Richard Bonington Auction Prices and Value Guide

Richard Bonington auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 201 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Richard Bonington auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Richard Bonington
Source records
201
Market update
2026-02-06

Richard Bonington market snapshot

Richard Bonington shows thin auction liquidity with 2 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $350. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2022-07-27.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (50.0% · 1 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (50.0% · 1 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
2022-07-27

Artist context

About Richard Bonington

Born

1768

Died

1835

Nationality

British

The collected authority records identify Richard Bonington as a British painter born in 1768 and generally record his death in 1835. This identity requires careful separation from Richard Parkes Bonington, the younger English Romantic landscape painter described by the supplied Wikipedia source. The distinction is especially important because the collected Wikipedia page and portrait candidate concern Richard Parkes Bonington, while Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, Library of Congress, ISNI, RKD, and Art UK links point toward the older Richard Bonington identity. The available pack supports painting as his occupation and work category, but it does not contain enough readable museum or scholarly material to assign a movement, characteristic subjects, named series, or a more detailed artistic chronology. Collectors may encounter works catalogued simply under “Richard Bonington,” so authority identifiers, dates, and attribution evidence should be checked before associating an object or auction result with this profile.

Painting

Common works and media

The authority sources support paintings as the relevant work type, but the collected material does not reliably establish preferred media, recurring subjects, named series, prints, editions, sculpture, ceramics, or other categories for this Richard Bonington. Objects carrying the Bonington name should be checked against the artist's authority identifiers and life dates before comparison with auction records, particularly because Richard Parkes Bonington is a separate and easily confused artist.

Market and appraisal context

Market analysis for Richard Bonington should begin with identity resolution. The source pack exposes a material risk of mixing this British painter, recorded as born in 1768, with Richard Parkes Bonington. Comparable auction results are useful only after confirming that each lot belongs to the same artist identity and work category. The collected Appraisily page signals the presence of auction-price records, but its content was unavailable during collection, so no price trend or artist-specific valuation conclusion is supported here. The pack also lacks sufficient evidence to assign particular weight to condition, provenance, date, subject, or edition. Those object-level facts should be documented and assessed alongside verified public sale records when available.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings catalogued under the name Richard Bonington

Value drivers

  1. Resolution of the artist's identity and attribution, especially differentiation from Richard Parkes Bonington
  2. Comparison with public auction records catalogued under the resolved artist identity
  3. Confirmation that an offered work belongs to the supported category of painting

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected sources do not establish artist-specific price trends or support price predictions.
  • The authority records contain a death-year discrepancy: 1835 appears in Wikidata and the VIAF heading, while a Getty ULAN label reproduced by VIAF gives 1834.
  • Auction records should not be combined until works assigned to Richard Bonington are separated from records for Richard Parkes Bonington.
  • The source pack does not provide enough evidence to state artist-specific effects for provenance, condition, date, subject, or edition.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: low confidence, thin 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 Richard Bonington

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Richard Bonington 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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