Bernard Leach

British · 1887–1979 · Painter

Bernard Howell Leach was a British studio potter and art teacher. He is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery". (Wikipedia)

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108auction results2007–2026years recorded87%sold (94)$2.1kSign up free to seemedian price

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Charger with 'Tree of Life' designPhillips · Nov 2021£97,020≈ $131,084≈ €113,414Sign up to see
Charger with 'Tree of Life' designBonhams · Dec 2021£61,500≈ $81,506≈ €72,411Sign up to see
Charger with design of bird feeding its youngPhillips · Nov 2021£37,800≈ $51,072≈ €44,187Sign up to see

Bernard Leach’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).

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median $2.1kfree account

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Lots sold

of 108 offered · 2007–2026

Sell-through

87%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

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.

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

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	1	1	100%	$18.7kSign up	$18.7kSign up	$18.7kSign up
Works on paper	4	4	100%	$986Sign up	$499Sign up	$2.6kSign up
Drawing	4	4	100%	$986Sign up	$499Sign up	$2.6kSign up
Prints & multiples	4	4	100%	$956Sign up	$540Sign up	$2.5kSign up
Engraving	1	1	100%	$2.5kSign up	$2.5kSign up	$2.5kSign up
Lithograph	3	3	100%	$431Sign up	$319Sign up	$761Sign up
Sculpture	69	61	88%	$10.4kSign up	$4.1kSign up	$131kSign up
Other	30	24	80%	$5kSign up	$668Sign up	$81.5kSign 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	1	1	$6.4kSign up
2025	10	8	$1.3kSign up
2024	14	14	$668Sign up
2023	9	8	$1.7kSign up
2022	2	2	$7.3kSign up
2021	34	33	$14.5kSign up
2020	4	4	$698Sign up
2019	6	4	$2.6kSign up
2018	2	1	$9.1kSign up
2017	6	6	$5kSign up
2016	1	0	—Sign up
2014	3	0	—Sign up
2013	5	2	$286Sign up
2011	9	9	$573Sign up
2010	1	1	$3.3kSign up
2007	1	1	$3kSign up