Neil Cawthorne Auction Prices and Value Guide

Neil Cawthorne auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 195 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Neil Cawthorne auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Neil Cawthorne
Source records
195
Market update
2026-02-06

Neil Cawthorne market snapshot

Neil Cawthorne shows solid auction liquidity with 127 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $840. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2023-09-28.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (57.3% · 47 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (42.7% · 35 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
2023-09-28

Artist context

About Neil Cawthorne

Born

1936

Died

2022

Nationality

British

Neil Cawthorne was a British painter born in 1936, best documented in the surviving public record through sporting and equestrian subjects. Art UK lists paintings connected with Newmarket racecourse, the Quorn hunt, and a broader outdoor scene titled Summer Days. Documented works are held by the National Horseracing Museum, the Yale Center for British Art, and Leicestershire County Council Museums Service. These records place horse racing, hunt subjects, and named English sporting locations at the center of his known output. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name on paintings of racecourses and associated sporting scenes. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty ULAN identify him as an English or British painter. His lifespan requires caution: Art UK gives 1936–2022, while older linked authority records give 1936–1978. This profile follows Art UK's current artist record while preserving that conflict for further research and careful attribution.

PaintingHorse racing and racecoursesBritish sporting and hunt subjectsNewmarket locations and architecture

Common works and media

Public-collection records document paintings centered on British sporting life, especially Newmarket racecourse and the Quorn hunt. Recorded titles include Newmarket Rowley Mile Racecourse, Suffolk, Newmarket Rowley Mile Millennium Grandstand, Suffolk, Full Cry: The Quorn, Last Run of the Day: The Quorn, The Canal Turn, Palace House from Palace Street, and Summer Days. The collected sources do not establish a documented print, sculpture, ceramic, or edition practice.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to Neil Cawthorne should begin with the individual object's medium, dimensions, condition, signature, provenance, and subject. Named settings or sporting associations may help distinguish comparable groups: Art UK documents Newmarket racecourse views, Quorn hunt subjects, and works connected with the National Horseracing Museum. Comparisons should separate racecourse paintings, hunt-related scenes, and other subjects, then consider relevant sale dates and realized prices where public auction records are available. Authority matching also matters because public sources disagree about Cawthorne's death year. No price prediction should be based on the artist name or subject alone; object-level evidence and closely matched public sales are needed.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Sporting and equestrian paintings
  • Horse-racing and racecourse paintings
  • Hunt-related paintings

Value drivers

  1. Subject matter and identification of a named sporting location, racecourse, or hunt
  2. Attribution to the correct Neil Cawthorne authority identity, particularly where cataloguing dates depend on the artist's disputed death year
  3. Comparison with documented public-collection compositions and titles
  4. Comparison with relevant public auction records by work type and sale date when such records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • Do not infer value from artist identity or sporting subject alone; inspect the individual work and use comparable sales matched by work type.
  • Resolve the lifespan conflict before relying on date-based cataloguing: Art UK records 1936–2022, while Wikidata and VIAF retain 1936–1978 (https://artuk.org/discover/artists/cawthorne-neil-19362022; https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21460231; https://viaf.org/viaf/96222652/).
  • Confirm the work's medium, dimensions, condition, provenance, signature, and attribution from object-level evidence before appraisal.

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.

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Artist value FAQ

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