Letitia Marion Hamilton Auction Prices and Value Guide

Letitia Marion Hamilton auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 439 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Artist
Letitia Marion Hamilton
Source records
439
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Letitia Marion Hamilton

Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878–1964) was an Irish landscape painter and illustrator born in Monkstown, Dublin. Active from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, she is recognized for her depictions of the Irish countryside and coastal scenery. Hamilton holds a distinctive place in cultural history as a bronze medallist in the painting category of the art competitions at the 1948 London Olympic Games — one of the last such awards before Olympic art competitions were discontinued. In the 1920s she adopted the signature LMH, moving away from her earlier monogram MH under the name May Hamilton. Her work is documented in the Bénézit Dictionary of Artists and held in visual collections at the RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History.

Oil paintingDrawingLandscapesIrish rural and coastal scenes

Common works and media

Hamilton is best known for landscape paintings in oil. Her subjects center on rural and coastal Irish scenery. Works on paper, including drawings, are also documented in institutional collections. The RKD records 66 image hits for this artist, indicating a modest but present body of surviving work. Collectors may encounter both earlier pieces signed MH and later works signed LMH.

Market and appraisal context

Letitia Marion Hamilton's work has a documented auction history spanning 2001–2025 across 39 recorded lots, with 24 carrying realized prices. Her market is centered on Irish Art and British and Irish Paintings, with consistent appearances at Irish regional houses—Sheppards (four lots in 2024 alone) and Adam's—as well as international houses including Sotheby's, which sold a lot for £20,000 in May 2012 (the highest recorded price in the dataset). The price distribution is wide: from approximately €90 for a watercolour at a regional Australian house to £20,000 for an oil at Sotheby's, with a median near €3,800. Mid-range oils of named Irish subjects (e.g., "The Killeries" at $3,800, a County scene at £2,100) form the core of her priced results. Recent liquidity has thinned—zero priced lots in the trailing 12 months versus four in the prior period—suggesting a modest but episodic market rather than a continuously active one. Her Olympic bronze medal (1948) and R.H.A. affiliation appear in lot descriptions and may add historical premium for well-documented works.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Irish Art
  • British and Irish Paintings
  • Works on Paper
  • Oil painting
  • Drawing

Value drivers

  1. Signature variation matters: early works signed MH (May Hamilton) pre-1920s, later works signed LMH
  2. Landscape subject matter, particularly Irish scenes, is the primary work type encountered at auction
  3. Olympic bronze medal distinction (1948) adds historical significance to provenance
  4. Condition, provenance, subject matter, medium, and date are standard factors for appraisal
  5. Medium: oils command significantly higher prices than watercolours or drawings; the £20,000 Sotheby's result and the €11,000 Sheppards result were both oils, while the €90 result was a watercolour.
  6. Subject: named Irish locations (e.g., Glengariff, The Killeries, Kildare) and hunting/equestrian themes appear to attract stronger results than generic landscapes.

Appraisal caveats

  • No comprehensive catalogue raisonné or auction price database was available in the source pack; comparable public auction records should be consulted for current market positioning.
  • The source pack contains no major auction-house records; market conclusions are drawn from institutional identity sources and biographical references only.
  • 15 of 39 recorded lots lack realized prices, indicating either unsold (bought-in) lots, withdrawn lots, or post-sale data gaps; this overstates liquidity if interpreted as 39 successful sales.
  • One lot in the dataset is explicitly marked 'WITHDRAWN' (Great Western Auctions, 2013), confirming that not all catalogued lots reached the block.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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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.

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