William Scott
British · 1913–1989 · Painter, Draughtsman
William Scott was a prominent abstract painter from Northern Ireland, known for his themes of still life, landscape and female nudes. He is the most internationally celebrated… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
- BLUE STILL LIFEWhyte's · €450,000≈ $503,460≈ £391,920Sign up to see
Still Life With Frying PandeVeres · €200,000≈ $242,280≈ £182,289Sign up to see
Still Life on White with BeansMorgan O'Driscoll · €150,000≈ $176,505≈ £130,551Sign up to see
William Scott’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
5 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.
1 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 16 | 15 | 94% | $130kSign up | $101kSign up | $503kSign up |
| Oil | 14 | 14 | 100% | $139kSign up | $114kSign up | $503kSign up |
| Acrylic | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Mixed media | 1 | 1 | 100% | $4.6kSign up | $4.6kSign up | $4.6kSign up |
| Works on paper | 59 | 46 | 78% | $16.4kSign up | $11.4kSign up | $106kSign up |
| Watercolor | 14 | 12 | 86% | $13kSign up | $12.5kSign up | $33.3kSign up |
| Gouache | 18 | 16 | 89% | $30kSign up | $21kSign up | $106kSign up |
| Pastel | 5 | 5 | 100% | $9.6kSign up | $11.3kSign up | $12.4kSign up |
| Drawing | 21 | 13 | 62% | $5.4kSign up | $2.9kSign up | $16.4kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 197 | 166 | 84% | $3.8kSign up | $3.1kSign up | $14.3kSign up |
| Lithograph | 102 | 89 | 87% | $3.8kSign up | $3.3kSign up | $11.7kSign up |
| Screenprint | 80 | 63 | 79% | $4.1kSign up | $2.8kSign up | $14.3kSign up |
| Print (other) | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.3kSign up | $2.3kSign up | $2.3kSign up |
| Multiple | 14 | 13 | 93% | $2.9kSign up | $3.1kSign up | $4.2kSign up |
| Other | 19 | 17 | 89% | $14.5kSign up | $2.7kSign up | $149kSign 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 | 11 | 11 | $3.1kSign up |
| 2025 | 28 | 24 | $2.6kSign up |
| 2024 | 16 | 15 | $5.7kSign up |
| 2023 | 25 | 24 | $3.4kSign up |
| 2022 | 25 | 20 | $4.1kSign up |
| 2021 | 23 | 19 | $2.6kSign up |
| 2020 | 21 | 19 | $7.6kSign up |
| 2019 | 9 | 5 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2018 | 21 | 18 | $2.5kSign up |
| 2017 | 16 | 12 | $5.6kSign up |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | $2kSign up |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | $2.4kSign up |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 | $8.1kSign up |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | $2.4kSign up |
| 2012 | 6 | 5 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2011 | 5 | 2 | $2.1kSign up |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | $3.3kSign up |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2008 | 7 | 5 | $5.3kSign up |
| 2007 | 27 | 23 | $4.6kSign up |
| 2006 | 8 | 7 | $7.6kSign up |
| 2005 | 6 | 5 | $6.4kSign up |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 | $10.6kSign up |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | $1.6kSign up |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 | $8.1kSign up |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 1994 | 1 | 1 | —Sign up |