Winslow Homer Auction Prices and Value Guide
Winslow Homer auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,020 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Winslow Homer auction prices: quick answer
Winslow Homer auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Winslow Homer
- Source records
- 1,020
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Winslow Homer market snapshot
Winslow Homer shows deep auction liquidity with 465 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,040. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 18 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-01.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (41.7% · 91 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (13.8% · 30 sales)
- $10,000+ (44.5% · 97 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $60
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 18
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-02-01
Artist context
About Winslow Homer
Born
1836
Died
1910
Nationality
American
Winslow Homer (1836–1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator working within nineteenth-century American art. Public authority records consistently identify him by those life years, while reference sources especially associate him with landscape and marine subjects. His practice crossed painting, watercolor, drawing, lithography, etching, magazine engraving, and illustration, so collectors encounter his name across both unique works and printed material. Marine imagery is central to his public identity, while landscape is also a defining subject. A work attributed to Homer may therefore appear as a painting, watercolor, drawing, etching, lithograph, or illustration associated with period publishing. Appraisily’s auction page contains a broad record set reflecting this variety of formats. Because the collected sources do not establish a formal movement through a substantive institutional biography, this profile describes Homer through his documented national, subject, and medium contexts rather than assigning an unsupported school label.
PaintingWatercolorDrawingPrintmaking and lithographyLandscapesMarine subjects
Common works and media
Works encountered in auction and appraisal contexts may include paintings, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, etchings, magazine engravings, and illustrations. Landscape and marine imagery are the best-supported subject categories in the collected sources. Printed or published material should be distinguished from unique paintings and drawings before comparable sales are selected.
Market and appraisal context
Market analysis for Homer should begin by separating paintings, watercolors, drawings, and printed or illustrated works because the collected sources document all of these formats. Subject also matters when selecting comparisons: marine subjects are especially associated with Homer, while landscape is central to his identity. Appraisily’s artist page reports a large auction-record corpus, so comparable lots should be narrowed by work type, medium, subject, sale date, and available realized-price data rather than treated as one undifferentiated market. The source pack does not provide object-level evidence for condition, provenance, authenticity, signature, or edition status. Those questions require examination of the specific work and should not be inferred from the artist name or record count alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings and watercolors
- Drawings and other works on paper
- Prints, lithographs, etchings, and magazine engravings
- Illustrations and published graphic work
Value drivers
- Work type and medium, including distinctions among paintings, watercolors, drawings, etchings, engravings, and illustrations
- Subject classification, particularly marine subjects compared with landscapes
- Comparable public auction records for the same work type, using sale dates and realized-price information when available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not contain detailed auction-house narratives or object-level condition, provenance, attribution, signature, or edition evidence.
- The number of indexed auction records is not, by itself, evidence of a price level or market trend.
- A specific object requires direct examination and appropriately matched comparable sales.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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 Winslow Homer 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 Winslow Homer artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.