Charles Folkard Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Charles Folkard Art Value Price Guide

Jul. 25, 2024
† Charles James Folkard (1878-1963), 'The Chest Contained Nothing but Tennis Balls', watercolour, pen and ink, signed and dated 'Charles Folkard '11' (lower right), 26cm x 18cm, framed and glazed 62 cm x 47 cm
Est: £200 - £300
† Charles James Folkard (1878-1963), 'The Chest Contained Nothing but Tennis Balls', watercolour, pen and ink, signed and dated 'Charles Folkard '11' (lower right), 26cm x 18cm, framed and glazed 62 cm x 47 cm Chris Beetles Limited label (verso)
Dawsons Auctioneers
Jun. 27, 2024
† Charles James Folkard (1878-1963), 'The Chest Contained Nothing but Tennis Balls', watercolour, pen and ink, signed and dated 'Charles Folkard '11' (lower right), 26cm x 18cm, framed and glazed 62 cm x 47 cm
Est: £500 - £700
† Charles James Folkard (1878-1963), 'The Chest Contained Nothing but Tennis Balls', watercolour, pen and ink, signed and dated 'Charles Folkard '11' (lower right), 26cm x 18cm, framed and glazed 62 cm x 47 cm Chris Beetles Limited label (verso)
Dawsons Auctioneers
Mar. 09, 2022
* Folkard (Charles 1878-1963). The artist's painting smock coat, early-mid 20th century
Est: £150 - £200
* Folkard (Charles 1878-1963). The artist's painting smock coat, early-mid 20th century Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). The artist's painting smock coat, early-mid 20th century, long smock coat, handmade in linen, with collar, long sleeves with cuffs, and two patch pockets, machine-stitched seams, yoke, pockets, and sleeves smocked by hand in cream thread, hand-stitched button holes to front opening and cuffs (lacking buttons), some staining and marks, one 6" drip of white paint to right-hand smocked area of yoke, linen hanging loop inside neck broken, length 109 cm (43 ins), sleeve length 59 cm (23 2/8 ins), together with: The artist's lay figure, possibly French, 19th century, hand-carved wooden figurine with articulated head, torso, and limbs, lower part of left leg attached to right knee, lower part of right leg detached (and broken where articulated), 17.5cm x 5cm (6 7/8 x 2ins), plus an autograph letter signed written to the artist's grandson, saying 'Ted [Folkard, the artist's brother] gave me this years ago after "mending" it - you observe the legs are on the wrong way round!', going on to express the hope that he would picture his grandfather using & enjoying it, and Teddy Tail looking into a cave, pen & ink with watercolour wash in tones of blue, showing a mouse wearing a striped tunic and a hat, looking through a crevice at rock formations, signed upper left 'Charles Folkard', 13 x 18.7cm (5 1/8 x 7 3/8ins), mounted, framed and glazed (25.7 x 31.1cm), with pencil inscription on backboard 'Teddy Tail - Rock' Qty: (3) Footnote: Provenance: From the artist and thence by descent. The smocking on the coat is believed by the family to have been stitched by the artist's daughter, Janet (born 1917). The photograph of Charles Folkard wearing the smock and leaning over a garden gate was taken in the 1950s in Winchelsea, Sussex, where he and his son built a cottage on the Ridge near the beach. Charles Folkard is best-known for his imaginative illustrative work for children's books, as well as for creating the influential strip cartoon 'Teddy Tail'. Before becoming an artist, Folkard was a magician and performed Punch and Judy shows, appearing under the pseudonym 'Professor Volkard'. It is thought that he probably wore a velvet jacket and velvet smoking hat when in this guise. He only realised his artistic talents when he began designing programmes for his conjuring shows. Family reminiscences recall that at least one of his small grandsons found Folkard's Punch and Judy shows quite terrifying, whilst later he cut quite a figure in his smock.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Sep. 03, 2020
Artist & Illustrator.- Folkard (Charles, illustrator) 53 Autograph Letters signed and 1 Postcard signed to Dent publisher's, 1931-33, on printing his illustrations for "The Land of Nursery Rhyme" and â¦
Est: £100 - £150
Artist & Illustrator.- Folkard (Charles, illustrator and comics artist, 1878-1963) 53 Autograph Letters signed and 1 Postcard signed to Dent publisher's, 68pp. & 1 side, with file copy typed replies from Dent, sm. 4to, 2 Court Farm Road, Mottingham, [London], 4th February 1931 - 21st June 1933, on printing his illustrations for The Land of Nursery Rhyme and other projects, "I am very sorry to learn that you have had much difficulty with the colour scheme for 'The Land of Nursery Rhyme'. In most cases it does not matter very much what colour is used. But where the Rhyme refers to a Little Boy Blue, or a Golden Egg then I think it is important that the colour should be right"; and a manuscript note, "Land of Nursery Rhyme - Colour scheme for text illustrations", folds (54 pieces). ⁂ Correspondence refers to The Land of Nursery Rhyme. As seen by Alice Daglish and Ernest Rhys. With ... pictures drawn by Charles Folkard, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1932.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jun. 25, 2020
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). The Pirate Ship & other original artwork
Est: £400 - £600
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). The Pirate Ship, pen, ink, and watercolour, depicting a crowded sailing ship flying a Jolly Roger flag, filled with ten cavorting pirate mice and imps accompanied by a frog, the vessel with newspaper hull, a tiller of spent matches, a mast of pencils and wooden cotton reel with a patched sail, and with a parrot perched on the mast, foreground with a large fish in the sea cocking a snook with his tail, signed lower left, some light spotting to sky and clouds, 23 x 18 cm (9 x 7.25 ins), mounted, together with: "Faithful John", pencil on paper, depicting a galleon with various figures on board, one playing a flute, with 3 ravens in the air above, titled in pencil to lower margin below image, 26.5 x 16.5 cm (10.5 x 6.5 ins), mounted Owl and Crescent Moon, pen, ink, and watercolour, on translucent paper mounted on card, depicting a long-eared owl perched on a branch of oak leaves and acorns, against a crescent moon, verso with the artist's name and address in pencil, 16.5 x 11.5 cm (6.5 x 4.5 ins), mounted The Folkard Font, pen & ink on paper in the artist's hand, showcasing a calligraphic font, with upper and lower case letters and Arabic numerals, horizontal fold, 21.5 x 16.5 cm (8.5 x 6.5 ins), mounted A Sussex Cottage, pencil and gouache on paper, depicting a clapperboard house with tall chimneys and a picket fence, 11.5 x 9 cm (4.5 x 3.5 ins), verso with mirror image of cottage blocked in colour, 13.5 x 11 cm (5.25 x 4.25 ins), and another version of the cottage in pencil, spotted, 18.5 x 13 cm (7.5 x 5 ins), mounted, plus a caricature head & shoulders self-portrait, pencil on paper, with flap to fold down revealing a cavernous mouth, signed and dated 1945, 11 x 11.5 cm (4.5 x 4 ins), and a pen & ink sketch of a seated monkey painting onto a hand mirror, captioned "I'm painting my own portrait" within frame to upper margin, irregularly trimmed, laid down on card, 9 x 6 cm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), mounted, plus a small quantity of children's books illustrated by Charles Folkard, including: Tales Old and New, 6 volumes, original cloth (one crudely rebacked); How Lotys Had Tea with a Lion; The Jackdaw of Rheims; 8 Teddy Tail series (generally in poor condition); and a small scrapbook of Teddy Tail cartoon cuttings (Qty: 27)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jun. 25, 2020
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). 'Plash-Splash gave a leap in the air and vanished into the water'
Est: £200 - £300
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). 'Plash-Splash gave a leap in the air and vanished into the water', 1928, pen, ink, and watercolour, depicting a river sprite bursting forth from the water to the alarm of a dog and several frogs, monogrammed lower left, 30 x 21 cm (11.75 x 8.25 ins), mounted, framed and glazed, together with a copy of the book for which the picture was executed, scattered spotting, small square of card pasted to recto of rear free endpaper, original quarter cloth with pictorial label on upper cover, spine frayed, 4to (Qty: 2)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jun. 25, 2020
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). Anthropomorphic tree
Est: £300 - £500
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). Anthropomorphic tree, pen, ink, and watercolour, depicting a tree with human features expressing alarm as a gentleman in a tweed suit and cap aims a knife at its roots, watched by a young lady in a bonnet, a nest containing two birds in the branches of the tree, signed lower left, 26 x 20.5 cm (10.25 x 8 ins), mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jun. 25, 2020
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). A pair of drawings for Grimm's Fairy Tales
Est: £150 - £250
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). A pair of drawings for Grimm's Fairy Tales, 2 pen & ink drawings with bodycolour, one depicting Hans conversing with a butcher, with a cow behind and a pig in a wheelbarrow, monogrammed to lower right of image, and with calligraphic title below image 'Hans in Luck', 16 x 24.5 cm (6.25 x 9.75 ins), the other depicting a perturbed-looking king scratching his chin and a lion emerging from drapes behind, monogrammed to lower right of image, and with calligraphic title below image 'The Twelve Hunstmen', vertical crease to right-hand blank margin, 8 x 24 cm (7 x 9.5 ins), matching mounts and frames, glazed (Qty: 2)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jun. 25, 2020
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). '"Yes, it's the talisman," repeated Sato, dancing with excitement'
Est: £200 - £300
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). '"Yes, it's the talisman," repeated Sato, dancing with excitement', 1928, gouache, depicting a hobgoblin prancing in front of an owl, monogrammed lower right, 31 x 21 cm (12.25 x 8.25 ins), mounted, framed and glazed, together with a copy of the book for which the picture was commissioned, light spotting, original quarter cloth with pictorial label on upper cover, rubbed and extremities worn, 4to (Qty: 2)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 12, 2019
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1863). "Faithful John"
Est: £300 - £500
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1863). "Faithful John", pencil on paper, depicting a galleon with various figures on board, one playing a flute, with 3 ravens in the air above, titled in pencil to lower margin below image, 26.5 x 16.5 cm (10.5 x 6.5 ins), mounted, together with Owl and Crescent Moon, pen, ink, and watercolour, on translucent paper mounted on card, depicting a long-eared owl perched on a branch of oak leaves and acorns, against a crescent moon, verso with the artist's name and address in pencil, 16.5 x 11.5 cm (6.5 x 4.5 ins), mounted, plus The Folkard Font, pen & ink on paper in the artist's hand, showcasing a calligraphic font, with upper and lower case letters and Arabic numerals, horizontal fold, 21.5 x 16.5 cm (8.5 x 6.5 ins), mounted, and A Sussex Cottage, pencil and gouache on paper, depicting a clapperboard house with tall chimneys and a picket fence, 11.5 x 9 cm (4.5 x 3.5 ins), verso with mirror image of cottage blocked in colour, 13.5 x 11 cm (5.25 x 4.25 ins), plus another version of the cottage in pencil, spotted, 18.5 x 13 cm (7.5 x 5 ins), mounted, and a caricature head & shoulders self-portrait, pencil on paper, with flap to fold down revealing a cavernous mouth, signed and dated 1945, 11 x 11.5 cm (4.5 x 4 ins), plus a pen & ink sketch of a seated monkey painting onto a hand mirror, captioned "I'm painting my own portrait" within frame to upper margin, irregularly trimmed, laid down on card, 9 x 6 cm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), mounted (Qty: 7)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 12, 2019
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). "Teddy Tail with Apple"
Est: £150 - £200
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). "Teddy Tail with Apple", pen, ink, and watercolour, on paper, depicting Teddy Tail holding hands with a large apple who has a beaming face and wears a crown, each sitting on a leaf shooting through the air, surrounded by other leaves, initialled lower right, some light toning and spots, 12.5 x 20 cm (5 x 7.75 ins), mounted on card with old hanging thread and pencilled title on verso, together with Teddy Tail and Jack & Jill, 2 pen & ink illustrations on one sheet of card, each within a black line border, one depicting Teddy Tail with a wooden pail stuck on his head and Jack & Jill in tears beside, and the other (below) showing Teddy Tail hopping around trying the remove the bucket, latter signed upper right, toned, marginal printer's instructions in pencil, titled in pencil on verso 'Teddy Tail sketches', sheet size 30 x 23 cm (11.75 x 9 ins), plus a truncated pen & ink cartoon on card for the same story, showing a partial image of Teddy Tail with pail on head and a wooden horse, toned and annotated as above, and with two hanging holes in upper line border, sheet size 9 x 28 cm (3.75 x 11 ins) (Qty: 3)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 12, 2019
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). The Pirate Ship
Est: £200 - £400
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). The Pirate Ship, pen, ink, and watercolour, depicting a crowded sailing ship flying a Jolly Roger flag, filled with ten cavorting pirate mice and imps accompanied by a frog, the vessel with newspaper hull, a tiller of spent matches, a mast of pencils and wooden cotton reel with a patched sail, and with a parrot perched on the mast, foreground with a large fish in the sea cocking a snook with his tail, signed lower left, some light spotting to sky and clouds, 23 x 18 cm (9 x 7.25 ins), mounted (Qty: 1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 12, 2019
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). Yet You Balance an Eel on the End of Your Nose
Est: £300 - £500
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). Yet You Balance an Eel on the End of Your Nose, pen, ink and watercolour, depicting a stout bewigged gentleman on a river bank, wearing a floral waistcoat, brown breeches, a blue frock coat, and buckled shoes, holding a fishing rod in his left hand, and looking skywards with an eel balanced on his nose, with a willow creel on the ground beside and two jumping frog onlookers, signed lower left within cartouche, pencilled inscription on verso (in another hand), 21 x 16 cm (8.25 x 6.25 ins), mounted (mount obscuring signature) (Qty: 1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 12, 2019
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). Rumpelstiltskin, 1910
Est: £300 - £500
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). "On a sudden the door opened, and a droll-looking little man hobbled in", 1910, pen, ink & watercolour, depicting Rumpelstiltskin doffing his feathered cap to the miller's daughter, who sits before a spinning wheel surrounded by sheaves of straw, a make-shift red curtain pinned at the diamond lattice pane, and a scuttering mouse in the foreground, signed and dated lower left, 22.5 x 15 cm (8.75 x 6 ins), mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 12, 2019
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). The Wizard's Enchantments
Est: £400 - £600
* Folkard (Charles, 1878-1963). The Wizard's Enchantments, pen, ink, and watercolour on artist's board, depicting a cavernous candle-lit scene with a wizened bearded sorcerer sitting on a high stool, dressed in a scarlet cloak, and matching fur-lined boots and pointed hat adorned with stars and a crescent moon, with a potion bubbling on the brick stove before him, large leather-bound tomes scattered on the floor, a crow perched on an open volume, a pair of onlooking mice, a skull, and various other accoutrements of wizardry, 26 x 17 cm (10.25 x 6.75 ins), mounted, together with a pencil sketch on paper similar, depicting a wizard at work surrounded by bellows, ancient texts, potion bottles, pestle & mortar, etc., a few paint stains, verso with additional sketch of a wizard, pencil, partially outlined in black ink, sheet size 25.5 x 20 cm (10 x 8 ins) (Qty: 2)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 11, 2013
FOLKARD, CHARLES. 1878-1963.- Archive of original drawings for -The Swiss Family Robinson,
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Archive of original drawings for The Swiss Family Robinson, comprising: 1. 2 watercolors with pen-and-ink and pencil, touches of white, 347 x 233 mm and 265 x 167 mm, both signed. The larger one depicts the entire family in the hand-built raft; the second the father and two of the older boys exploring a cave. 2. Pen-and-ink drawing for the front cover and the spine; plus pencil and red ink drawing for the endpapers. 3. 10 pen-and-ink silhouette drawings heightened in white, various sizes. 4. 6 further pen-and-ink silhouette drawings collaged with page ornamentation, about 65 x 240 mm each (one much larger, being the headpiece for chapter 37), all signed in initials. 5. 3 pen-and-ink drawings, one with pencil, various sizes, 2 of which are chapter headpieces (chapters 9 & 25) and one depicting Jack being nipped by a lobster. Published: The Swiss Family Robinson by J.R. Wyss (London: J.M. Dent, 1910 and multiple reprints). Tremendous cache of original drawings from Charles Folkard's edition of this classic tale of shipwreck and adventure. The whimsical drawings capture both the excitement of the scenes and the exotic East Indian flora and fauna.
Bonhams
Jan. 24, 2013
CHARLES FOLKARD. The Arabian Nights.
Est: $800 - $1,200
CHARLES FOLKARD. The Arabian Nights. 12 tipped-in color plates by Folkard with lettered tissue guards and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Thick 4to, publisher's pictorial cloth showing a monkey smoking a hookah, edges rubbed with some surface loss; scattered foxing, preliminaries and endleaves browned, hinges reinforced, small owner's ink stamp on title. edition de luxe. number 208 of 250 copies signed by the publisher./span London: Adam & Charles Black, (1913)
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 29, 2011
Charles James Folkard (1878-1963)
Est: £500 - £800
Charles James Folkard (1878-1963) Front cover design for Walter Carroll's Water Sprites: A piano score for children signed 'CHARLES/FOLKARD/' (lower right), inscribed 'Water Sprites' (upper centre) and further inscribed 'WALTER CARROLL' (lower centre) pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 11, 2011
FOLKARD, CHARLES JAMES.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
FOLKARD, CHARLES JAMES. "The Queen of Hearts | She made some tarts" 14 1/8 by 10 1/4 in., gouache, signed with artist's initials "CF" lower left, matted, glazed and framed (23 1/2 by 19 1/2 in.), some minor abrasions, creases and minor loss around artist's initials
Sotheby's
Feb. 08, 2011
CHARLES FOLKARD (1878-1963) - Teddy Tails "Jack
Est: £80 - £120
CHARLES FOLKARD (1878-1963) - Teddy Tails "Jack Builder", black ink on paper, signed, original cartoon artwork with corrections in white, image size 13.5cms x 19cms, paper glued to card backing and with mount Provenance: The vendors mother was a cookery columnist at the Daily Mail and was given this by Folkard on the birth of her son
Tamlyns
Dec. 16, 2010
FOLKARD, CHARLES.
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
FOLKARD, CHARLES. TWO ILLUSTRATIONS, COMPRISING: i) "If any one lied, or if any one swore -", 425 by 270mm.; ii) St George and the Dragon, 446 by 270mm., both signed 'Charles Folkard' lower right, mounted, framed and glazed
Sotheby's
Oct. 20, 2010
Charles James Folkard (1878-?) On the Quayside (a
Est: £400 - £600
Charles James Folkard (1878-?) On the Quayside (a scene from the Merchant of Venice) Watercolour and pen and ink Signed lower left 28.5 x 22cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in) condition report: Under glass, very slight spotting to background
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 20, 2010
Charles James Folkard (1878-?) Romeo and Juliet
Est: £400 - £600
Charles James Folkard (1878-?) Romeo and Juliet Watercolour and pen and ink 34.5 x 22 cm (13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in) condition report: Under glass, slight discolouring/fading
Dreweatts 1759
Oct. 15, 2010
CHARLES FOLKARD (American, 1878-1963) These Two Brave Men Met and Fought, 1911 Pen, ink, and watercolor on paper 13 x 8 in. Signed lower left This illustration was reproduced as the color plate opposite page 454 in Coriolanus from The Children's
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
CHARLES FOLKARD (American, 1878-1963) These Two Brave Men Met and Fought, 1911 Pen, ink, and watercolor on paper 13 x 8 in. Signed lower left This illustration was reproduced as the color plate opposite page 454 in Coriolanus from The Children's Shakespeare, c. 1911. From an Important California Collection.
Heritage Auctions
Mar. 24, 2010
Charles James Folkard (1878-1963) Illustration,
Est: £150 - £250
Charles James Folkard (1878-1963) Illustration, possibly from Teddy Tail Signed Pen ink and watercolour 12.75 x 20cm; 5 x 7¾in Good condition
Woolley & Wallis
Mar. 12, 2009
CHARLES FOLKARD (American 1878 - 1963) The Doctors
Est: $600 - $800
CHARLES FOLKARD (American 1878 - 1963) The Doctors Came Immediately, Pinocchio illustration, 1910 Ink and watercolor on paper, mounted on board 12 x 8 in. Signed lower left
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 19, 2008
Charles James Folkard (British, 1878-1963) Arabian nights unframed
Est: £500 - £700
Arabian nights signed 'Charles Folkard' (lower right) watercolour heightened with bodycolour 49 x 33cm (19 5/16 x 13in). unframed
Bonhams
Mar. 22, 2006
Charles James Folkard (1878-1963)
Est: £400 - £600
A scene from the 'Merchant of Venice'; On the quayside signed 'Charles/Folkard' (lower left) pen and black ink and watercolour 11 x 8 3/4 in. (28 x 22.2 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 14, 2005
Charles James Folkard (1878-1963)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Illustrations for Richard Harris Barham's Jackdaw of Rheims: All a-whisper; Bearing gifts; In a hurry; and An uncomfortable shoe signed 'Charles/Folkard' (lower right) and (lower left) pencil and watercolour 22 x 16 1/2 in. (55.8 x 42 cm.); and smaller (4)
Christie's
Dec. 14, 2005
Charles James Folkard (1878-1963)
Est: £800 - £1,200
A scene from the 'Merchant of Venice', on the quayside signed 'Charles/Folkard' (lower left) pen and black ink and watercolour 11 x 8 3/4 in. (28 x 22.2 cm.)
Christie's