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Over the last 24 months the median price was $49,443 including buyer’s premium (middle half $15,735–$111,556, n=16). The auction record is $1,660,279 for Landscape with Cattle, a young man courting a milkmaid (2007, Sotheby's). Source: OpeningBid, an independent auction-results database.","title":"Thomas Gainsborough value: auction records & prices (updated Nov 2026)"}}