John Singleton Copley
American · 1738–1815 · Painter, Printmaker
John Singleton Copley was an American-born British painter active in both the Thirteen Colonies and England. He is believed to have been born in Boston, Province of… (Wikipedia)
Own a work by John Singleton Copley? Get a free auction estimate →
Record prices
- Portrait of Henry Belasyse, Second Earl of Fauconberg, in uniform in a landscape (P. 591)Brunk Auctions · $32,000≈ £24,252≈ €29,086Sign up to see
Study for Portrait of Hugh Montgomerie, later Twelfth Earl of EglingtonBonhams · $5,376≈ £3,891≈ €4,492Sign up to see
John Singleton Copley’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).
Price trend
7 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
2 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 2 | 1 | 50% | $32kSign up | $32kSign up | $32kSign up |
| Oil | 2 | 1 | 50% | $32kSign up | $32kSign up | $32kSign up |
| Works on paper | 1 | 1 | 100% | $5.4kSign up | $5.4kSign up | $5.4kSign up |
| Drawing | 1 | 1 | 100% | $5.4kSign up | $5.4kSign up | $5.4kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.