Percy Lancaster Auction Prices and Value Guide

Percy Lancaster auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 312 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Percy Lancaster auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Percy Lancaster
Source records
312
Market update
2026-02-06

Percy Lancaster market snapshot

Percy Lancaster shows deep auction liquidity with 153 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $132. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-21.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (96.7% · 87 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (3.3% · 3 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$90
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
14
Median shift vs prior year
+50.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-21

Artist context

About Percy Lancaster

Born

1878

Died

1951

Nationality

British

Percy Lancaster (1878–1951) was a British artist identified by international authority records as a painter, etcher, and engraver. Biographical reference material also describes him as an English landscape artist, making landscape imagery the clearest documented subject context for his work. His practice crossed painting and printmaking rather than belonging to only one medium, so collectors may encounter unique painted works as well as etchings, engravings, and other works on paper. Stable records maintained by Wikidata, VIAF, the National Gallery of Art, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and RKD help distinguish Lancaster from similarly named people and connect his identity across collections and catalogues. The available source pack does not establish a named movement, detailed training history, or documented series, so those associations should not be assumed without object-specific evidence.

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Common works and media

Collectors may encounter paintings, etchings, and engravings under Percy Lancaster's name. Landscape is the best-supported subject category in the collected biographical material. The available sources do not establish named series, standard editions, or a complete medium catalogue, so each work should be described from its own physical and documentary evidence.

Market and appraisal context

Works attributed to Percy Lancaster should first be classified by type: painting, etching, or engraving. That distinction matters when selecting comparable auction records because a painted landscape and a printed impression represent different objects and markets. Landscape subject matter offers an additional comparison point, but broad visual similarity alone is not enough to establish a useful comparable. Appraisal research should examine public records with attention to the sale date, realized price, medium, dimensions, and closeness of the lot to the work being assessed whenever those fields are available. The collected identity sources support Lancaster's artistic roles, but they do not provide detailed edition information or lot-level market conclusions.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Etchings
  • Engravings
  • Landscape works

Value drivers

  1. Work type and medium, particularly the distinction among paintings, etchings, and engravings
  2. Landscape subject and composition when comparing works attributed to the artist
  3. Sale date, realized price, and the similarity of available public auction records

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not provide lot-level descriptions, individual realized prices, edition details, or a major-auction-house biography.
  • The auction categories are inferred from the artist's authority-record occupations and should be checked against the object under appraisal.
  • No named movement or school is sufficiently supported by the collected sources.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Percy Lancaster

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Percy Lancaster 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.

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