Alexander Nasmyth, On the Beauly

Alexander Nasmyth

British · 1758–1840 · Painter

Alexander Nasmyth was a Scottish portrait and landscape painter, a pupil of Allan Ramsay. He also undertook several architectural commissions. (Wikipedia)

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29lots offered2014–2025years recorded90%sold (19)$5.1kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Alexander Nasmyth, DALHOUSIE CASTLE, Oil on canvasDALHOUSIE CASTLELyon & Turnbull · £35,200≈ $43,891≈ €40,878Sign up to see
  2. Alexander Nasmyth, EDINBURGH FROM THE NORTH-WEST, oil on canvasEDINBURGH FROM THE NORTH-WESTLyon & Turnbull · £32,500≈ $43,771≈ €35,999Sign up to see
  3. Alexander Nasmyth, The Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh, oil on panelThe Old Tolbooth, EdinburghBonhams · £31,313≈ $40,334≈ €36,067Sign up to see

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Average price
median $5.1kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
19
of 21 offered · 2014–2025
Sell-through
90%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$10k$100k201620182020202220242014-02-08 · $1,1002016-06-25 · $3752019-05-15 · $40,3342020-07-15 · $2,8442020-07-15 · $2,8442020-07-15 · $3,6342020-12-04 · $4,3772020-12-04 · $7,4072020-12-04 · $43,7712021-12-09 · $27,2092022-06-16 · $10,6372022-12-08 · $7,0682022-12-08 · $12,2932023-06-08 · $43,8912024-06-06 · $2,8962024-09-18 · $1,5212025-06-05 · $3,7612025-06-05 · $5,1292025-12-04 · $5,591
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

8 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

8 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings201890%$12.4kSign up$5.4kSign up$43.9kSign up
Oil201890%$12.4kSign up$5.4kSign up$43.9kSign up
Works on paper11100%$2.9kSign up$2.9kSign up$2.9kSign up
Watercolor11100%$2.9kSign up$2.9kSign up$2.9kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202533$5.1kSign up
202442$2.2kSign up
202311$43.9kSign up
202233$10.6kSign up
202111$27.2kSign up
202066$4kSign up
201911$40.3kSign up
201611$375Sign up
201411$1.1kSign up

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