William John Thomson, Portrait of Mary Butler Stark-Christie of Ballinden

William John Thomson

British · 1771–1845 · Painter

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2auction results2018–2025years recorded100%sold (2)$212Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Portrait of a LadyBrunk Auctions · $250≈ £177≈ €202Sign up to see
  2. William John Thomson, ‘The Importance of a Penny’, oil on panel‘The Importance of a Penny’Toovey's · £130≈ $173≈ €148Sign up to see

William John Thomson’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 $212free account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
2
of 2 offered · 2018–2025
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$32$100$316$1k20192020202120222023202420252018-03-24 · $2502025-12-03 · $173
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.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings11100%$173Sign up$173Sign up$173Sign up
Oil11100%$173Sign up$173Sign up$173Sign up
Works on paper11100%$250Sign up$250Sign up$250Sign up
Watercolor11100%$250Sign up$250Sign up$250Sign 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
202511$173Sign up
201811$250Sign up

Related artists — British, born 1746–1796