Mortimer Menpes Auction Prices and Value Guide

Mortimer Menpes auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 618 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Mortimer Menpes auction prices: quick answer

Mortimer Menpes auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Mortimer Menpes
Source records
618
Market update
2026-02-06

Mortimer Menpes market snapshot

Mortimer Menpes shows solid auction liquidity with 146 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 24 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (67.2% · 78 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (30.2% · 35 sales)
  • $10,000+ (2.6% · 3 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,100
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
24
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-10

Artist context

About Mortimer Menpes

Mortimer Menpes portrait
Mortimer Menpes · CC0 · Source

Born

1855

Died

1938

Nationality

Australian, British

Also known as

Mortimer Luddington Menpes

Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1855–1938) was an Australian-born British-Australian painter, etcher, printmaker, illustrator, and author. Wikidata and VIAF identify the same person across these roles, while Getty ULAN provides a stable art-historical authority record. His documented practice spans fine art, printmaking, book illustration, and writing rather than a single medium. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on paintings, etched or printed works, illustrations, and publications, with format and technique central to correct identification. The supplied evidence establishes his life years and professional range but does not provide institution-grade support for assigning him to a specific movement or school, so none is asserted here. This breadth helps explain why material associated with Menpes appears in varied cataloguing contexts and why an appraisal should distinguish carefully among original paintings, prints, illustrated works, and authored publications.

PaintingEtching and printmakingIllustration

Common works and media

Menpes’s documented roles indicate a body of work that may include paintings, etchings and other prints, and illustrations or related works on paper. His activity as an author also means collectors may encounter publications bearing his name. The source pack does not establish particular subjects, named series, edition sizes, or a definitive catalogue of works, so those details should be verified for each object.

Market and appraisal context

Market assessment begins with identifying what kind of object is being examined. Menpes is documented as a painter, etcher, printmaker, and illustrator, so a painting should not be compared indiscriminately with an etching, another type of print, or an illustration. An appraisal should record the physical medium, technique, dimensions, inscriptions, and condition before selecting comparable public sales of the same general work type. The collected research pack does not include sale-level auction-house evidence, edition information, or a documented price history. Accordingly, this profile makes no prediction about value, scarcity, or market direction; those conclusions require object-specific evidence and suitably matched auction records.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Etchings and other prints
  • Illustrations and works on paper

Value drivers

  1. Correct identification of the object type, medium, and technique, especially the distinction among paintings, etchings, other prints, and illustrations

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not contain a major-auction-house biography or sale-level results, so it does not support price trends, price ranges, or claims about relative scarcity.
  • The evidence establishes a multi-medium practice but does not document editions, signature variants, catalogue-raisonné status, or medium-specific market performance.
  • Any valuation requires object-level examination and relevant comparable public auction records rather than reliance on the artist biography alone.

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 Mortimer Menpes

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Mortimer Menpes 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 Mortimer Menpes artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.