John Austin Sands Monks Auction Prices and Value Guide

John Austin Sands Monks auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 117 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

John Austin Sands Monks auction prices: quick answer

John Austin Sands Monks auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
John Austin Sands Monks
Source records
117
Market update
2026-02-06

John Austin Sands Monks market snapshot

John Austin Sands Monks shows solid auction liquidity with 76 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $350. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-01-22.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (87.2% · 34 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (12.8% · 5 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-01-22

Artist context

About John Austin Sands Monks

John Austin Sands Monks portrait
Purdy, Boston, Mass. · Public domain · Source

Born

1850

Died

1917

Nationality

American

Also known as

John A. S. Monks

John Austin Sands Monks (1850–1917) was an American painter and etcher associated with animal and pastoral imagery, especially depictions of sheep. Born in Cold Spring, New York, he attended the Hudson River Institute and reportedly studied engraving with George N. Cass and painting with George Inness. Monks later became a longtime resident of Medfield, Massachusetts, while also maintaining a Boston studio. His practice crossed easel painting and printmaking, giving collectors more than one type of work through which to encounter his distinctive livestock subjects. Biographical accounts also place him within Boston and New York art networks through professional club memberships. Today his name appears in museum and library authority records as well as public auction data. Collectors are most likely to encounter animal paintings, pastoral compositions, etchings, and other works on paper attributed to him, although each object still requires careful assessment of medium, authorship, condition, and documentary history.

PaintingEtching and printmakingSheepAnimal and pastoral subjects

Common works and media

Monks is chiefly associated with paintings and etchings of animals, particularly sheep in pastoral settings. Auction and appraisal contexts may therefore include oil paintings, works on paper, prints, and other animal compositions. The source pack does not provide a verified lot-level breakdown of support, technique, edition size, or subject frequency, so those details should be established from the individual object and comparable records.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's collected auction snapshot reports 77 matched records, including 40 priced records, across 2006–2026. It gives an observed range of $30 to $2,645 and a median realized result near $350, but these figures should be treated as historical reference points rather than price predictions. A useful comparison should distinguish paintings from etchings and align subject, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, and attribution confidence. Provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, rarity, and the recency of genuinely similar public sales can also affect appraisal conclusions. Auction reports may treat buyer premiums and fees differently, while private transactions and incomplete feeds are not necessarily represented. Physical inspection and verified object-specific documentation remain essential.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and place within the artist's career
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition information, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Subject matter, rarity, and current demand
  6. Recent public auction results for genuinely comparable works

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are reference points rather than a final appraisal.
  • Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, and later attribution changes may not be represented.
  • Reported auction totals may differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees.
  • The collected market page supplies broad categories but no lot-level distribution proving that every listed category is characteristic of this artist.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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 John Austin Sands Monks

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Artist value FAQ

How much is John Austin Sands Monks 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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