Mark Catesby: career timeline

British · 1679–1749 · Few works by Mark Catesby have a recorded creation date (30 of 146), so works are grouped by the decade they were sold, not made. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Mark Catesby: works at auction by decade the work was sold (creation dates are not recorded for most of these works). Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade sold	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
2010s	84	80	$700Sign up	Engraving
2020s	62	55	$850Sign up	Engraving

Sold in the 2010s 84 works

Sold: 80 of 84
Median: $700Sign up
Average: $904Sign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 10 in (35 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Engraving (82), Etching (2)
Subjects: Birds (11), Landscapes (4), Sea & coast (4)

sold 2010 Columba capite alboUnsold
sold 2010 SciurusUnsold
sold 2011 Rhododendron with Mountain Laurel$775Sign up
sold 2011 Skunk Cabbage and Tree Frog$726Sign up
sold 2014 Lady Fish T.24, from the Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, 18th century edition$450Sign up
sold 2014 Horned Devil's Caterpillar T.94$400Sign up
sold 2014 Alligator T.63$700Sign up
sold 2015 The Summer Redbird, T.56, from the Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, 3rd edition, conjoined monogram "MC$800Sign up
sold 2016 Northern Leopard Frog, T.70 from [The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands]$1.3kSign up
1738 Green Anole, T.65, Alligator, T. 63, from [The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands]$1.1kSign up
sold 2016 [Novacula], T.18, from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands, 18th century edition$850Sign up
1734 Hawksbill Sea Turtle, T.39, from [The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands]$2.2kSign up

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…and 60 more works from this group in the full results list.

Sold in the 2020s 62 works

Sold: 55 of 62
Median: $850Sign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 10 in (35 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Engraving (48), Etching (14)
Subjects: Birds (14), Landscapes (5), Cattle & animals (3)

Show 12 more (2020s)

…and 38 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Mark Catesby auction results →