James William Booth Auction Prices and Value Guide
James William Booth auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 178 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
James William Booth auction prices: quick answer
James William Booth auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- James William Booth
- Source records
- 178
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
James William Booth market snapshot
James William Booth shows solid auction liquidity with 85 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-22.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (85.2% · 52 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (14.8% · 9 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $340
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 3
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-10-22
Artist context
About James William Booth
Born
1867
Died
1953
Nationality
British
James William Booth (1867–1953) was a British painter whose surviving public examples in the collected material center on landscape subjects. Works associated with him include watercolours and oil paintings on canvas or panel. The documented examples range from village and windmill views to harvesting, hay wagons, ploughing horses, and fishing boats, indicating sustained engagement with rural labor, cultivated landscapes, and coastal life. Collectors may encounter signed works in several formats, from modest oil panels to larger framed watercolours. Booth is represented by stable records in Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKDartists, and Art UK, which help distinguish him from similarly named artists and connect auction records to the correct identity. The available sources do not establish a named movement, complete exhibition history, or formal chronology, so those details should not be inferred without stronger documentation.
WatercolourOil on canvasOil on panelRural landscapes and agricultural scenesFishing boats and coastal subjectsVillage and windmill scenes
Common works and media
Documented examples include watercolour landscapes and oil paintings on canvas or panel. Subjects represented in the source pack include harvesting, hay wagons, ploughing horses, village buildings, windmills, fishing boats, and coastal scenes. Signed framed watercolours, compact landscape oils, and dated panels may therefore arise in appraisal and auction research. These examples describe the available source material rather than a complete catalogue of Booth's production.
Market and appraisal context
Works attributed to James William Booth appear in auction contexts as British landscape paintings, oils, and watercolours. An appraisal should distinguish the medium and support, record dimensions, examine the signature and inscriptions, and note any date, labels, or other provenance evidence. Rural, agricultural, village, and maritime subjects are represented in the collected examples, but subject alone does not establish authorship or value. Condition, restoration, framing, provenance, and the quality and relevance of comparable public sales can materially affect an assessment. The collected Appraisily page indicates an auction-record context, but its lot-level data was unavailable during this research pass; no price trend or forecast is therefore supported here.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- British paintings
- Landscape paintings and watercolours
- Oil paintings on canvas or panel
Value drivers
- Medium and support, including distinctions among watercolour, oil on canvas, and oil on panel
- Signature, inscriptions, and documented date
- Subject matter, composition, and dimensions
- Provenance evidence, labels, physical condition, and comparison with relevant public auction records
Appraisal caveats
- The collected Appraisily page was rate-limited, so individual sale dates, realized prices, currencies, and lot-level results could not be evaluated.
- Artwork descriptions in the source pack provide examples of media and subjects but do not establish a complete catalogue of the artist's work.
- Attribution, condition, provenance, dimensions, and the relevance of comparable sales require object-specific review; no price prediction is supported by this source pack.
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
- RKD library authority
- Art UK museum or university
- 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
How much is James William Booth 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 James William Booth artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.