James Whistler, Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf

James Whistler

American/English · 1834–1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral… (Wikipedia)

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9auction results2014–2024years recorded100%sold (9)$360Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. UntitledHelmuth Stone Gallery · $1,386$1,100 + $286 premium≈ £1,021≈ €1,227Sign up to see
  2. Old Hungerford BridgeHelmuth Stone Gallery · $756$600 + $156 premium≈ £554≈ €615Sign up to see
  3. James Whistler, Drouet, Sculpteur., Drypoint Etching "Drouet, Sculpteur." Signed, titled and dated 1859 in the plateDrouet, Sculpteur.Clarke Auction Gallery · $550≈ £331≈ €396Sign up to see

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Average price
median $360free account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
9
of 9 offered · 2014–2024
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$316$1k$3k201620182020202220242014-03-16 · $5502018-06-17 · $3502019-10-12 · $3602021-01-03 · $7562022-01-09 · $1,3862022-09-17 · $2772023-08-18 · $3082023-12-15 · $3692024-02-16 · $308
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.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Prints & multiples99100%$518Sign up$360Sign up$1.4kSign up
Etching66100%$564Sign up$329Sign up$1.4kSign up
Drypoint11100%$550Sign up$550Sign up$550Sign up
Lithograph22100%$365Sign up$365Sign up$369Sign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202411$308Sign up
202322$338Sign up
202222$831Sign up
202111$756Sign up
201911$360Sign up
201811$350Sign up
201411$550Sign up