Patrick Caulfield Auction Prices and Value Guide

Patrick Caulfield auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,533 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Patrick Caulfield auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Patrick Caulfield
Source records
1,533
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Patrick Caulfield

Patrick Caulfield (1936–2005) was a British painter and printmaker recognized for his distinctive contribution to Post-War British art. Born and based in London, Caulfield studied at the Royal College of Art alongside David Hockney and emerged in the 1960s associated with the Pop Art movement, though his work maintained a singular visual language. He is best known for bold, graphic canvases depicting pared-down interiors and still-life scenes rendered in flat areas of color and strong outlines, often punctuated by passages of photorealistic detail. His subject matter—pottery, wine glasses, café interiors, and everyday domestic objects—gave ordinary life a striking visual clarity. Caulfield's work is held in major public collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His career spanned painting, screenprinting, and stage design, and his prints remain widely collected.

Pop ArtOil on canvasPrintmakingStill lifeInteriorsDomestic objects and pottery

Common works and media

Caulfield worked across painting and printmaking throughout his career. Common formats encountered at auction and in collections include oil on canvas paintings, screenprints, and lithographs. Typical subjects include still-life arrangements of pottery, bottles, and glassware; simplified interior scenes with window views; and café or restaurant settings. His prints were often produced in numbered editions. Collectors may also encounter posters and exhibition-related graphic works. Paintings from the 1960s through the 1990s represent the core of his auction market.

Market and appraisal context

Patrick Caulfield maintains an active and well-documented secondary market spanning over three decades, with 805 auction lots recorded since 1995 and 599 carrying realized prices. His work trades regularly at top-tier international houses including Christie's, Sotheby's, and Bonhams, as well as specialist UK firms such as Forum Auctions, Dreweatts 1759, Lyon & Turnbull, and Sloane Street Auctions. The price distribution is wide but characteristic of a mid-career Post-War British artist with a strong print market: the median price sits at $915, the 75th percentile at $1,900, and a significant top end reaches $524,750—reflecting premium oil paintings at major houses. Screenprints and lithographs dominate recent trading volume and cluster in the $200–$1,100 range, while oil paintings and rarer prints command substantially more. Recent 12-month volume (27 lots) is roughly half the prior 12-month volume (54 lots), suggesting a moderate cooldown in turnover, though liquidity remains solid across UK and US salerooms.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Post-War and Contemporary Art
  • Prints and Multiples
  • Oil on canvas
  • Printmaking

Value drivers

  1. Medium (painting vs. print): oil paintings generally command higher prices than screenprints or lithographs
  2. Provenance and exhibition history: works with museum or significant gallery provenance are more sought after
  3. Condition and edition size for prints
  4. Subject matter and period: characteristic still-life and interior subjects from his mature period tend to be most recognized
  5. Medium is the primary value driver: oil paintings from Caulfield's mature period command prices in the tens to hundreds of thousands, while screenprints and lithographs typically range from $200 to $4,000 depending on edition, size, and subject
  6. Named series and titled works (e.g., White Ware, Some Poems by Jules Laforgue, Garden with Pines) are more readily comparable and often attract stronger bidding than untitled or generic lots

Appraisal caveats

  • No specific auction price records or realized prices are available in the current source pack; consult major auction-house databases for comparable sale data.
  • Attribution should be confirmed through catalogue raisonné or expert review, as Caulfield's graphic style has been widely reproduced.
  • Price distribution is heavily skewed: the median ($915) and 75th percentile ($1,900) are dominated by prints, while the maximum ($524,750) reflects rare oil paintings; quoting a single 'average price' for Caulfield is misleading.
  • The dataset mixes USD and GBP results without normalization; currency conversion should be applied before direct price comparison across houses.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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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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