Haughton Forrest Auction Prices and Value Guide
Haughton Forrest auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 342 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Haughton Forrest auction prices: quick answer
Haughton Forrest auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Haughton Forrest
- Source records
- 342
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Haughton Forrest market snapshot
Haughton Forrest shows deep auction liquidity with 207 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $8,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 38 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-03.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (9.4% · 15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (50.3% · 80 sales)
- $10,000+ (40.3% · 64 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $7,000
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 38
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-03
Artist context
About Haughton Forrest
Born
1826
Died
1925
Nationality
Australian
Haughton Forrest (1826–1925) was an Australian artist and painter associated in surviving reference records with landscape and maritime imagery. Public descriptions emphasize those two subject areas rather than a named movement or school. He is sometimes catalogued under the incorrect expanded name “James Haughton Forrest,” so careful entity matching matters when searching collection and auction records. Authority identifiers link him across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, ISNI, and RKD, although several of those endpoints were rate-limited when this source pack was collected. Appraisily’s directory currently groups 342 entries under his public artist name, making him a recurring figure in auction-search and appraisal contexts. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with painted landscapes, maritime subjects, and works requiring precise maker identification. The available evidence supports the broad identity and subject profile, but not a detailed account of training, chronology, named series, or movement affiliation.
PaintingLandscapesMaritime scenes
Common works and media
Works encountered under Haughton Forrest’s name are most plausibly paintings featuring landscapes or maritime scenes. The collected sources do not establish particular named series, print editions, sculpture, ceramics, or a more specific painting medium such as oil or watercolor, so those details should be determined from the individual object and its cataloguing.
Market and appraisal context
The source pack supports artist identification and subject classification more strongly than artist-specific pricing conclusions. An appraisal should first match the maker to Haughton Forrest rather than the incorrect name James Haughton Forrest, then classify the subject as landscape or maritime where appropriate. The collected pack does not provide accessible major-auction-house cataloguing or detailed sale evidence from which to establish a price pattern. Appraisily auction entries can supply sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available, but each record should be reviewed individually. The artist name and number of indexed entries alone do not establish authenticity, condition, quality, or value.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Landscape paintings
- Maritime-scene paintings
Value drivers
- Correct artist identification, including avoiding the documented incorrect name James Haughton Forrest
- Accurate classification of the subject as a landscape or maritime scene
Appraisal caveats
- The collected sources do not support an artist-specific price trend or price prediction.
- Major-auction-house cataloguing and detailed public sale evidence were not available in the accessible source excerpts, so individual auction records must be reviewed before drawing valuation conclusions.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.
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 Haughton Forrest 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 Haughton Forrest artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.