George Barret
British · 1732–1784
George Barret Sr. was an Irish landscape artist known for his oil paintings and watercolours. He left Ireland in 1762 to establish himself as an artist in London and quickly… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
A Landscape with Figures and the Ruins of Melrose Abbey, RoxburghshireMorgan O'Driscoll · €52,000≈ $57,054≈ £45,834Sign up to see
- ANGLERS IN THE DARGLE VALLEY, COUNTY WICKLOWWhyte's · €46,000≈ $51,511≈ £40,582Sign up to see
A Landscape with Figures and the Ruins of Melrose Abbey, RoxburghshireMorgan O'Driscoll · €36,000≈ $39,467≈ £31,410Sign up to see
George Barret’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).
Lots sold
8
of 11 offered · 2019–2025
Sell-through
73%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
3 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 | 5 | 5 | 100% | $36.2kSign up | $39.5kSign up | $57.1kSign up |
| Oil | 5 | 5 | 100% | $36.2kSign up | $39.5kSign up | $57.1kSign up |
| Works on paper | 6 | 3 | 50% | $1.1kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $1.6kSign up |
| Watercolor | 5 | 3 | 60% | $1.1kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $1.6kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.