Sebastian Pether Auction Prices and Value Guide
Sebastian Pether auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 175 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Sebastian Pether auction prices: quick answer
Sebastian Pether auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Sebastian Pether
- Source records
- 175
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Sebastian Pether market snapshot
Sebastian Pether shows solid auction liquidity with 67 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,440. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-09.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (36.2% · 17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (57.4% · 27 sales)
- $10,000+ (6.4% · 3 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $550
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 2
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-08-09
Artist context
About Sebastian Pether
Born
1790
Died
1844
Nationality
English
Also known as
Sebastian William Thomas Pether
Sebastian Pether (1790–1844) was an English landscape painter known especially for scenes organized around unusual sources of light. Moonlight, sunset, and firelight recur in accounts of his work, while authority records identify subjects such as boats on a river by moonlight and a blacksmith’s forge. He belonged to a family of painters: his father, Abraham Pether, and his brother, Henry Pether, also became closely associated with moonlit landscapes, leading the three to be described collectively as the “Moonlight Pethers.” Sebastian’s paintings have also been distinguished in secondary biographical material by a tendency toward greenish tonal effects. Collectors may encounter his name on nocturnal landscapes, river views, forge subjects, and other low-light compositions offered through the auction market. Because several members of the family worked with related imagery, a credible identification requires more than a moonlit subject or a Pether signature alone.
PaintingLandscape paintingMoonlit landscapesSunset landscapesFirelit scenesRivers and boats by moonlight
Common works and media
Works associated with Sebastian Pether are principally landscape paintings, especially nocturnal or low-light compositions. Documented subjects include moonlit river scenes with boats, sunset landscapes, firelit views, and a blacksmith’s forge by moonlight. The collected evidence does not establish a characteristic print edition, sculptural practice, ceramic output, or other edition-based body of work.
Market and appraisal context
The strongest appraisal context in the collected evidence is the relationship between artist identity and subject type. Moonlit rivers, boats, sunsets, and firelit forge scenes correspond to documented themes, but similar subjects were also painted by Sebastian Pether’s father and brother. Attribution to the correct Pether therefore deserves particular scrutiny. When suitable records are available, comparison should focus on publicly documented lots assigned to Sebastian Pether and should consider the sale date, cataloguing, images, realized price, and similarity of subject. The current source pack does not provide enough lot-level evidence to establish a price trend or predict a value.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Landscape paintings
- Moonlit landscape paintings
- River and boat landscapes
- Firelight and forge scenes
Value drivers
- Secure attribution to Sebastian Pether rather than another member of the Pether family
- Consistency of the subject and lighting with his documented moonlight, sunset, and firelight specialization
- Comparison with public auction records for Sebastian Pether when lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, and images are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not contain individual realized prices, detailed lot descriptions, condition reports, dimensions, provenance histories, or edition information.
- The available evidence supports careful comparison by artist identity and subject category, but it does not support a price trend or forward-looking value prediction.
- Because Abraham, Sebastian, and Henry Pether all produced moonlit subjects, attribution should not rest on subject matter alone.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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
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