Samuel Lancaster Gerry Auction Prices and Value Guide

Samuel Lancaster Gerry auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 191 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Artist
Samuel Lancaster Gerry
Source records
191
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Samuel Lancaster Gerry

Samuel Lancaster Gerry (1813–1891) was an American painter active in Boston, Massachusetts throughout the mid-nineteenth century. He is best known for landscape views of the White Mountains and other New England scenery, alongside a steady output of portrait commissions. Gerry played a notable institutional role in the Boston art world: he was affiliated with the New England Art Union and the Boston Artists' Association, and in 1857 he co-founded the Boston Art Club, which became a longstanding exhibition and gathering venue for the region's painters. He also taught, counting the impressionist-leaning landscape painter John Joseph Enneking among his students. His work bridges the era's taste for dramatic natural scenery with the emerging professionalism of American art organizations.

Hudson River School / White Mountain Schooloil on canvasWhite Mountain landscapesNew England landscapesportraits

Common works and media

Samuel Lancaster Gerry's output consists primarily of oil-on-canvas landscape paintings depicting the White Mountains of New Hampshire, coastal and inland New England scenery, and portrait subjects. Landscape compositions range from panoramic mountain vistas to intimate woodland and river views. Portraits tend to be bust- or half-length formats. Works on paper or prints are not well documented in available sources. With 191 auction records catalogued, Gerry is a moderately represented 19th-century American painter in the secondary market.

Market and appraisal context

Gerry's landscapes of the White Mountains and broader New England are the works most frequently encountered at auction. Value depends on subject specificity, condition, provenance continuity, and the quality of the mountain or coastal view depicted. Portraits by Gerry appear less often in the secondary market. Because no published catalogue raisonné is known, attribution should be confirmed through expert examination, especially for unsigned or minimally documented landscapes from the period. Collectors should compare lots against documented White Mountain School peers for realistic price expectations.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Appraisal caveats

  • Gerry's auction record is moderate in volume. Price ranges should be assessed against comparable White Mountain School painters of the same period rather than broad American-art averages.
  • No catalogue raisonné is referenced in available authority sources, making definitive attribution without expert review uncertain.

Evidence

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Data basis

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