Robert Morden Auction Prices and Value Guide
Robert Morden auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 471 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Robert Morden auction prices: quick answer
Robert Morden auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Robert Morden
- Source records
- 471
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Robert Morden market snapshot
Robert Morden shows deep auction liquidity with 255 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $80. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-09.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (99.5% · 191 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.5% · 1 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $45
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 14
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-09
Artist context
About Robert Morden
Nationality
English
Robert Morden was an English cartographer, mapmaker, engraver, globemaker, publisher, and bookseller associated with the commercial production of geographic material. Public authority records identify him as a cartographer, while bibliographic records connect his name with Atlas terrestris, Britannia, maps of England and individual English counties, and Geography anatomized. His recorded subjects also extend to Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Morden through historic maps, atlas material, and other geographical publications rather than through a conventional painting or sculpture market. His combination of mapmaking, engraving, publishing, and bookselling places his work within the practical commercial circulation of geographic knowledge. The collected sources establish this professional identity clearly, but they do not provide sufficiently explicit evidence for exact birth or death dates, and those dates should remain unasserted until confirmed by a stronger biographical record.
Maps and cartographyEngravingGlobesAtlases and geographical publicationsEngland and English countiesGreat Britain and IrelandEurope
Common works and media
Works associated with Robert Morden commonly include maps of England, English counties, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe, together with atlases and other geographical publications. Authority records specifically connect his name with Atlas terrestris, Britannia-related material, and Geography anatomized. Engraving and globe making also form part of his documented professional identity, although individual objects require careful attribution and publication-level identification.
Market and appraisal context
The Appraisily input associates Robert Morden with 471 auction records, indicating a substantial body of catalogued market material, but the collected source pack does not include the individual lots. It therefore supports only broad categories such as maps, cartographic works, atlases, and bound geographical publications. A responsible appraisal should first determine the object's format, geographic subject, named publication, and relationship to an atlas or other volume, then compare those details with verified public sales of closely matching material. This source pack does not establish artist-specific effects for condition, edition, provenance, dimensions, or date, and it cannot support a price prediction without lot-level evidence.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Maps and cartographic works
- Atlases and bound geographical works
Appraisal caveats
- The collected material supports broad work-type classification but does not provide lot-level evidence for artist-specific valuation factors.
- No price trend, premium, or forecast can be supported from this source pack.
- Comparable sales should be checked at the individual-lot level before reaching an appraisal conclusion.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Bibliothèque nationale de France library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Robert Morden 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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