James Walter Gozzard Auction Prices and Value Guide
James Walter Gozzard auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 191 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
James Walter Gozzard auction prices: quick answer
James Walter Gozzard auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- James Walter Gozzard
- Source records
- 191
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
James Walter Gozzard market snapshot
James Walter Gozzard shows solid auction liquidity with 84 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $280. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-05-11.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (92.2% · 47 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (5.9% · 3 sales)
- $10,000+ (2.0% · 1 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $220
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 2
- Median shift vs prior year
- +57.1%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-05-11
Artist context
About James Walter Gozzard
Born
1862
Died
1926
Nationality
British
Also known as
J. W. Gozzard, JW Gozzard
James Walter Gozzard was a British painter active around the turn of the twentieth century, known in the available public summaries as a genre and figure painter. Institutional and authority records identify him as living from 1862 to 1926, although the collected Wikipedia summary gives 1861 as his birth year; the discrepancy remains unresolved. Collectors are most likely to encounter his work as watercolors or oil paintings depicting quiet English countryside, village settings, figures, and people engaged in everyday routines. The source pack also notes Italian subjects, including Venice, showing that his geographic range was not limited to Britain. His work is associated in these summaries with accessible narrative scenes, atmospheric landscapes, and a tranquil mood. The available evidence supports describing Gozzard through his media and recurring subjects, but it does not establish a specific art movement, formal school, detailed exhibition history, or catalogue raisonné.
WatercolorOil paintingEnglish countryside and village scenesFigures engaged in everyday routinesItalian and Venetian scenesAtmospheric rural and canal landscapes
Common works and media
Works attributed to Gozzard commonly appear as watercolors and oil paintings. Reported subjects include English countryside and village views, figures carrying out everyday activities, misty or evening landscapes, canal scenes, and Italian views such as Venice. The collected sources do not establish sculptures, ceramics, prints, posters, or numbered editions as characteristic parts of his output.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal comparisons for James Walter Gozzard should begin with the work's medium and subject. Watercolors and oil paintings belong in distinct comparison groups, while English village scenes, rural figures, canal views, and Venetian subjects should be matched with closely related examples where possible. The collected source pack confirms these recurring work types but does not provide accessible auction-lot details or support conclusions about price trends, scarcity, or premiums for particular subjects. Any valuation should therefore be grounded in directly comparable public sales, with sale date, realized price, medium, and subject considered together rather than relying on the artist's name alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- British genre and figure paintings
- Countryside and village-scene paintings
- Watercolors and oil paintings
- Italian and Venetian views
Value drivers
- Medium, particularly whether a work is watercolor or oil
- Subject and setting, including English village, rural, figure, canal, or Venetian scenes
- Comparison with public auction records for closely matched works when accessible
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house biography or detailed lot records.
- The Appraisily artist page could not be fetched because the source collector received an HTTP 429 response, so individual results and price history were not verified.
- The available evidence does not support claims about price direction, rarity, market momentum, or a premium for any particular subject.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Art UK museum or university
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- 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
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