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William Shakespeare

English · 1564–1616 · Printmaker

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4auction results2023years recorded100%sold (4)$882Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. William Shakespeare, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 1899, full leather-bound book with gilding, Classic vellum, silkThe Sonnets of ShakespeareToomey & Co. · $4,788≈ £3,795≈ €4,431Sign up to see
  2. William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 1903, 3/4 levant with alligator hide-bound book, Imperial Japan vellumAs You Like ItToomey & Co. · $1,071≈ £849≈ €991Sign up to see
  3. William Shakespeare, Ye Tragedy of King Lear, 1904, paper and cloth-bound book, Kraft paperYe Tragedy of King LearToomey & Co. · $693≈ £549≈ €641Sign up to see

William Shakespeare’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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median $882free account
High
$4.8kSign up free to see
auction record in database
Lots sold
4
of 4 offered · 2023–2023
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$316$1k$3k$10k2023-08-23 · $4412023-08-23 · $4,7882023-08-23 · $1,0712023-08-23 · $693
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
Works on paper44100%$1.7kSign up$882Sign up$4.8kSign 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
202344$882Sign up

Related artists — English, born 1539–1589