William Crosbie Auction Prices and Value Guide

William Crosbie auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 295 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

William Crosbie auction prices: quick answer

William Crosbie auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
William Crosbie
Source records
295
Market update
2026-02-06

William Crosbie market snapshot

William Crosbie shows developing auction liquidity with 44 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,920. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-25.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (33.3% · 9 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (63.0% · 17 sales)
  • $10,000+ (3.7% · 1 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
1
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-06-25

Artist context

About William Crosbie

Born

1915

Died

1999

Nationality

Scottish

Also known as

Bill Crosbie

William “Bill” Crosbie (1915–1999) was a Scottish painter identified consistently by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, and VIAF authority records. The collected evidence does not establish an exact birth or death date or support assigning him to a specific artistic movement. VIAF’s associated title record indicates a varied practice: flower and still-life subjects appear in titles such as Anemones and Asters and White Carnation, while Cambridge from Grantchester and Beaune point to place-based work. Other indexed titles encompass portraiture, religious imagery, birds, figures, and decorative compositions. Collectors may therefore encounter Crosbie through paintings with substantially different subjects rather than through one narrowly defined series. Because William Crosbie is also the name of unrelated public figures, matching an object to the Scottish painter’s dates and authority identifiers is especially important when cataloguing or researching an attributed work.

PaintingFlowers and still lifeLandscape and place subjectsPortraiture and figuresReligious subjects

Common works and media

Authority-linked titles indicate that Crosbie's recorded output includes paintings of flowers and still-life arrangements, landscapes or named places, portraits and figures, birds, religious subjects, and decorative compositions. The source pack does not establish whether prints, sculptures, ceramics, or formal editioned series are characteristic parts of his market.

Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work attributed to William Crosbie should begin by confirming that the artist is the Scottish painter born in 1915 and not another person with the same name. Documented or traceable titles can help connect a work with the varied subjects indexed in authority records, including flowers, landscapes, portraits, figures, and religious compositions. Comparable public auction lots are most useful when their work type, subject, attribution, and sale date closely match the object being assessed. The collected source pack does not provide detailed auction-house results, so it does not support price forecasts. A work-specific appraisal should separately verify medium, dimensions, signature, condition, provenance, attribution status, and the relevance of any comparable sales.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Subject matter and identification of the depicted composition
  2. Correspondence with documented titles and authority-linked works
  3. Availability and similarity of comparable public auction records

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains no major-auction-house biography or detailed sale-result evidence.
  • Medium beyond the broad category of painting, dimensions, signature, provenance, condition, attribution status, and sale outcome must be established for each individual work.
  • Subject categories are inferred from titles indexed by VIAF and should not be treated as a complete catalogue of the artist's output.
  • No price trend or future-value conclusion is supported by the collected evidence.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

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 William Crosbie

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Artist value FAQ

How much is William Crosbie 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 William Crosbie artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.