John James Audubon

American · 1785–1851 · Painter, Printmaker

John James Audubon was a French-American artist, entrepreneur, naturalist, explorer, and ornithologist. His combined interests in painting and ornithology turned into a plan to… (Wikipedia)

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Trophy of American Game BirdsBonhams · Jan 2026$394,200≈ £286,941≈ €330,455Sign up to see
Long-billed Curlew, Plate CCXXXIBrunk Auctions · Oct 2020$65,000≈ £50,243≈ €55,413Sign up to see
Wild Turkey, Meleagris Gallopavo. Linn, Male. American Cane. Miegia macrosperma, No.1 and Pl. 1 from The Birds of America, LondonBrunk Auctions · Sep 2021$38,000≈ £27,362≈ €32,092Sign up to see

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Velvet Duck, Plate CCXLVII, from [Birds of America], London, 1827-1838
Engraving · Paper
20-3/4 x 30-3/16 in. (plate) 25-5/8 x 38 in. (page)
Brunk Auctions · Sep 12, 2014 · Lot 235
$1,300≈ £801≈ €1,005HammerSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,500View at Brunk Auctions ↗
Mephitas AmericanaAfter the artist
Lithograph
26 1/2 in. x 21 1/2 in.
Sloans & Kenyon · Jun 21, 2014 · Lot 917
$950≈ £558≈ €699HammerSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–1,500View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
Canis Lupus (Pl. LXXII), 1845After the artist
Lithograph · Paper
19 1/8 x 24in
Bonhams · Apr 27, 2014 · Lot 2057
$175≈ £104≈ €126Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $200–400View at Bonhams ↗
Fish Hawk or Osprey (Plate 288), 1860After the artist
Lithograph · Paper
sight 38 1/2 x 26 1/2in
Bonhams · Jul 14, 2013 · Lot 7110
$2,250≈ £1,495≈ €1,729Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,500View at Bonhams ↗
Black Skimmer or Shearwater (Plate 428), 1860After the artist
Lithograph · Paper
20 x 25 3/8in
Bonhams · Jul 14, 2013 · Lot 7111
$688≈ £457≈ €528Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–1,200View at Bonhams ↗
Swallow-tailed Hawk (Plate 18), 1860After the artist
Lithograph · Paper
sight 26 1/4 x 38 1/2in
Bonhams · Jul 14, 2013 · Lot 7112
$313≈ £208≈ €240Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $500–700View at Bonhams ↗
Great Auk (Pl. 465), 1860After the artist
Lithograph · Paper
23 5/8 x 36 3/4in
Bonhams · Feb 24, 2013 · Lot 5101
$1,063≈ £702≈ €799Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $700–1,000View at Bonhams ↗
Yellow-Crowned Heron (Pl. CCCXXXVI), c. 1860After the artist
Lithograph · Paper
35 1/2 x 23 3/4in
Bonhams · Jul 22, 2012 · Lot 1097
$2,000≈ £1,288≈ €1,639Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–1,500View at Bonhams ↗
Grey RabbitAfter the artist
Lithograph
19 in. x 25 1/2 in
Sloans & Kenyon · Feb 24, 2012 · Lot 1506
$1,000≈ £632≈ €746HammerSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–1,500View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
BLACK-TAILED HARE, plate LXIII from "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America"After the artist
Lithograph
20 in. x 26 in
Sloans & Kenyon · Feb 24, 2012 · Lot 1507
$1,500≈ £949≈ €1,118HammerSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,000View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗

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About John James Audubon

John James Audubon was a French-American artist, entrepreneur, naturalist, explorer, and ornithologist. His combined interests in painting and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. He was notable for his extensive studies of American birds and for his detailed illustrations, which were engraved in Scotland and England for a large-format color-plate (intaglio) book titled The Birds of America (1827–1838), and five volumes of accompanying text entitled Ornithological Biography (1831–1839).

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