What is a John Speed print worth?
1552–1629 · Price guide from past auction results
Half of the 68 works by John Speed with a published auction price sold between $146Sign up free to see and $355Sign up free to see, and the median is $228Sign up free to see. For prints alone, the median is $226Sign up free to see across 66 sales. In the last five years the median was $274Sign up free to see across 37 sales. These are past auction results, not a valuation: medium, size, condition and provenance all change what a particular work brings.
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John Speed prices by medium
- Auction results
- 69
- Sold rate
- 99%
- Active at auction
- 2007–2026
- Median price
- $228Sign up free to see
- Record price
- $6.4kSign up free to see Europ and the cheife cities…, Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny, Feb 2025
| Medium | Priced sales | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prints | 66 | $145–$348Sign up free to see | $226Sign up free to see |
Top auction houses: Toovey's (58), Anderson & Garland (5), Sloans & Kenyon (1)
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Typical range is the middle half of priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). Past auction results, not a valuation.
Recent John Speed sales
- Surrey described and divided into Hundreds': map of Surrey, engraving with hand-colouring — $216Sign up free to see, Toovey's, May 13, 2026
- Shropshyre described’: map of Shropshire, engraving with hand-colouring — $162Sign up free to see, Toovey's, May 13, 2026
- France, engraving on paper — $227Sign up free to see, Olympia Auctions, Mar 22, 2026
- A New and Accurat Map of the World, engraving with hand-colouring — $3,913Sign up free to see, Toovey's, Nov 5, 2025
- Midle-Sex described with the most Famous Cities of London and Westminster': Map of Middlesex, described by John Norden, sold by Thomas Bassett, engraving with later hand-colouring — $1,500Sign up free to see, Toovey's, Nov 5, 2025
- Cornwall': map of the county with vignette of Launceston and heralds, engraving with hand colouring — $1,065Sign up free to see, Toovey's, Aug 6, 2025
- Cambridgeshire described with the devision of the hundreds, the Townes situation...': map of the county of Cambridgeshire with heraldic border, engraving with hand colouring — $612Sign up free to see, Toovey's, Aug 6, 2025
- The Kingdome of Irland: map of Ireland, engraving with hand colouring — $933Sign up free to see, Toovey's, May 14, 2025
Questions about John Speed prices
What is a John Speed print worth?
Based on 68 priced auction sales recorded by ArtSell, works by John Speed have sold for a median of $228, and half of them sold between $146 and $355. For prints alone the median is $226 (66 sales). Medium, size, condition, subject and provenance all affect the price of a particular work; these are past auction results, not a valuation.
What is the most expensive work by John Speed sold at auction?
The highest price in ArtSell’s records is $6,426 for “Europ and the cheife cities…” at Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny in February 2025.
How often do John Speed works sell at auction?
99% of the 69 lots recorded between 2007 and 2026 sold.
How can I sell a John Speed print?
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ArtSell has recorded 69 auction results for John Speed between 2007 and 2026, and 68 of them sold (99%).
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