Oswald Brierly Auction Prices and Value Guide
Oswald Brierly auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 214 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Oswald Brierly auction prices: quick answer
Oswald Brierly auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Oswald Brierly
- Source records
- 214
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Oswald Brierly market snapshot
Oswald Brierly shows developing auction liquidity with 17 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-31.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (38.5% · 5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (61.5% · 8 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $260
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-08-31
Artist context
About Oswald Brierly
Born
1817
Died
1894
Nationality
British
Also known as
Oswald Walters Brierly, Sir Oswald Walters Brierly
Sir Oswald Walters Brierly (1817–1894) was a British artist best identified with marine painting and drawing. Born in Chester, he developed a public identity around close observation of ships, coastlines, and life at sea. Reference sources describe him as an English marine painter and draftsman, while accounts of his work connect his imagery with voyages and maritime settings in Australia, the Baltic, the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, New Guinea, and the Nile. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Brierly through nautical subjects rather than through a named modern art movement. Paintings and drawings may be considered both as works of art and as visual records of nineteenth-century seafaring. Because authority files record his name in several forms, including Oswald Walters Brierly and Sir Oswald Walters Brierly, careful entity matching is important when reviewing signatures, catalogue descriptions, collection records, and auction results.
PaintingDrawingMarine subjectsShips, coastlines, and maritime travelMaritime settings associated with Australia, the Baltic, the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, New Guinea, and the Nile
Common works and media
Collectors may encounter Brierly’s marine paintings and drawings, particularly depictions of ships, coastlines, voyages, and other nautical settings. The available sources support painting and draftsmanship as his principal work types but do not establish a reliable catalogue of editions, print series, or other recurring formats. Medium, support, dimensions, inscriptions, and attribution should therefore be recorded directly from each object.
Market and appraisal context
Brierly’s market context is centered on marine paintings and drawings. An appraisal should first establish the object’s medium, dimensions, subject, date or period, condition, provenance, and strength of attribution. A clearly described ship, voyage, or geographic setting may also affect which auction results offer meaningful comparisons. Public records should be filtered for works of similar type and scale rather than combined into a single artist-wide price expectation. The collected source pack confirms an auction-record presence but does not provide detailed major-auction-house results, so it cannot support a price trend or prediction. Any valuation should rely on verified comparable lots, their sale dates and realized prices, and the individual object’s physical and documentary evidence.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Marine paintings
- Marine drawings
Value drivers
- Medium and work type, including whether an object is a painting or drawing
- Specificity and visual interest of the marine subject or geographic setting
- Documented attribution, provenance, condition, dimensions, and comparison with relevant public auction records
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not contain detailed major-auction-house lot descriptions or realized-price results, so it does not support claims about price trends, record prices, or a hierarchy among particular subjects.
- Exact authorship, date, medium, condition, and provenance must be established for the individual object before auction comparisons are treated as appraisal evidence.
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
How much is Oswald Brierly 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 Oswald Brierly artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.