George Loring Brown Auction Prices and Value Guide

George Loring Brown auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 170 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

George Loring Brown auction prices: quick answer

George Loring Brown auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist: George Loring Brown
Source records: 170
Market update: 2026-02-06

George Loring Brown market snapshot

George Loring Brown shows solid auction liquidity with 99 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,700. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-09.

Realized price distribution

Under $1,000 (21.1% · 15 sales)
$1,000 to $10,000 (74.6% · 53 sales)
$10,000+ (4.2% · 3 sales)

Median sale (last 12 months): $900
Sales recorded (last 12 months): 5
Median shift vs prior year: 0.0%
Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-09

Artist context

About George Loring Brown

George Loring Brown portrait — Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Source

Born

1814

Died

1889

Nationality

American

George Loring Brown (1814–1889) was an American landscape painter, engraver, and illustrator born in Boston. He initially studied wood engraving under Alonzo Hartwell and worked in illustration before studying painting with Washington Allston. Brown later spent an extended part of his career in Europe, principally in Italy, and became closely associated with Italian landscape and architectural subjects. Collectors may encounter views of Naples, Genoa, Venice, Tivoli, harbors, canals, bays, waterfalls, and river scenery, as well as American subjects including New York, the Hudson, and Niagara. Authority records maintained by Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and the Library of Congress help distinguish him from similarly named artists. His work belongs to the broader context of nineteenth-century American landscape painting; one secondary source also classifies him with Romanticism. Brown's long engagement with European scenery explains why auction listings may pair his American identity with predominantly Italian subject matter.

RomanticismNineteenth-century American landscape paintingPaintingWood engravingIllustrationItalian landscapes and architectural viewsAmerican landscapesHarbors, bays, canals, and coastal sceneryWaterfalls and river scenery

Common works and media

Works encountered under Brown's name may include landscape paintings depicting Italian cities, bays, canals, coastal settings, ruins, waterfalls, and river scenery. Documented titles and authority records point to subjects associated with Genoa, Venice, Naples, Tivoli, the Hudson River, New York Bay, and Niagara Falls. Graphic or illustrative material may also appear because Brown trained in wood engraving and worked as an illustrator, although the supplied auction source does not provide a category breakdown. Each object should therefore be classified by its actual medium and subject rather than assumed to be a painting.

Market and appraisal context

George Loring Brown's auction record should be assessed through closely comparable works rather than an artist-wide result count. Useful comparisons begin with the work type, date, depicted location, and whether the subject belongs to his Italian or American landscape repertoire. The supplied dataset identifies 170 Appraisily auction records, but this source pack does not include their individual descriptions, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or realized prices. It therefore cannot support a price range or market-trend claim. A work-specific appraisal should verify attribution and then examine its condition, provenance, restoration history, dimensions, and relationship to documented examples before selecting comparable public sales.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

Landscape paintings
Italian landscape and architectural views
American landscape and river views
Engravings and other graphic works

Value drivers

Match comparable records by work type and by the depicted Italian or American location
Compare the work's date with dated examples from Brown's documented career
Use closely matched public auction records rather than the artist-wide record count alone

Appraisal caveats

The source pack reports 170 Appraisily auction records but provides no individual lot descriptions, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, estimates, or realized prices.
The collected evidence does not support a price range, market trend, or claim that one subject category commands higher prices.
Attribution, physical condition, provenance, restoration history, dimensions, and signatures require work-specific examination and are not established by the artist identity sources.

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
Library of Congress library authority
British Museum museum or university
National Gallery of Art museum or university

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.

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Artist value FAQ

How much is George Loring Brown 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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