John Butler Yeats
Irish · 1839–1922 · Painter
John Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lollie" Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. The National Gallery of Ireland… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
- NEW YORK SKETCHBOOKWhyte's · €16,000≈ $25,005≈ £12,555Sign up to see
- PORTRAIT OF LILY YEATS AT BEDFORD PARK, LONDONWhyte's · €14,500≈ $22,661≈ £11,378Sign up to see
- SELF PORTRAIT, JUNE 1919Whyte's · €13,000≈ $20,316≈ £10,201Sign up to see
John Butler Yeats’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).
Coming up at auction
4 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 16 | 15 | 94% | $7.9kSign up | $5.9kSign up | $22.7kSign up |
| Oil | 16 | 15 | 94% | $7.9kSign up | $5.9kSign up | $22.7kSign up |
| Works on paper | 310 | 278 | 90% | $1.8kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $25kSign up |
| Watercolor | 46 | 45 | 98% | $2kSign up | $1.5kSign up | $8.2kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 1 | 100% | $4.3kSign up | $4.3kSign up | $4.3kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 1 | 100% | $746Sign up | $746Sign up | $746Sign up |
| Drawing | 261 | 231 | 89% | $1.8kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $25kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 1 | 1 | 100% | $430Sign up | $430Sign up | $430Sign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 1 | 1 | 100% | $430Sign up | $430Sign up | $430Sign up |
| Other | 2 | 1 | 50% | $1.2kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $1.2kSign 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 | 23 | 22 | $683Sign up |
| 2025 | 46 | 41 | $895Sign up |
| 2024 | 27 | 24 | $717Sign up |
| 2023 | 32 | 31 | $983Sign up |
| 2022 | 37 | 36 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2021 | 33 | 27 | $2.2kSign up |
| 2020 | 44 | 39 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2019 | 41 | 38 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2018 | 24 | 19 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | $14kSign up |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | $13.4kSign up |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | $6.2kSign up |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | $5.8kSign up |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | $22.7kSign up |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | $9.6kSign up |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | $12.5kSign up |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | $8.2kSign up |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | $6.4kSign up |