus Williams Auction Prices and Value Guide
George Augustus Williams auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 143 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
George Augustus Williams auction prices: quick answer
George Augustus Williams auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- George Augustus Williams
- Source records
- 143
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
George Augustus Williams market snapshot
George Augustus Williams shows solid auction liquidity with 105 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,140. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-19.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (43.9% · 29 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (53.0% · 35 sales)
- $10,000+ (3.0% · 2 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $400
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- +45.5%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-08-19
Artist context
About George Augustus Williams
Born
1814
Died
1901
Nationality
British, English
Also known as
Williams, George Augustus
George Augustus Williams (1814–1901) was an English painter associated with Victorian landscape painting. Museum and authority records consistently identify him as a British painter, while surviving public-collection works establish landscape as the central focus of his practice. Documented titles such as Frozen Mill Pond, Roadside Spring, Near Dolgelly, Lane near Beckenham, Kent, and Wooded Landscape with Figures, and a Church in the Distance show his engagement with rural roads, wooded terrain, water, figures, and distant buildings. These subjects place his work within the nineteenth-century British taste for recognizable countryside and carefully composed natural scenery. Collectors may encounter Williams through paintings attributed directly to him, works linked to his documented regional subjects, and auction lots catalogued under variant forms of his name. Because several artists shared the Williams surname, identity, signature, provenance, and stylistic consistency should be reviewed together rather than relying on the name alone.
Landscape paintingRural roads and lanesWooded landscapesPonds and waterside sceneryFigures and distant architecture within landscapes
Common works and media
The clearest documented works by George Augustus Williams are landscape paintings. Public holdings include rural lanes, wooded views, mill ponds, spring scenery, Welsh and Kentish locations, and landscapes containing small figures or distant churches. Auction databases may also apply broader labels such as works on paper or prints, but those categories should be verified at lot level before being treated as characteristic of the artist. For appraisal purposes, the medium, support, dimensions, signature, inscriptions, condition, and provenance of each object should be recorded precisely and compared with securely attributed examples.
Market and appraisal context
George Augustus Williams has an established public auction record, although the available dataset contains more matched lots than priced results. Appraisal should therefore begin with comparable works that closely match the object in medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, and attribution status. Rural landscapes, wooded scenes, roads, waterways, figures, and distant architecture can be compared with documented museum holdings, but subject similarity alone does not establish authorship. Signature details, inscriptions, provenance, exhibition or collection history, restoration, and surface condition may materially affect the comparison. Realized prices should also be normalized for currency, sale date, and whether reported totals include a buyer's premium. Public results provide market evidence, not a guaranteed current value or authentication conclusion.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Fine art and paintings
- Landscape paintings
- Works on paper and prints, subject to confirmation against the individual lot
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, date, and relationship to the artist's documented landscape practice
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, labels, and confidence in attribution
- Provenance, exhibition history, and references in established collections or catalogues
- Subject matter and compositional similarity to documented landscapes
- Comparable public auction results for works with similar medium, size, condition, subject, and attribution
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records are appraisal inputs rather than definitive valuations.
- Only a subset of the matched auction records reports usable realized prices.
- Reported results may differ in their treatment of buyer's premiums and fees, so comparisons should be normalized where possible.
- Private sales, incomplete feeds, later attribution changes, and unrecorded restoration may not appear in public datasets.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Art UK museum or university
- VIAF library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program 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 George Augustus Williams 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 George Augustus Williams artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.