Hammer Price Records

From our renowned Welsh Sale auctions to our specialist sporting memorabilia sales, we have set auction records for works by Welsh artists and rugby collectables. Browse a selection of record-breaking hammer prices achieved at our auctions below.

Rugby Memorabilia

SIR GARETH EDWARDS' 1973 BARBARIANS JERSEY

World record for rugby memorabilia, sold 24th February 2023

£240,000

Gareth Edwards Rugby Jersey 240000

1905-06 NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION JERSEY

World record for a rugby antique, sold 9th October 2015

£180,000

New Zealand Rugby Jersey 180000

NEW ZEALAND RUGBY UNION CAP for William 'Bill' Cunningham

World record for a rugby cap, sold 14th June 2019

£7,000

New Zealand Rugby Cap 7000

Welsh Art

SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA oil - Ynys Mon (Anglesey) landscape with farmer and dog

The Welsh Sale, 24th July 2021

£62,000

Kyffin Williams 62000

GEORGE CHAPMAN oil - 'Church and Mine'

The Welsh Sale, 13th April 2025

£12,550

George Chapman 12550

VALERIE GANZ mixed media - 'Tower Colliery at Dusk'

The Welsh Sale, 30th November 2025

£9,500

Valerie Ganz 9500

KEVIN SINNOTT oil 'Running Away with the Hairdresser'

The Welsh Sale, 18th November 2023

£27,000

Kevin Sinnott 27000

ANEURIN JONES oil - Welsh cobs

The Welsh Sale, 16th July 2022

£9,500

Aneurin Jones 9500

JOHN KNAPP-FISHER mixed media - Farm house and buildings

The Welsh Sale, 24th March 2018

£17,500

John Knapp Fisher 17500

CHARLES WYATT WARREN oil - Snowdonia whitewashed cottage

The Welsh Sale, 7th July 2018

£5,200

Charles Wyatt Warren 5200

EDWIN (ED) FORREST oil - Llanrwst Bridge over the Conwy

The Welsh Sale, 13th May 2017

£5,400

Ed Forrest 5400

SHANI RHYS JAMES oil - 'Welsh Kettle and Pliers'

The Welsh Sale, 7th July 2018

£22,000

Shani Rhys James 22000

CLAUDIA WILLIAMS oil 'Le Vent' / 'The Wind'

The Welsh Sale, 22nd July 2023

£18,000

Claudia Williams 18000

GWILYM PRICHARD oil 'I Lawr am Trefdraeth'

The Welsh Sale, 13th April 2025

£7,500

Gwilym Prichard 7500

HYWEL HARRIES oil - 'Salem Revisited'

The Welsh Sale, 27th April 2024

£9,000

Hywel Harries 9000

ERNEST ZOBOLE oil - 'Looking Out'

The Welsh Sale, 27th April 2024

£5,500

Ernest Zobole 5500

MURIEL DELAHAYE oil 'Conversations on the Beach'

17th April 2021

£4,200

Muriel Delahaye 4200

RAY HOWARD-JONES oil - 'Tide on the Gann'

The Welsh Sale, 18th November 2023

£3,600

Ray Howard Jones 3600

KEITH BOWEN pastel - Shepherd and lamb

The Welsh Sale, 16th July 2022

£4,200

Keith Bowen 4200

PETER PRENDERGAST mixed media - 'Self Portrait and Landscape 2001'

The Welsh Sale, 19th November 2022

£7,400

Peter Prendergast 7400

JOHN ELWYN oil - 'Welsh Landscape'

The Welsh Sale, 27th April 2024

£12,500

John Elwyn 12500

JOHN MACFARLANE oil - 'Fish Waiter with Soup Tureen'

The Welsh Sale, 30th November 2025

£4,000

John Mac Farlane 4000

NICHOLAS (NICK) EVANS oil - 'Preparing Top Hole'

The Welsh Sale, 6th November 2021

£3,000

Nick Evans 3000

CARL MELEGARI oil - Study of two males

The Welsh Sale, 19th November 2022

£2,800

Carl Melegari 3600

IWAN BALA mixed media - 'Hon'

The Welsh Sale, 27th July 2024

£2,800

Iwan Bala 2800

GARETH PARRY oil - ‘Late in the Afternoon, Sea in the Distance’

The Welsh Sale, 29th October 2011

£2,400

Gareth Parry 2400

CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS oil - Portrait of Rt Hon. David Lloyd George

The Welsh Sale, 26th July 2025

£4,400

Christopher Williams 4400

NICK HOLLY oil - 'Leaving the Station'

The Welsh Sale, 5th December 2020

£3,700

Nick Holly 3700

MEIRION GINSBERG oil - 'Violin Practice'

The Welsh Sale, 16th November 2024

£1,800

Meirion Ginsberg 1800

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