John Graham Lough Auction Prices and Value Guide
John Graham Lough auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 256 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
John Graham Lough auction prices: quick answer
John Graham Lough auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- John Graham Lough
- Source records
- 256
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
John Graham Lough market snapshot
John Graham Lough shows thin auction liquidity with 4 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $550. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2023-02-02.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (50.0% · 1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (50.0% · 1 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
- 2023-02-02
Artist context
About John Graham Lough
Born
1798
Died
1876
Nationality
English
John Graham Lough (1798–1876) was an English sculptor associated with nineteenth-century British sculpture. The available biographical material connects him particularly with funerary monuments, portrait sculpture, and ideal classical figures of men and women. These strands explain why collectors may encounter his name in several contexts: commemorative sculpture, likenesses of named sitters, and figure sculpture drawing on classical subjects. His identity is linked across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, the British Museum, and Art UK, providing useful anchors for entity matching. Several of those institutional pages could not be retrieved successfully in the collected source pack, however, so the evidence is stronger for his basic identity and principal work types than for a detailed account of his training, commissions, or stylistic development. Any proposed identification should be evaluated from the individual object and its documentation rather than from subject resemblance alone.
SculpturePortraitsFunerary and memorial subjectsIdeal classical male and female figures
Common works and media
Commonly documented work types are portrait sculpture, funerary monuments, and ideal classical male and female figures. The collected sources do not provide a reliable breakdown by material, dimensions, edition, or date. Those characteristics should therefore be taken from the individual object and checked against a specific museum, collection, or auction record rather than generalized from the artist name.
Market and appraisal context
The collected Appraisily directory signal associates 256 auction records with the artist name John Graham Lough. That count suggests a body of searchable market material, but it does not establish that every record concerns a securely attributed work or that all records are suitable comparables. This source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house lot descriptions or realized-price examples, so it cannot support a price range or market-trend claim. When underlying records are available, comparisons should be organized around the documented work types—portrait sculpture, funerary or memorial sculpture, and ideal classical figures—and checked for attribution before use. Sale dates and realized prices can add context only when the corresponding lot evidence is available for review.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Sculpture
- Portrait sculpture
- Funerary and memorial sculpture
- Ideal classical figure sculpture
Value drivers
- Work type and subject category, particularly whether a work is portrait, funerary or memorial, or an ideal classical figure
- Relevance of comparable public auction records, including their sale dates and realized prices, when underlying lot records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house lot descriptions or realized-price examples, so it does not support conclusions about price levels or trends.
- The Appraisily market page at https://appraisily.com/artist/john-graham-lough/ was rate-limited during collection; the supplied 256-record directory signal was not independently inspected at lot level.
- Auction-directory record counts do not by themselves establish attribution, authenticity, demand, or current value.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- British Museum museum or university
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 John Graham Lough 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 John Graham Lough artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.