John Senex Auction Prices and Value Guide
John Senex auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 210 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
John Senex auction prices: quick answer
John Senex auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- John Senex
- Source records
- 210
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
John Senex market snapshot
John Senex shows developing auction liquidity with 40 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-11-01.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (79.3% · 23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (17.2% · 5 sales)
- $10,000+ (3.4% · 1 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $0
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 0
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2024-11-01
Artist context
About John Senex
Born
1678
Died
1740
Nationality
British
John Senex was a British cartographer, engraver, globe maker, and publisher active in London during the early eighteenth century. Institutional and authority records place his birth around 1678 and his death in 1740. The British Museum also identifies him as a Fellow of the Royal Society and records his business at the Globe near St Dunstan's Church on Fleet Street. Senex worked across geographic and celestial publishing, producing engraved maps, charts, and globes at a time when improved observation and expanding geographic knowledge were reshaping European cartography. Collectors may encounter his name on individual map sheets, astronomical charts, atlas material, or globes, including objects later revised or supplemented by other makers. His output belongs more properly to the history of cartography, printmaking, publishing, and scientific instruments than to a conventional fine-art movement. Careful identification is therefore especially important when distinguishing an original Senex publication from a later state, reissue, reproduction, or work merely associated with his workshop.
EngravingPrinted maps and chartsCelestial and terrestrial globesGeography and regional cartographyAstronomy and celestial mapping
Common works and media
Works associated with John Senex most commonly include engraved maps, regional and geographic charts, celestial diagrams, atlas sheets, and terrestrial or celestial globes. Auction descriptions may also identify later states, collaborative publications, separately issued sheets, or objects altered after Senex's lifetime. Examples documented in the source pack include a Caspian-region map, a solar-system chart connected with William Whiston, zodiacal celestial mapping, and globes bearing Senex's name. Because later editions and additions can change an object's identity, the imprint, date, publication context, and physical construction should be recorded alongside the subject and medium.
Market and appraisal context
John Senex market evidence should be compared by object type rather than by name alone. An engraved map, an astronomical chart, an atlas component, and a globe can have very different markets. Relevant appraisal factors include the publication date, edition or state, imprint, dimensions, geographic or celestial subject, completeness, condition, restoration, provenance, and attribution confidence. For maps and charts, margins, hand coloring, folds, trimming, staining, repairs, and whether a sheet was issued separately or removed from an atlas may affect comparability. Globe assessments may also depend on structural completeness and later additions. Public auction results provide useful reference points, but broad name matching, incomplete feeds, private transactions, and inconsistent inclusion of buyer premiums limit direct price comparisons.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Maps, charts, and cartographic engravings
- Works on paper and prints
- Globes and related decorative or scientific objects
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, date, and relationship to Senex's working period
- Condition, restoration history, completeness, and surface quality
- Signature, imprint, inscriptions, edition or state, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and references in catalogues or institutional collections
- Recent public auction results for genuinely comparable works of the same type
- Subject, geographic coverage, rarity, and current collector demand
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records are appraisal inputs rather than final valuations.
- Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, buyer-premium conventions, and later attribution changes may not be reflected consistently.
- Broad name-matched categories should be checked against individual lot descriptions and images before treating them as John Senex comparables.
- Authentication, edition or state, completeness, and condition can materially affect the relevance of a comparable sale.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- British Museum museum or university
- VIAF library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- Bibliothèque nationale de France library authority
- 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 John Senex 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 Senex artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.