Thomas Uwins Auction Prices and Value Guide
Thomas Uwins auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 179 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Thomas Uwins auction prices: quick answer
Thomas Uwins auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Thomas Uwins
- Source records
- 179
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Thomas Uwins market snapshot
Thomas Uwins shows thin auction liquidity with 11 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $210. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-12-17.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (83.3% · 5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (16.7% · 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
- 2024-12-17
Artist context
About Thomas Uwins
Born
1782
Died
1857
Nationality
British
Also known as
Uwins, Thomas
Thomas Uwins (1782–1857) was a British painter, watercolourist, and book illustrator whose career encompassed portraits, genre and subject scenes, landscapes, and work in both watercolour and oil. His professional standing included full membership in the Old Watercolour Society and election as a Royal Academician. Uwins also held prominent institutional appointments, serving as librarian of the Royal Academy, Surveyor of Pictures to Queen Victoria, and Keeper of the National Gallery. This combination of studio practice, illustration, and public art administration places him within the professional British art world of the first half of the nineteenth century. Collectors may encounter his name on watercolours and oil paintings representing several subject categories rather than one narrowly defined body of work. Authority records maintained by Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, Tate, and other institutions help distinguish him from similarly named artists and connect works or records catalogued under the inverted form “Uwins, Thomas.”
WatercolourOil paintingBook illustrationPortraitsGenre and subject scenesLandscapes
Common works and media
Works encountered in appraisal and auction contexts may include watercolour paintings, oil paintings, portraits, narrative or everyday genre scenes, landscapes, and illustrations connected with books. Because Uwins worked across several media and subjects, cataloguing should identify the object type and technique precisely before comparable sales are selected.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal of a work associated with Thomas Uwins should begin with the object’s medium and subject category. His documented practice included watercolour and oil, as well as portraits, genre or subject scenes, landscapes, and book illustration. Those distinctions matter when selecting genuinely comparable auction records. The attribution itself should also be checked against signatures, inscriptions, cataloguing history, and stable artist authority records rather than inferred from style alone. Appraisily’s public artist page provides an auction-record starting point, but the collected research pack does not include lot-level auction-house evidence sufficient to support a price trend or scarcity claim. A valuation should therefore compare like with like and review the individual work’s date, dimensions, condition, provenance, and supporting documentation before drawing a conclusion.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Watercolour paintings
- Oil paintings
- Portrait, genre, and landscape works
- Illustrations and works associated with book illustration
Value drivers
- Medium, particularly the distinction between watercolour and oil
- Subject category, including portrait, genre or subject scene, and landscape
- Attribution to Thomas Uwins rather than an association based only on style or name
- Comparable public auction records organized by work type, sale date, and realized price when lot-level records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no fetched lot-level descriptions or major auction-house biographies.
- No price trend, scarcity conclusion, or artist-specific premium is established by the collected sources.
- Condition, dimensions, provenance, inscriptions, and attribution should be documented for an individual appraisal, but the source pack does not establish artist-specific effects for those factors.
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
How much is Thomas Uwins 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.
Can Appraisily value my Thomas Uwins artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.