Granville Perkins Auction Prices and Value Guide

Granville Perkins auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 225 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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

Artist
Granville Perkins
Source records
225
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About Granville Perkins

Granville Perkins (1830–1895) was an American painter and illustrator born in Baltimore, Maryland. He is best known for landscape and marine subjects rendered in both oil and watercolor. During the 1870s and 1880s, Perkins contributed illustrations to leading journals and books of the era, establishing a dual career as a working illustrator and exhibiting fine artist. He showed his paintings at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. His work reflects the broader 19th-century American tradition of landscape and seascape painting, and his illustrations provide a visual record of the periodical culture of post-Civil War America. Collectors most often encounter his original oils and watercolors of coastal and inland scenes at regional and national auction.

19th-century American landscape and marine paintingoilwatercolorillustration (pen and ink, engraving)landscapesmarine scenes

Common works and media

Common works by Granville Perkins include oil paintings and watercolors of American landscapes, coastal scenes, and marine subjects. He also produced pen-and-ink illustrations and engravings for books and periodicals of the 1870s and 1880s. Collectors may encounter both signed and unsigned works; illustrations reproduced in print media may appear as individual leaves or bound volumes.

Market and appraisal context

Granville Perkins appears with moderate frequency in the American art auction market. His original oil paintings of landscape and marine subjects typically represent the strongest value category, while watercolors and works on paper are more accessible. Period illustrations produced for journals and books also surface, though these generally carry lower individual values than original paintings. Provenance documentation, attribution verification, and condition assessment are important factors in any appraisal, as no modern catalogue raisonné exists for the artist. Comparable auction results should reference works of similar medium, size, subject, and period.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Appraisal caveats

  • No major museum monograph or catalogue raisonné was found in the source pack; attribution should be verified against known exhibition records and period illustrations.
  • With 225 auction records referenced in the Invaluable data, Perkins has a measurable but modest secondary-market presence; condition, provenance, and attribution significantly affect value.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Granville Perkins 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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