Basil Blackshaw
British · 1932–2016 · Painter
Basil Joseph Blackshaw HRUA, HRHA was a Northern Irish artist specialising in animal paintings, portraits and landscapes and an Academician of the Royal Ulster Academy. (Wikipedia)
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3 works by Basil Blackshaw coming up at auction · bid with the house ↓
Record prices
Night RiderdeVeres · €90,000≈ $101,331≈ £75,767Sign up to see
- THE MORNING EXERCISEWhyte's · €60,000≈ $69,858≈ £51,754Sign up to see
- COUNTY DOWN FARMYARDWhyte's · €38,000≈ $59,386≈ £29,818Sign up to see
Basil Blackshaw’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
3 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 206 | 156 | 76% | $10.8kSign up | $5.9kSign up | $101kSign up |
| Oil | 187 | 138 | 74% | $10.8kSign up | $6.1kSign up | $69.9kSign up |
| Acrylic | 14 | 13 | 93% | $12kSign up | $3.8kSign up | $101kSign up |
| Mixed media | 5 | 5 | 100% | $6.1kSign up | $2.5kSign up | $20.8kSign up |
| Works on paper | 91 | 70 | 77% | $2.7kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $44.7kSign up |
| Watercolor | 4 | 4 | 100% | $1.6kSign up | $1.5kSign up | $2.5kSign up |
| Gouache | 12 | 9 | 75% | $3.7kSign up | $994Sign up | $20.2kSign up |
| Drawing | 17 | 9 | 53% | $849Sign up | $939Sign up | $1.8kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 18 | 11 | 61% | $334Sign up | $235Sign up | $1.2kSign up |
| Etching | 1 | 1 | 100% | $92Sign up | $92Sign up | $92Sign up |
| Lithograph | 3 | 1 | 33% | $1.2kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $1.2kSign up |
| Print (other) | 9 | 4 | 44% | $321Sign up | $309Sign up | $565Sign up |
| Multiple | 5 | 5 | 100% | $219Sign up | $235Sign up | $268Sign up |
| Sculpture | 2 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Other | 54 | 37 | 69% | $9kSign up | $4.8kSign up | $44.9kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 15 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2025 | 27 | 22 | $2.4kSign up |
| 2024 | 23 | 18 | $4.9kSign up |
| 2023 | 31 | 20 | $3.2kSign up |
| 2022 | 28 | 17 | $5.6kSign up |
| 2021 | 19 | 15 | $4.8kSign up |
| 2020 | 18 | 12 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2019 | 29 | 23 | $3.8kSign up |
| 2018 | 22 | 17 | $4.2kSign up |
| 2017 | 60 | 42 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2016 | 22 | 19 | $4.2kSign up |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | $4.5kSign up |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 | $4.8kSign up |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | $13kSign up |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | $2.4kSign up |
| 2011 | 9 | 8 | $3.1kSign up |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | $9.5kSign up |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | $8kSign up |
| 2008 | 6 | 2 | $30.3kSign up |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | $12.8kSign up |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | $19.3kSign up |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | $23.4kSign up |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 | $25.1kSign up |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 | $28.1kSign up |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |