Walter Wallor Caffyn Auction Prices and Value Guide

Walter Wallor Caffyn auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 153 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Walter Wallor Caffyn auction prices: quick answer

Walter Wallor Caffyn auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist: Walter Wallor Caffyn
Source records: 153
Market update: 2026-02-06

Walter Wallor Caffyn market snapshot

Walter Wallor Caffyn shows solid auction liquidity with 100 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-09.

Realized price distribution

Under $1,000 (47.1% · 33 sales)
$1,000 to $10,000 (51.4% · 36 sales)
$10,000+ (1.4% · 1 sales)

Median sale (last 12 months): $675
Sales recorded (last 12 months): 4
Median shift vs prior year: +100.0%
Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-09

Artist context

About Walter Wallor Caffyn

Born

1850

Died

1897

Nationality

British

Also known as

Walter Waller Caffyn

Walter Wallor Caffyn was a British painter best documented for landscapes and local views. Art UK records paintings under his name in several British public collections, while VIAF identifies him as a painter and landscapist. Known titles connect his work closely with southern English scenery: Box Hill and the Weald of Surrey, the River Rother in Sussex, and the Thames near Sonning in Berkshire. Rural fields, gardens, waterways, and recognizable local buildings also appear among the institutional records. These works place his clearest artistic context within late-nineteenth-century British landscape painting, although the collected sources do not establish a specific formal movement. Collectors may encounter Caffyn through traditional landscape paintings, regional British subjects, and auction lots catalogued under a variant spelling, Walter Waller Caffyn. His identity is supported by Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, RKD, and Art UK records, but published authority sources disagree about his lifespan: Art UK uses 1850–1897, while VIAF displays 1845–1898.

PaintingWorks on paper and printsBritish landscapesRivers and waterside sceneryRural and local views in Surrey, Sussex, and Berkshire

Common works and media

The most securely documented works are landscape paintings depicting British countryside, rivers, gardens, fields, and local architecture. Institutional titles identify subjects in Surrey, Sussex, and Berkshire, including Box Hill, the Weald of Surrey, the River Rother, and the Thames near Sonning. Appraisily also places some matched records within a broad works-on-paper-and-prints category, but that classification is less securely established by the identity sources and should be verified from each lot's cataloguing, images, and condition report.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisily currently associates Caffyn with 100 matched auction records, 70 of which include priced results, across a reported 2001–2025 sale-date range. Those records provide useful comparable evidence, but a median or observed range should not be treated as a prediction for an individual work. Appraisal should begin with the exact medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, restoration history, signature, inscriptions, provenance, and attribution language. Comparisons are strongest when the selected lots resemble the object in both format and subject, particularly for documented British landscapes and waterside scenes. Auction totals can also differ in whether fees or buyer premiums are included, and private transactions or revised attributions may be absent from public feeds.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

Fine art and paintings
Works on paper and prints

Value drivers

Medium, dimensions, date, and relationship to securely documented landscape works
Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
Signature, inscriptions, and confidence in the attribution
Provenance, exhibition history, and references connecting the work to established records
Subject matter and recent comparable public auction sales for works of similar type

Appraisal caveats

Public auction records are evidence inputs rather than a complete appraisal.
Private sales and incomplete auction feeds may not be represented.
Reported auction totals may differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees.
The medium and attribution of each lot should be checked individually because the collected auction categories are broad.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Art UK museum or university
VIAF library authority
Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
Wikidata library authority
RKD library authority
Appraisily appraisily artist page

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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 Walter Wallor Caffyn

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Walter Wallor Caffyn 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 Walter Wallor Caffyn artwork?

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