Ernest Howard Shepard
British · 1879–1976 · Painter, Draughtsman
Ernest Howard Shepard was an English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially for illustrations of the anthropomorphic animal and soft toy characters in The Wind in… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Feeling More Snowy Behind The Ears Than He Had Ever Felt Before...Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · NOK 400,000≈ $36,036≈ £28,539≈ €34,219Sign up to see
The rush of air in his face, the hum of the engine, for The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame, 1931 editionToovey's · £1,900≈ $2,671≈ €2,174Sign up to see
The Franco Composite AircraftToovey's · £950≈ $1,240≈ €1,039Sign up to see
Ernest Howard Shepard’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).
Price trend
2 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
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works on paper | 14 | 14 | 100% | $3.2kSign up | $416Sign up | $36kSign up |
| Watercolor | 2 | 2 | 100% | $233Sign up | $233Sign up | $388Sign up |
| Gouache | 2 | 2 | 100% | $18.2kSign up | $18.2kSign up | $36kSign up |
| Drawing | 10 | 10 | 100% | $790Sign up | $534Sign up | $2.7kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.