Thomas Waterman Wood Auction Prices and Value Guide

Thomas Waterman Wood auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 233 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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

Artist
Thomas Waterman Wood
Source records
233
Market update
2026-02-16

Thomas Waterman Wood market snapshot

Thomas Waterman Wood shows solid auction liquidity with 87 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-07.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (49.1% · 26 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (39.6% · 21 sales)
  • $10,000+ (11.3% · 6 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$250
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
7
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-02-07

Artist context

About Thomas Waterman Wood

Born

1823

Died

1903

Nationality

American

Also known as

T.W. Wood, Wood, Thomas Waterman

Thomas Waterman Wood (1823–1903) was an American painter celebrated for his portraits and genre scenes rooted in mid-19th-century realism. Born in Montpelier, Vermont, Wood pursued artistic training in Boston, Paris, and Düsseldorf before establishing himself in Louisville and Nashville in the 1860s and ultimately settling in New York City, where he remained active from 1867 until his death. His European academic training informed both his polished portrait style and his engagement with Orientalist subjects. Wood's Civil War-era narrative paintings, particularly the series A Bit of War History, are among his most recognized works and appear in major American museum collections. Over a career spanning more than four decades, Wood built a reputation as a skilled figure painter whose works bridged academic tradition and American subject matter, making his paintings a regular presence at auctions of 19th-century American art.

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Common works and media

Wood worked primarily in oil on canvas. His most frequently encountered works include formal portrait commissions, genre scenes of American daily life, Orientalist figure studies, and narrative paintings related to the Civil War period. Collectors may also find preparatory drawings, figure studies, and studio copies. His subjects range from seated portraits of identifiable sitters to interior genre compositions and exoticized figure subjects reflecting his European academic training.

Market and appraisal context

Thomas Waterman Wood's works appear at auction primarily as 19th-century American paintings in the portrait and genre categories. Civil War-related subjects and Orientalist compositions tend to draw the strongest collector interest. Key valuation factors include subject matter, provenance clarity, canvas condition, exhibition or gallery labels, and whether the work dates to a documented period of Wood's career. His output includes both finished exhibition canvases and preparatory studies, which can differ significantly in market value. Attribution benefits from provenance records or expert review, as no comprehensive catalogue raisonné was identified in public sources. Collectors should also consider comparable sale results from major American art auctions when assessing individual works.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Appraisal caveats

  • No comprehensive catalogue raisonné was found in the collected sources; attribution should be supported by provenance documentation or expert connoisseurship.
  • Market data is drawn from the 233 auction records indexed by Appraisily; realized-price ranges were not available in the source pack and should be confirmed via live auction databases.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Recent sale records

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Data basis

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