Maurice C. Wilks Auction Prices and Value Guide
Maurice C. Wilks auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,354 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Maurice C. Wilks auction prices: quick answer
Maurice C. Wilks auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Maurice C. Wilks
- Source records
- 1,354
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Maurice C. Wilks market snapshot
Maurice C. Wilks shows solid auction liquidity with 118 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-16.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (44.4% · 36 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (53.1% · 43 sales)
- $10,000+ (2.5% · 2 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $500
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 8
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-16
Artist context
About Maurice C. Wilks
Born
1910
Died
1984
Nationality
Irish
Also known as
Maurice Canning Wilks, Maurice Wilks
Maurice Canning Wilks (1910–1984), presented here as Maurice C. Wilks, was an Irish painter known primarily for landscapes. Authority records from Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD and Art UK distinguish him as a specific twentieth-century artist, while biographical summaries connect him with Belfast. Recorded titles point repeatedly to Irish places and waterside settings, including County Mayo, Connemara, Carrickfergus Harbour, Clarendon Dock, Mount Stewart, Dundrum and Muckish. A documented portrait title shows that his subjects were not exclusively landscapes, but the available evidence most strongly associates him with rural scenery, mountains, lakes, bays, piers and harbours. Collectors may encounter his name as Maurice C. Wilks, Maurice Canning Wilks or Maurice Wilks. The collected sources do not establish a named modern-art movement or a reliable chronology of stylistic periods, so “Irish landscape painter” is a safer description than a more specific school label.
PaintingIrish landscapesCoastal, harbour, dock and lakeside viewsPortraits, represented by at least one documented work title
Common works and media
Wilks is identified primarily as a painter of Irish landscapes. Authority-linked titles document views of mountains, bays, lakes, rural places, harbours, docks and piers, together with at least one portrait. Auction records may also be classified under works on paper, prints, editions, mixed media or decorative art, but those broad page-level labels require verification against each lot's photographs, catalogue description, medium, signature and attribution.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily's matched auction index for Maurice C. Wilks covers public records dated from 2003 through 2026, including priced and unpriced entries. Its median and observed range should be treated as orientation, not as predictions for an individual object. Useful comparisons should align the work type, medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration history, signature or inscriptions, attribution confidence and provenance as closely as possible. Exhibition history and catalogue references may also matter when documented. The current category labels are broad, so paintings should not be compared indiscriminately with prints, works on paper, editions or miscellaneous decorative-art records. Reported totals may use different fee treatments, while private sales, incomplete feeds and later attribution changes may be absent.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Fine art and paintings
- Works on paper and prints
- Sculpture and mixed media
- Decorative art and editions
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, date and place within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition information and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history and catalogue references
- Comparable public auction sales for works similar in medium, size, date, subject and condition
- Subject matter, rarity and current demand
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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
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