Thomas Buchanan Read Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Thomas Buchanan Read Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 01, 2024
Thomas B. READ: Allegorical Scene - Oil Painting
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Thomas Buchanan Read (American, 1822-1872) superb 19th century oil on canvas painting depicting angels, nymphs and warrior, signed "T.B. Read", in a quality gilt carved frame, bearing label from Chrysler Museum, Norfolk. [Art: 27 1/2" H x 35 1/2" W; Frame: 38" H x 45" W]. Re-lined - Needs restoration, with varnish and in need of extensive cleaning; condition poor.
Roland Auctions NY
May. 15, 2023
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (ATTR.)
Est: $800 - $1,200
"Ophelia". Oil on canvas. Initialed "TBR" and inscribed/dated indistinctly at lower right (possibly 1855?). Name plaque affixed to frame. From a Scarsdale NY estate.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Sep. 11, 2022
"The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read
Est: $40 - $80
Illustrated book titled "The Closing Scene" by Thomas Buchanan Read. Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1888. Copyright by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1886. Book has no cover.
Lettieri Auction & Appraisal
Jul. 17, 2022
"The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read
Est: $40 - $80
Illustrated book titled "The Closing Scene" by Thomas Buchanan Read. Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1888. Copyright by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1886. Book has no cover.
Lettieri Auction & Appraisal
May. 29, 2022
"The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read
Est: $40 - $80
Illustrated book titled "The Closing Scene" by Thomas Buchanan Read. Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1888. Copyright by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1886. Book has no cover.
Lettieri Auction & Appraisal
Jan. 21, 2022
"The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read
Est: $40 - $80
Illustrated book titled "The Closing Scene" by Thomas Buchanan Read. Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1888. Copyright by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1886. Book has no cover.
Lettieri Auction & Appraisal
Nov. 05, 2021
Thomas Buchanan Read (American, 1822-1872) Civil War General Philip Henry Sheridan
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
oil on canvas. signed 'T. Buchanan, Roma 1868 (lower left). signed 'Sheridan's Ride Painted for Col. Lawrence Kip, Rome 1868 by T. Buchanan Read' (on back of canvas). Original giltwood frame.
Cottone Auctions
Sep. 12, 2021
"The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read
Est: $40 - $80
Illustrated book titled "The Closing Scene" by Thomas Buchanan Read. Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1888. Copyright by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1886. Book has no cover.
Lettieri Auction & Appraisal
Jul. 11, 2021
"The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read
Est: $40 - $80
Illustrated book titled "The Closing Scene" by Thomas Buchanan Read. Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1888. Copyright by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1886. Book has no cover.
Lettieri Auction & Appraisal
Jun. 18, 2021
Thomas Buchanan Read (AM 1822-1872)
Est: $100 - $200
Thomas Buchanan Read (American 1822-1872) oil on board self portrait with note on the back indicating it was presented to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ( Buchanan painted a portrait of Longfellow) 5 x 4"
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 06, 2021
"The Closing Scene" By Thomas Buchanan Read
Est: $40 - $80
Illustrated book titled "The Closing Scene" by Thomas Buchanan Read. Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1888. Copyright by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1886. Book has no cover.
Lettieri Auction & Appraisal
Oct. 09, 2020
Thomas Buchanan Read oil allegorical scene
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Thomas Buchanan Read (American 1822-1872), oil on canvas allegorical scene with a woman and stag, signed lower left and dated 1870, 39" x 53 1/2". Provenance: A Delaware collector.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Apr. 13, 2020
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS BUCHANAN READ, New York/Pennsylvania, 1822-1872, Mrs. Patterson of Donegal Township, who died in 1870., Mixed m...
Est: $250 - $350
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS BUCHANAN READ New York/Pennsylvania, 1822-1872 Mrs. Patterson of Donegal Township, who died in 1870. Unsigned. Identified on label verso. Mixed media on paper, 8" x 6.75" sight. Framed 11.75" x 10.25".
Eldred's
Oct. 27, 2019
After Thomas Buchanan Read, O/c angel & shepherds
Est: $400 - $600
After Thomas Buchanan Read (American, 1822-1872), oil on canvas titled 'The Angel Appearing Before the Shepherds' 1870, depicting the glowing angel in front of the shepherds, from the Gospel of Luke, signed and dated lower left, reproduced from the original painting held at the Dayton Art Museum in Ohio, unframed, 39"h x 53.5"w x 1.25"d.
Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.
Jun. 08, 2019
Thomas Buchanan Read (American, 1822 - 1872) O/C
Est: $500 - $750
Thomas Buchanan Read (American, 1822 - 1872) O/C. Portrait of Blanche Woodrow (1858 - 1870), the aunt of W.T. Woodrow. Signed on the bottom left, "T. Buchanan Read, '67." The painting is relined on a linen canvas with a wax-resin adhesive; cleaned, filled and retouched; varnished with Damar on 1959. Dimensions: 35 in. wide x 40 in. high. Weight: 17.15 lbs.
Fontaine's Auction Gallery
May. 26, 2019
Thomas Read (1822 - 1872) American O/B
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Signed T. Bachman Read, Rome 1808 bottom right Overall size: 52 in. x 44 1/2 in. Sight: 41 1/2 x 33 1/2 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Apr. 27, 2019
Thomas Buchanan Read autograph, CDVs and book: A
Est: $100 - $200
Two (2) items related to American poet Thomas Buchanan Read. 1st item: One (1) Thomas Buchanan Read cut signature with two (2) cartes de visite (CDV) together in a card stock scrapbook holder. Cut signature reads "T. Buchanan Read" with additional inscription reading "Chicago 1866" below the CDV of Read on the card stock. The second CDV depicts a middle age woman, identified by an ink inscription in Italian with the name "Elizabeth Loureneer" below, on a piece of cut paper, an additional Italian ink inscription with "April 1868 Florence" below, on a piece of cut paper and on the card stock, with printed initials "EL" on a piece of paper, right of CDV. A dried spray of flower is pasted below the CDV and inscriptions with an ink inscription reading "From the Val l'Erna Florence 1868", below. Cut signature - 1/2" H x 2 3/8" W. CDVs approximately 3 3/4" H x 2 1/4" W. Card stock holder - 9 1/4" H x 6 1/4" W. 2nd item: A Summer Story, Sheridan's Ride and Other Poems by Thomas Buchanan Read, 1865. J. B. Lippincott and Company, Philadelphia. 12mo, 154 pages hardbound in tooled brown cloth with gilt lettering to spines, brown end papers. 7 3/4" H x 5 1/8" W x 3/4" D. Provenance: Estate of internationally known ragtime pianist and historian Johnny Maddox, Gallatin, TN. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Oct. 06, 2018
Thomas Buchanan Read autograph, CDVs and book: A Summer Story, 1865
Est: $300 - $350
Two (2) Thomas Buchanan Read related items. 1st item: One (1) Thomas Buchanan Read cut signature with two (2) cartes de visite (CDV) together in a card stock scrapbook holder. Cut signature reads "T. Buchanan Read" with additional inscription reading "Chicago 1866" below the CDV of Read on the card stock. The second CDV depicts a middle age woman, identified by an ink inscription in Italian with the name "Elizabeth Loureneer" below, on a piece of cut paper, an additional Italian ink inscription with "April 1868 Florence" below, on a piece of cut paper and on the card stock, with printed initials "EL" on a piece of paper, right of CDV. A dried spray of flower is pasted below the CDV and inscriptions with an ink inscription reading "From the Val l'Erna Florence 1868", below. Cut signature - 1/2" H x 2 3/8" W. CDVs approximately 3 3/4" H x 2 1/4" W. Card stock holder - 9 1/4" H x 6 1/4" W. 2nd item: A Summer Story, Sheridan's Ride and Other Poems by Thomas Buchanan Read, 1865. J. B. Lippincott and Company, Philadelphia. 12mo, 154 pages hardbound in tooled brown cloth with gilt lettering to spines, brown end papers. 7 3/4" H x 5 1/8" W x 3/4" D. Provenance: Living estate and collection of internationally known ragtime pianist and historian Johnny Maddox, Gallatin, TN. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Nov. 15, 2015
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (American, 1822-1872). ALLEGORY OF WARFARE, oil on canvas.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (American, 1822-1872). ALLEGORY OF WARFARE, oil on canvas - Framed, 47 in. x 53 in.
Sloans & Kenyon
Nov. 15, 2015
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (American, 1822-1872). ALLEGORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST, oil on canvas.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (American, 1822-1872). ALLEGORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST, oil on canvas - Framed, 47 in. x 53 in.
Sloans & Kenyon
Jun. 21, 2015
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (American, 1822-1872). ALLEGORY OF WARFARE, oil on canvas.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (American, 1822-1872). ALLEGORY OF WARFARE, oil on canvas - Framed, 47 in. x 53 in.
Sloans & Kenyon
Jun. 21, 2015
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (American, 1822-1872). ALLEGORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST, oil on canvas.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (American, 1822-1872). ALLEGORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST, oil on canvas - Framed, 47 in. x 53 in.
Sloans & Kenyon
Nov. 07, 2014
Attributed to Thomas Buchanan Read, (American, 1822-1872), Portrait of Helen Colton Weyman
Est: $300 - $500
Attributed to Thomas Buchanan Read (American, 1822-1872) Portrait of Helen Colton Weyman oil on canvas 16 x 12 3/4 inches.
Hindman
Oct. 13, 2013
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ, (American, 1822-1872), THE PROCESSION, oil on canvas;, 30 x 36 inches, framed: 40 x 46 inches
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (American, 1822-1872) THE PROCESSION oil on canvas; signed and dated T.B. Read / Florence 1854, l.l.; 30 x 36 inches, framed: 40 x 46 inches
Grogan & Company
Sep. 19, 2012
Thomas Buchanan Read American, 1822-1872 A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Conflict of Titania and Oberon, 1857
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Thomas Buchanan Read American, 1822-1872 A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Conflict of Titania and Oberon, 1857 Signed T. Buchanan Read and dated Rome 1857 (lr) Oil on canvas 24 1/8 x 30 inches Exhibited: New London, Connecticut, Lyman Allyn Museum American Romantic Paintings of the 18th and 19th Centuries From the Collection of Lee Anderson, Feb. 26-Mar. 26, 1961, no. 64 Sold to Benefit the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 26, 2010
Thomas Buchanan Read (AMERICAN, 1822-1872)
Est: £500 - £700
Thomas Buchanan Read (AMERICAN, 1822-1872) Dressing up indistinctly signed and dated 'T Buchanan Reid/1863' (lower left) oil on board 17¼ x 13 5/8 in. (43.8 x 34.7 cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 29, 2010
Thomas B. Read (American, 1822-1872)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Thomas B. Read (American, 1822-1872) A Pair of Portraits of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning both portraits signed "T.B. Read/Florence" (lower right). Verso of each inscribed "Portrait of Robt Browning/Painted for Ferdinand J. Draer [sic]/By T.B. Read/Florence 1855" and "Portrait of Elizabeth Barrett Browning/Painted for Ferdinand J. Draer [sic] Esq/By T.B. Read/Florence 1855," respectively oil on canvas 15¾ x 12¾ in. Painted in 1853 (2)
Christie's
Sep. 29, 2010
Thomas B. Read (American, 1822-1872)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Thomas B. Read (American, 1822-1872) Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow signed "T. Buchanan Read" (lower left) oil on board 14 x 12 in. Painted in 1859
Christie's
Jul. 09, 2010
Thomas Buchanan Read (AMERICAN, 1822-1872)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Thomas Buchanan Read (AMERICAN, 1822-1872) Dressing up indistinctly signed and dated 'T Buchanan Reid 1863' (lower left) oil on board 17¼ x 13 5/8 in. (43.8 x 34.7 cm.)
Christie's
May. 08, 2010
THOMAS B. READ (1822-1854): TITANIA AND PUCK (MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 35 1/2 in., signed lower right and inscribed and dated Florence 1854. Provenance: Property of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, proceeds to benefit the Acquisitions Fund.
STAIR
Mar. 05, 2010
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ, (AMERICAN 1822-1872), DEATH OF A MAIDEN
Est: $800 - $1,200
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (american 1822-1872) DEATH OF A MAIDEN Signed and dated indistinctly bottom right, oil on canvas 39 1/2 x 32 in. Unframed
Freeman's | Hindman
Mar. 06, 2008
Thomas Buchanan Read 1822-1872 , Spirit of the Waterfall oil on canvas
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
signed T. Buchanan Read and dated Rome 1870 , l.l. oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Apr. 02, 2004
OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING BY READ
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Portrait of a young girl with brown hair and eyes. Signed in pencil on the stretcher "By T. Buchanan Read" (Thomas Buchanan Read, 1822-1872, born in Chester County, Pennsylvania). Part of a "Boston" stenciled preparer's label is on the back. Originally framed with an oval liner, the painting has been reframed and the edges lined. Lightly revarnished with touch ups in the corners. 20 1/4"h. 18"w. Modern bird's-eye maple frame. 23 1/2"h. 21 1/2"w.
Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 25, 2003
Thomas Buchanan Read (American 1822-1872)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Bust of General Philip Sheridan Signed T.B. READ/FECE and located ROMA-1870 Marble sculpture Height: 27-1/2 in (69.9 cm) Provenance: Ulysses S. Grant III Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, by descent Clara Frances Ruestow, by descent Donated to present owner in 1969. Letter from former owner to accompany this lot.
Weschler's
Jul. 26, 2003
PAIR OOC'S
Est: $800 - $1,200
CA. 1850S OVAL AMERICAN PORTRAITS BY THOMAS BUCHANAN READ, (PHILADELPHIA, 1822-1872). SITTERS WERE PHILA BANKER GEORGE WILLIAM CHILDS AND HIS WIFE HANNAH BOUVIER CHILDS, A DIRECT ANCESTOR OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY. DELICATELY RENDERED. FRAMES: FABULOUS GILT 'RUSTIC' MOLDED OVALS, SS: 29" X 24" EACH, OS: 39" X 34" EACH.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Sep. 09, 1994
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ (AMERICAN, 1822-1872) PORTRAIT OF MISS EMMA L. PAINE
Est: $500 - $600
Identified "Miss...painted by Buchanan Reid (sic) Roma 1860" on the reverse. Oil on board, 2 x 1/2 x 20 in. oval format, framed.
Skinner