William Kay Blacklock Auction Prices and Value Guide

William Kay Blacklock auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 160 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

William Kay Blacklock auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
William Kay Blacklock
Source records
160
Market update
2026-02-06

William Kay Blacklock market snapshot

William Kay Blacklock shows solid auction liquidity with 110 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-28.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (38.3% · 31 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (58.0% · 47 sales)
  • $10,000+ (3.7% · 3 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$550
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
5
Median shift vs prior year
+71.9%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-28

Artist context

About William Kay Blacklock

Born

1872

Died

1924

Nationality

British

Also known as

Blacklock, Kay William, Blacklock, William

William Kay Blacklock (1872–1924) was a British painter associated in the collected sources with oil and watercolour. No particular movement or school is established by the available institutional records, so his work is more reliably described through its period, media, and subjects. Authority data connects Blacklock with titles including The Blue Kimono, A Dutch Idyll, and a view of Dordrecht. Wikimedia records credited to him also show reading, family, portrait, walking, and other everyday subjects. Together, these examples place his known practice within late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British figurative and genre painting while indicating an interest in Dutch settings and themes. Collectors are most likely to encounter unique paintings attributed to Blacklock in oil or watercolour. Cataloguers should note that public authority records disagree over whether he died in 1922 or 1924; this profile follows the 1924 date used by Wikidata and Art UK while preserving the conflict for further verification.

Oil paintingWatercolourDomestic and figure scenesDutch locations and themesPortraiture

Common works and media

Available evidence points primarily to oil paintings and watercolours. Documented titles and Wikimedia records indicate domestic interiors, family or figure scenes, portraits, outdoor figures, and Dutch settings or themes. The source pack does not establish a body of editions, prints, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, or posters, so works in those categories should not be treated as characteristic without additional evidence.

Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should first distinguish an oil painting from a watercolour and compare it with records in the same medium and with a genuinely similar subject. Titles and images connected to Blacklock range from domestic and figure scenes to portraits and Dutch themes, so a close subject or title match can help identify relevant comparables but cannot establish authorship by itself. Appraisily's directory input reports auction records for the artist's name, although the collected source pack did not expose the corresponding lot descriptions, sale dates, or realized prices. Those underlying records should be reviewed before reaching a market conclusion. Authority aliases and the unresolved 1922/1924 death-year discrepancy also require careful identity matching in historical auction catalogues.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Oil paintings
  • Watercolours

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type, particularly oil painting versus watercolour
  2. Similarity of subject and title to documented domestic, figure, portrait, or Dutch-themed works
  3. Comparable public auction records, including sale dates and realized prices, when underlying lot records are available
  4. Identity matching across authority aliases and the conflicting reported death years

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack reports an Appraisily corpus of 160 auction records, but the public artist page was rate-limited and supplied no lot-level details for verification.
  • The authority sources conflict on the death year: Wikidata and the Art UK profile identifier support 1924, while VIAF displays 1922.
  • The collected evidence does not support claims about editions, prints, sculpture, ceramics, market direction, scarcity, or price trends.

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 Kay Blacklock

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Artist value FAQ

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Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

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