James Crawford Thom Auction Prices and Value Guide

James Crawford Thom auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 179 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

James Crawford Thom auction prices: quick answer

James Crawford Thom auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
James Crawford Thom
Source records
179
Market update
2026-02-16

James Crawford Thom market snapshot

James Crawford Thom shows solid auction liquidity with 105 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $900. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-29.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (54.4% · 37 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (45.6% · 31 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$375
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
7
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-29

Artist context

About James Crawford Thom

Born

1835

Died

1898

Nationality

American

Also known as

J. C. Thom

James Crawford Thom (1835–1898), also identified as J. C. Thom, was an American painter born in New York City. Publicly documented works associate him with nineteenth-century landscape and genre painting rather than with a firmly established named movement. His known subjects include wooded landscapes, riverside views, children in rural settings, boatmen, woodcutters, and other figures placed within natural environments. Examples represented in public image records include Landscape with Boatman, a landscape known as The Acorn, Children Feeding Ducks, and a woodcutter kneeling before a forest shrine. A biographical account also reports that Thom studied in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and with the French painter Édouard Frère, although stronger scholarly documentation for this training was not available in the collected sources. Collectors may encounter Thom through signed oil paintings, especially landscapes and narrative rural scenes, as well as through auction records filed under either his full name or the abbreviated J. C. Thom.

PaintingOil on woodLandscapes and waterside scenesChildren in rural or wooded settingsRural figures and woodland devotional scenes

Common works and media

Documented works are paintings, including oil-on-wood examples. Recurring subjects in the collected records include landscapes, riverside or boating scenes, children outdoors, wooded settings, and rural figures engaged in everyday or devotional activity. Auction and appraisal searches should check both James Crawford Thom and J. C. Thom, then compare the object with documented works by medium, support, composition, subject, signature, and date where available.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to James Crawford Thom should begin by confirming the artist identity, particularly when a signature uses the abbreviated form J. C. Thom. The collected examples show that medium and support can vary in the cataloguing record, with oil on wood specifically documented for some works. Subject matter also provides useful comparison points: recorded examples include landscapes, waterside views, children, rural figures, and wooded scenes. Comparable public auction lots should be matched by attribution, medium, support, subject, dimensions, date, and sale context whenever those details are available. This source pack does not provide lot-level realized prices, provenance, condition reports, or a documented price trend, so an appraisal should rely on verified object evidence and closely comparable sales rather than a generalized estimate.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Landscape paintings
  • Genre scenes featuring children or rural figures

Value drivers

  1. Medium and support, including whether a work is oil on wood
  2. Subject matter, including landscapes, waterside views, children, and rural figures
  3. Comparison with documented public auction records for consistently attributed works

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not contain lot-level realized prices, condition reports, provenance records, dimensions, or attribution notes, so it does not support a price prediction or market-trend claim.
  • Works should be matched carefully to the documented American painter because abbreviated names such as J. C. Thom may create identity ambiguity in auction records.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for James Crawford Thom

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Artist value FAQ

How much is James Crawford Thom 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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