Timothy Cole Auction Prices and Value Guide
Timothy Cole auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 131 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Timothy Cole auction prices: quick answer
Timothy Cole auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Timothy Cole
- Source records
- 131
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Timothy Cole market snapshot
Timothy Cole shows developing auction liquidity with 48 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $80. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-03-09.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (96.4% · 27 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (3.6% · 1 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $50
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 4
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-03-09
Artist context
About Timothy Cole
Born
1852
Died
1931
Nationality
American
Timothy Cole (1852–1931) was an American wood engraver and printmaker born in England. Authority records maintained by Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty ULAN identify the same historical artist, providing useful anchors for distinguishing him from other people named Timothy Cole. His documented specialty places his work within the print culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name on wood engravings and related prints rather than on paintings or sculpture. When cataloging a possible work, the most reliable identity markers are the 1852–1931 lifespan, the American designation, his English birth, and the linked authority identifiers. The available source pack does not establish a specific artistic movement, recurring subject, named series, or catalogue raisonné, so those details should not be inferred from the artist’s occupation alone. Museum and library authority links provide a foundation for further object-level research.
Wood engravingPrintmaking
Common works and media
Works encountered under Timothy Cole’s name are most plausibly wood engravings and related prints, reflecting the occupation recorded by Wikidata and VIAF. The present evidence does not substantiate particular subjects, named series, editions, publication projects, paintings, drawings, or sculptures. Cataloging should preserve the precise medium and any printed inscriptions, publication information, or attribution language shown on the object.
Market and appraisal context
Public Appraisily records associate Timothy Cole’s name with an established group of auction entries, principally relevant to prints and wood engravings. An appraisal should first confirm that the object fits the documented medium and that its attribution refers to the American printmaker who lived from 1852 to 1931. Comparable lots are most useful when their work type, catalog attribution, sale date, and realized price are available and genuinely similar. The supplied source pack does not include detailed auction-house catalog entries, condition reports, edition information, provenance, or verified price trends. Those object-level details should therefore be evaluated from the work and its documentation rather than assumed from the artist name or aggregate record count.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Wood engravings
- Prints
Value drivers
- Identification of the work as a wood engraving or related print
- Attribution to the American printmaker Timothy Cole, 1852–1931, rather than another person with the same name
- Comparison with relevant public auction records, including sale dates and realized prices when available
Appraisal caveats
- The supplied source pack contains no fetched major-auction-house biography or lot-level catalog narrative, so it does not support claims about price trends, scarcity, record prices, or demand direction.
- The public auction-page signal establishes that records are associated with this name, but individual lots still require identity and attribution review.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
- Wikimedia Commons image repository
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 Timothy Cole 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 Timothy Cole artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.