Mark Catesby, The Purple Jack Daw (Gracula Quiscula)

Mark Catesby

British · 1679–1749 · Painter, Printmaker

English naturalist, painter and etcher (1683–1749)

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146lots offered2010–2026years recorded94%sold (135)$750Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. T. 46 The ChattererBrunk Auctions · $8,500≈ £6,442≈ €7,726Sign up to see
  2. Mark Catesby, A Set of Six Ornithological Prints from Recueil de divers Oiseaux étrangers et peu communs, qui se trouvent dans les ouvrages de MM Edwards et Catesby (Nuremberg, 1770-1773), after Catesby's 'Natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (1729-1747), hand-colored engravingA Set of Six Ornithological Prints from Recueil de divers Oiseaux étrangers et peu communs, qui se trouvent dans les ouvrages de MM Edwards et Catesby (Nuremberg, 1770-1773), after Catesby's 'Natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (1729-1747)Bonhams · $8,320≈ £6,347≈ €7,576Sign up to see
  3. T. 11 Parrot of Carolina from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama IslandsBrunk Auctions · $6,000≈ £4,547≈ €5,454Sign up to see

Mark Catesby’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).

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Average price
median $750free account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
135
of 144 offered · 2010–2026
Sell-through
94%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k20132015201720192021202320252011-07-13 · $7262011-07-13 · $7752014-11-15 · $7002014-11-15 · $4002014-11-15 · $4502015-05-15 · $8002016-07-09 · $2,4002016-09-17 · $1,5002016-09-17 · $9502016-09-17 · $2,2002016-09-17 · $8502016-09-17 · $1,1002016-09-17 · $1,3002017-01-25 · $4782017-01-28 · $1,0002017-01-28 · $4002017-01-28 · $3502017-05-20 · $3002017-05-25 · $3,2502017-05-25 · $1,3002017-05-25 · $1,1002017-05-25 · $8502017-05-25 · $5502017-05-25 · $6002017-05-25 · $3752017-05-25 · $3752017-05-25 · $6502017-05-25 · $2002017-05-25 · $2252017-05-25 · $1752017-05-25 · $2502017-05-25 · $2752017-05-25 · $2002017-05-25 · $1,1002017-05-25 · $8502017-05-25 · $2752017-05-25 · $4252017-05-25 · $4002017-05-25 · $2502017-05-25 · $2252017-05-25 · $3752018-01-27 · $5502018-11-17 · $4502018-11-17 · $1,7002018-11-17 · $3002018-11-17 · $1,5002018-11-17 · $5002018-11-17 · $6502018-11-17 · $5002018-11-17 · $5002018-11-17 · $5002018-12-06 · $1002019-03-23 · $1,8002019-03-23 · $1,5002019-03-23 · $1,0002019-03-23 · $7502019-03-23 · $5502019-03-23 · $8002019-03-23 · $1,2002019-03-23 · $2,6002019-03-23 · $7502019-03-23 · $3,7502019-03-23 · $1,2002019-03-23 · $1,7002019-03-23 · $1,5002019-03-23 · $2,6002019-03-23 · $1,6002019-04-17 · $1962019-07-20 · $4002019-07-20 · $6002019-07-20 · $2,0002019-07-20 · $6502019-07-20 · $8002019-07-20 · $1,6002019-07-20 · $7502019-09-14 · $1,0002019-11-09 · $5502019-12-07 · $3002019-12-07 · $7002019-12-07 · $1,3002020-07-31 · $3002020-08-01 · $1,7002020-10-03 · $9502020-10-03 · $1,2002020-10-03 · $1,1002020-10-03 · $6502020-10-03 · $7002020-10-03 · $1,4002021-09-11 · $2,4002021-09-11 · $1,5002021-09-11 · $2,4002022-02-05 · $1,6002022-03-26 · $6,0002022-03-26 · $8502022-03-26 · $1,5002022-03-26 · $4,0002022-03-26 · $9002022-03-26 · $6502022-03-26 · $6002022-03-26 · $1002022-03-26 · $2502022-03-26 · $6002022-03-26 · $1502022-03-26 · $2,6002022-03-26 · $1,2002022-03-26 · $4002022-03-26 · $4002022-03-26 · $1,0002022-03-26 · $8,5002022-09-15 · $2002022-09-15 · $6002023-03-25 · $4,2502023-03-25 · $1,6002023-03-25 · $4502023-03-25 · $8502023-03-25 · $3502023-03-25 · $9502023-03-25 · $4002023-05-19 · $1,0002023-09-14 · $2002023-11-16 · $6452024-10-08 · $8,3202025-09-11 · $5002025-09-11 · $1,6002025-11-20 · $3002026-07-30 · $5502026-09-23 · $1,4002026-09-23 · $1,1002026-09-23 · $8002026-09-23 · $1,4002026-09-23 · $5002026-09-23 · $8502026-09-23 · $1,5002026-09-23 · $2502026-09-23 · $650
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

16 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

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Prints & multiples14413594%$1.1kSign up$750Sign up$8.5kSign up
Etching1616100%$915Sign up$825Sign up$1.7kSign up
Engraving12811993%$1.1kSign up$700Sign up$8.5kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
20261010$825Sign up
202533$500Sign up
202411$8.3kSign up
20231010$748Sign up
20222520$750Sign up
202133$2.4kSign up
202088$1kSign up
20192828$1kSign up
20181111$500Sign up
20173028$388Sign up
201677$1.3kSign up
201511$800Sign up
201433$450Sign up
201122$750Sign up
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