James Abbott McNeill Whistler Prints: Value & Auction Prices

1834–1903

ArtSell has recorded 325 auction results for James Abbott McNeill Whistler prints between 2003 and 2026, and 266 of them sold (82%). The median price realised is $688Sign up free to see across 266 priced sales; the middle half sold for $380Sign up free to see–$1.2kSign up free to see. The auction record in our data is The Garden, VII/VIII, (M. 207, K210), from Twenty-six Etchings, sold at Brunk Auctions in November 2016 for $17kSign up free to see. Most results come from Bonhams (47), Brunk Auctions (42) and Woolley & Wallis (24).

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1. 
   Afternoon Tea

   Lithograph

   7 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.

   Leland Little · Mar 22, 2024 · Lot 1029
   $500≈ £396≈ €462HammerSign up free to seeView at Leland Little ↗
2. 
   The Shoemaker

   Lithograph

   Leland Little · Mar 22, 2024 · Lot 1028
   $350≈ £277≈ €323HammerSign up free to seeView at Leland Little ↗
3. 
   The Unsafe Tenement

   Etching · Paper

   6 1/4 x 9 in.

   Leland Little · Mar 22, 2024 · Lot 1027
   $800≈ £634≈ €739HammerSign up free to seeView at Leland Little ↗
4. 
   Mother and Daughter (La Mère Malade)

   Lithograph

   7 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.

   Leland Little · Mar 22, 2024 · Lot 1026
   $400≈ £317≈ €370HammerSign up free to seeView at Leland Little ↗
5. 
   Nursemaid and Child

   Etching

   3 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.

   Leland Little · Mar 22, 2024 · Lot 1025
   $900≈ £713≈ €832HammerSign up free to seeView at Leland Little ↗
6. 
   Tatting

   Etching

   4 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.

   Leland Little · Mar 22, 2024 · Lot 1024
   $1,100≈ £872≈ €1,016HammerSign up free to seeView at Leland Little ↗
7. 
   Drouet (Kennedy 55, Glasgow 35), 1859

   Etching · Paper

   plate 8 7/8 x 6in (22.5 x 15.2cm)

   Bonhams · Mar 22, 2024 · Lot 91
   $410≈ £325≈ €378Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $600–800View at Bonhams ↗
8. 
   The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea (Kennedy 175, Glasgow 182), 1878

   Etching · Paper

   plate 6 7/8 x 11 13/16in (17.5 x 30cm)

   Bonhams · Mar 22, 2024 · Lot 87
   $538≈ £426≈ €497Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $600–800View at Bonhams ↗
9. 
   The Venetian Mast

   Etching · Paper

   plate: 13.37" h x 6.41" w

   Clarke Auction Gallery · Mar 10, 2024 · Lot 77
   Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $3,000–5,000View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
10. 
    Black Lion Wharf

    Etching

    Plate 6" h x 8.875" w

    Clarke Auction Gallery · Mar 10, 2024 · Lot 76
    $600≈ £467≈ €549HammerSign up free to seeEst. $600–900View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
11. 
    Eagle Wharf (from the A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects suite)

    Etching

    5½ h x 8½ w in (14 x 22 cm)

    Toomey & Co. · Mar 7, 2024 · Lot 138
    $917≈ £719≈ €842Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
12. 
    The Adam and Eve, Old Chelsea (second state), 1878-79

    Etching · Paper

    6¾ h x 11¾ w in (17 x 30 cm)

    Toomey & Co. · Mar 7, 2024 · Lot 139
    $852≈ £668≈ €782Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $700–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
13. 
    Untitled

    Etching · Paper

    H 6.4" W 4.1"

    DuMouchelles · Feb 16, 2024 · Lot 1123
    Result not publishedEst. $300–500View at DuMouchelles ↗
14. 
    Untitled

    Etching · Paper

    H 2.3" W 2"

    DuMouchelles · Feb 16, 2024 · Lot 1122
    Result not publishedEst. $400–600View at DuMouchelles ↗
15. 
    The Adam and Eve, Old Chelsea

    Etching

    plate (sight): 7 x 12 inches, sheet (sight): 7 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches

    Michaan's Auctions · Feb 16, 2024 · Lot 144
    $308≈ £244≈ €286Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $500–700View at Michaan's Auctions ↗
16. 
    SEYMOUR (KENNEDY 31; GLASGOW 30) - 1858/59

    Etching

    plate size 13cm x 9.5cm (5in x 3.75in)

    Lyon & Turnbull · Feb 13, 2024 · Lot 91
    £454≈ $575≈ €533Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £400–600View at Lyon & Turnbull ↗
17. 
    Street at Saverne 1858, Kennedy 19

    Etching

    20 x 15.5cm

    Gorringe's · Feb 12, 2024 · Lot 717
    £360≈ $454≈ €422HammerSign up free to seeEst. £300–400View at Gorringe's ↗
18. 
    Gaiety Stage Door

    Lithograph

    4 1/2 x 7 5/8 in

    Leonard Auction · Jan 21, 2024 · Lot 201
    Result not publishedEst. $400–600View at Leonard Auction ↗
19. 
    Untitled

    Etching

    16.5 x 23.5 cm

    Chiswick Auctions · Jan 17, 2024 · Lot 212
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £200–300View at Chiswick Auctions ↗
20. 
    Rotherhithe, 1860

    Drypoint · Paper

    plate 10-7/8 x 7-7/8 in.

    Brunk Auctions · Jan 11, 2024 · Lot 748
    $1,600≈ £1,255≈ €1,456HammerSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–3,000View at Brunk Auctions ↗
21. 
    Untitled

    Etching · Paper · ed. 3/8

    Bunch Auctions · Jan 9, 2024 · Lot 1616
    $375≈ £295≈ €343HammerSign up free to seeEst. $300–600View at Bunch Auctions ↗
22. 
    Firelight-Joseph Pennell, No. 1

    Lithograph

    13 x 8 1/4 inches (sheet)

    Michaan's Auctions · Dec 15, 2023 · Lot 230
    $369≈ £289≈ €337Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $600–800View at Michaan's Auctions ↗
23. 
    The Adam and Eve, Old Chelsea, 1879

    Etching

    plate 6-7/8 x 11-7/8 in.

    Brunk Auctions · Nov 18, 2023 · Lot 1289
    $350≈ £281≈ €322HammerSign up free to seeEst. $600–900View at Brunk Auctions ↗
24. 
    UntitledAfter the artist

    Print (other) · Paper

    H 10.6" W 7.75"

    DuMouchelles · Nov 17, 2023 · Lot 1360
    Result not publishedEst. $150–300View at DuMouchelles ↗
25. 
    Untitled

    Etching

    H 8.1" W 5.8"

    DuMouchelles · Oct 20, 2023 · Lot 1251
    Result not publishedEst. $200–400View at DuMouchelles ↗
26. 
    Untitled

    Etching · Paper

    H 8.8" W 5.8"

    DuMouchelles · Sep 15, 2023 · Lot 1054
    Result not publishedEst. $600–800View at DuMouchelles ↗
27. 
    The Smith, Passage du Dragon

    Lithograph

    10 7/8 x 7 in.

    Leland Little · Sep 9, 2023 · Lot 175
    $1,000≈ £801≈ €934HammerSign up free to seeView at Leland Little ↗
28. 
    Chelsea Wharf 1863, 1863

    Etching · ed. 2/2

    9.0 x 19.0 cm (image); 20.5 x 27.5 cm (sheet)

    Menzies · Aug 30, 2023 · Lot 58
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. A$4,500–6,500View at Menzies ↗
29. 
    Old Hungerford Bridge

    Etching

    5.5 x 8.25 in

    Michaan's Auctions · Aug 18, 2023 · Lot 223
    $308≈ £242≈ €283Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $400–600View at Michaan's Auctions ↗
30. 
    La Vieille aux Loques," (1858)

    Etching

    Clars Auction Gallery · Aug 11, 2023 · Lot 4370
    $350≈ £275≈ €318HammerSign up free to seeEst. $700–1,000View at Clars Auction Gallery ↗
31. 
    Annie Seated," (1859)

    Etching

    Clars Auction Gallery · Aug 11, 2023 · Lot 4371
    $475≈ £373≈ €432HammerSign up free to seeEst. $800–1,200View at Clars Auction Gallery ↗
32. 
    Untitled

    Etching · Paper

    H 10.7" W 8.1"

    DuMouchelles · Jul 28, 2023 · Lot 1009
    Result not publishedEst. $2,500–3,500View at DuMouchelles ↗
33. 
    Mother and Daughter (La Mère Malade), 1897

    Lithograph

    11¼ h x 8⅛ w in (29 x 21 cm)

    Toomey & Co. · Jul 27, 2023 · Lot 109
    $903≈ £697≈ €812Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
34. 
    The Punt, circa 1861

    Etching · Paper

    H 4.5'' W 6.5''

    DuMouchelles · Jun 30, 2023 · Lot 1213
    Result not publishedEst. $200–400View at DuMouchelles ↗
35. 
    Hurlingham

    Etching · Paper

    5 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.

    Leland Little · Jun 21, 2023 · Lot 1228
    $700≈ £550≈ €641HammerSign up free to seeView at Leland Little ↗
36. 
    Little Draped Figure

    Lithograph

    28.7 x 18.6cm

    Woolley & Wallis · Jun 7, 2023 · Lot 36
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £400–600View at Woolley & Wallis ↗
37. 
    Fumette, Around 1859

    Etching

    16.2 x 10.4 cm, platemark; 20.6 x 14.7 cm, sheet size

    Kornfeld · Jun 2, 2023 · Lot 1474
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. CHF 500–View at Kornfeld ↗
38. 
    Billingsgate; Girl with Bowl (1859; 1895 - K. 47; L. 121

    Etching · Paper

    Bonhams · May 30, 2023 · Lot 197
    $701≈ £564≈ €653Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–1,000View at Bonhams ↗
39. 
    Old Hungerford Bridge, 1861/, 1871

    Etching · ed. 3/8

    5 3/8" x 8 3/8"

    Circle Auction · May 5, 2023 · Lot 125
    Unsold / did not meet reserveView at Circle Auction ↗
40. 
    Gants de Suede, 1890

    Lithograph · Paper

    Ahlers & Ogletree · Apr 20, 2023 · Lot 219
    $250≈ £201≈ €228HammerSign up free to seeEst. $400–600View at Ahlers & Ogletree ↗
41. 
    Early Morning, Battersea (or Battersea Dawn or Cadogan Pier) (from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects suite)

    Etching · Paper

    4⅜ h x 5⅞ w in (11 x 15 cm)

    Toomey & Co. · Apr 19, 2023 · Lot 151
    $756≈ £609≈ €691Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
42. 
    Nude Model Reclining (1893)

    Lithograph · Paper

    17.9x24.7cm (sheet) 15x23cm (sight)

    Davidson Auctions · Mar 19, 2023 · Lot 350
    A$650≈ $435≈ £358≈ €406HammerSign up free to seeEst. A$1,000–2,000View at Davidson Auctions ↗
43. 
    The Whitesmiths

    Lithograph · ed. 1/4

    Dreweatts · Mar 16, 2023 · Lot 21
    £320≈ $386≈ €364HammerSign up free to seeEst. £300–400View at Dreweatts ↗
44. 
    Greenwich Park

    Etching

    5"h x 8"w

    Alderfer Auction · Mar 15, 2023 · Lot 8035
    $650≈ £538≈ €616HammerSign up free to seeView at Alderfer Auction ↗
45. 
    Chelsea Bridge and Church, 1871

    Etching · Paper

    4 h x 6½ w in (10 x 17 cm)

    Toomey & Co. · Mar 8, 2023 · Lot 130
    $1,677≈ £1,417≈ €1,590Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
46. 
    Billingsgate; Girl with Bowl (1859; 1895 - K. 47; L. 121

    Etching · Paper

    Bonhams · Jan 30, 2023 · Lot 92
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $800–1,000View at Bonhams ↗
47. 
    Annie, Seated

    Etching

    5" H x 3 3/4" W

    Case Antiques · Jan 28, 2023 · Lot 1047
    $480≈ £388≈ €442Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $500–550View at Case Antiques ↗
48. 
    La Robe Rouge (The Red Dress)

    Lithograph

    Toovey's · Jan 18, 2023 · Lot 118
    £85≈ $105≈ €97HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
49. 
    Annie

    Etching

    14.5cm x 11cm

    Toovey's · Jan 18, 2023 · Lot 117
    £320≈ $396≈ €366HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
50. 
    Little Draped Figure

    Lithograph

    28.7 x 18.6cm

    Woolley & Wallis · Dec 14, 2022 · Lot 82
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £800–1,200View at Woolley & Wallis ↗

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