Sarah Purser
Irish · 1848–1943 · Painter
Sarah Henrietta Purser RHA was an Irish artist mainly noted for her portraiture. She was the first woman to become a full member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. She also… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
- A VISITORWhyte's · €97,000≈ $114,392≈ £66,376Sign up to see
- MARGARETWhyte's · €35,000≈ $44,289≈ £23,562Sign up to see
- WOMAN WITH FANWhyte's · €10,500≈ $13,775≈ £8,811Sign up to see
Sarah Purser’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).
Coming up at auction
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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 16 | 14 | 88% | $16.2kSign up | $5.8kSign up | $114kSign up |
| Oil | 16 | 14 | 88% | $16.2kSign up | $5.8kSign up | $114kSign up |
| Works on paper | 66 | 46 | 70% | $1.3kSign up | $758Sign up | $11.3kSign up |
| Watercolor | 7 | 4 | 57% | $1.1kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $1.3kSign up |
| Pastel | 4 | 2 | 50% | $9.5kSign up | $9.5kSign up | $11.3kSign up |
| Drawing | 55 | 40 | 73% | $853Sign up | $756Sign up | $2.7kSign up |
| Other | 4 | 1 | 25% | $905Sign up | $905Sign up | $905Sign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | $760Sign up |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | $521Sign up |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | $565Sign up |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 | $378Sign up |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | $176Sign up |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | $11.6kSign up |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | $360Sign up |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | $1.8kSign up |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | $7.1kSign up |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | $2.1kSign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $8.1kSign up |
| 2009 | 32 | 21 | $882Sign up |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | $7.6kSign up |
| 2006 | 8 | 5 | $1.6kSign up |
| 2005 | 4 | 3 | $2.7kSign up |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | $4.8kSign up |