Thomas Sewell Robins Auction Prices and Value Guide

Thomas Sewell Robins auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 227 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Thomas Sewell Robins auction prices: quick answer

Thomas Sewell Robins auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Thomas Sewell Robins
Source records
227
Market update
2026-02-16

Thomas Sewell Robins market snapshot

Thomas Sewell Robins shows deep auction liquidity with 150 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $440. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-23.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (68.5% · 61 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (28.1% · 25 sales)
  • $10,000+ (3.4% · 3 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$250
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
4
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-23

Artist context

About Thomas Sewell Robins

Born

1810

Died

1880

Nationality

British

Thomas Sewell Robins (1810–1880) was a British painter best known for maritime subjects. He trained at the Royal Academy Schools and developed a practice centered on watercolour, while also working occasionally in oil and making pencil drawings. His career included European travel and exhibitions at the Royal Academy, the British Institute, the Suffolk Street Galleries, and the New Watercolour Society. The documented range extends beyond ship pictures: the collected biography also identifies pencil and watercolour studies of people in local dress. Collectors may therefore encounter finished marine compositions, works on paper, oils, and more informal figure studies under his name. Institutional authority profiles and Appraisily's auction-record signal help establish the artist as a distinct entity. Because the available institutional excerpts contain limited biographical detail, precise claims about chronology, training dates, and individual works should be checked against object-level records.

WatercolourOil paintingPencil drawingMaritime subjectsPeople in local dress

Common works and media

Works associated with Robins include maritime watercolours, occasional maritime oils, pencil drawings, and watercolour sketches. The documented subject range emphasizes ships and other marine scenes but also includes studies of people in local dress. An appraisal should identify whether an object is a finished composition, a drawing, or a more informal sketch before selecting comparable records.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by separating Robins's watercolours, occasional oils, pencil drawings, and informal sketches rather than treating every work as directly comparable. Subject also matters: a developed maritime composition belongs to a different comparison set from a study of a person in local dress. The supplied Appraisily signal associates 227 records with the artist, establishing a useful pool for further review but not a price level or market trend. Closely matched public sales may provide context when their medium, work type, subject, and sale information are available. This source pack does not contain realized-price details from a major auction house, so no typical value or directional price claim is made here.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Maritime watercolours
  • Maritime oil paintings
  • Pencil drawings and watercolour figure sketches

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type: compare watercolours, oils, pencil drawings, and sketches within their respective categories.
  2. Subject matter: compare maritime compositions separately from figure studies of people in local dress.
  3. Record-volume signal: the supplied Appraisily input associates 227 records with this artist entity.
  4. Comparable public auction records can provide context when closely matched records are available.

Appraisal caveats

  • Do not infer a price trend or typical value from record volume alone.
  • Confirm that any comparison matches the work type, medium, subject, and object-level evidence.
  • Treat the auction categories as a cautious guide rather than a complete census of the artist's market.

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 Thomas Sewell Robins

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Thomas Sewell Robins 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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