# Archibald Thorburn - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T19:00:48.635Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,494
- Lots with prices: 1,138
- First auction date: 1998-07-28
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-22
- Median realised price: $3,000
- Price range: $5 to $252,000

## Market Takeaway
Archibald Thorburn shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,265 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,466. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 45 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-07.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,466\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $500 and $9,375.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 31.9% (314 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 44.1% (434 sales)
- $10,000\+: 24% (236 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 45
- Previous 12 months sales: 63
- Recent 12 months median: $4,200
- Previous 12 months median: $3,500
- Median shift: 20%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-07
- Days since latest sale: 11
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 380 lots
- Christie's: 247 lots
- Sotheby's: 124 lots
- Hannam's Auctioneers: 114 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 63 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 45 lots
- Gorringes: 38 lots
- Copley Fine Art Auctions: 37 lots
- Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers: 36 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 35 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-22 | ARCHIBALD THORNBURN DRAWINGS OF A GOLDEN EAGLE | Arader Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-archibald-thornburn-drawings-of-a-golden-eagle-49-c-64d222e6eb
2. 2025-08-20 | ARCHIBALD THORBURN \(1860\-1935\) Study of birds, two pencil sketches in a single frame, both annotated, each | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-archibald-thorburn-1860-1935-study-of-birds-two-pencil-sketches-in-a-single-frame-both-annotated-each-105-c-3c64cacb4d
3. 2025-08-20 | ARCHIBALD THORBURN \(1860\-1935\) Study of birds, two pencil sketches in a single frame, one signed with initi | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-archibald-thorburn-1860-1935-study-of-birds-two-pencil-sketches-in-a-single-frame-one-signed-with-initi-104-c-23b44fca05
4. 2025-04-24 | Archibald THORBURN \(Scotland, 1860\-1935\) | Hessink's | €140 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-archibald-thorburn-scotland-1860-1935-9-c-7504ff6b45
5. 2025-03-26 | Archibald Thorburn \(British, 1860\-1935\) Green Woodpecker and Great Spotted Woodpecker \(immature\) | Bonhams | £13,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-archibald-thorburn-british-1860-1935-green-woodpecker-and-great-spotted-woodpecker-immature-1-c-0d4489bbdc
6. 2024-11-19 | Archibald Thorburn \(1860\-1935\) | Sworders | £3,800
7. 2024-04-29 | Archibald Thorburn \(1860\-1935\), Pencil sketch, A study of a landscape with | Claydon Auctioneers | £170
8. 2024-03-12 | Archibald Thorburn \(British, \(1860\-1935\), Mallard in winter, gouache and watercolour, 24 x 34cm | Gorringes | £2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-archibald-thorburn-british-1860-1935-mallard-in-winter-gouache-and-watercolour-24-x-34cm-264-c-f73460b8da
9. 2023-10-25 | Archibald Thorburn \(1860\-1935\), game birds nestled in a field, photogravure, signed in pencil, image size 16" | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
10. 2020-09-23 | Archibald Thorburn \(British, 1860\-1935\) September Partridges \(Together with two further signed Thorburn photogravures of Snipe and Partridges, an unsigned Thorburn print of pheasants and a signed Stanley\-Todd print of Ptarmigan \(5\)\) | Bonhams | £750
11. 2026-04-22 | ARCHIBALD THORBURN \(SCOTTISH 1860\-1935\), RED GROUSE IN COVER | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £22,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-archibald-thorburn-scottish-1860-1935-red-grouse-in-cover-52-c-9c65de7111
12. 2026-04-08 | ARCHIBALD THORBURN \(1860\-1935\) Jay colour print Fine Art Guild blindstamp published by W F Embleton, Londo | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-archibald-thorburn-1860-1935-jay-colour-print-fine-art-guild-blindstamp-published-by-w-f-embleton-londo-43-c-dfc3198997
13. 2026-03-20 | A framed print of game birds by Archibald Thorburn together with a pair of woodcut prints of Sea lions and birds by Norbertine Von Bresslern\-Roth \(1891\-1978\) 26 x 42cm \(3\) | Hannam's Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-framed-print-of-game-birds-by-archibald-thorburn-together-with-a-pair-of-woodcut-prints-of-sea-lions-and-birds-by-norbertine-von-bresslern-roth-1891-1978-26-x-42cm-3-3750-c-16fa27f256
14. 2026-03-06 | PERCHED EAGLE BRONZE AFTER ARCHIBALD THORBURN | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-perched-eagle-bronze-after-archibald-thorburn-29-c-542a02ee45
15. 2026-02-07 | Archibald Thorburn Original Gouache of a Sea Eagle | Arader Galleries | N/A
16. 2026-01-22 | Archibald Thorburn, 1860\-1935, Pheasant Talking Flight, Mixed Media on Paper | Nye & Company | $150
17. 2025-12-10 | ARCHIBALD THORBURN \(SCOTTISH 1860\-1935\) | Olympia Auctions | £7,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-archibald-thorburn-scottish-1860-1935-71-c-4b73743830
18. 2025-12-09 | Archibald Thorburn, Kingfisher on a Banch | Caza Sikes | $5,750
19. 2025-11-11 | Archibald Thorburn \(1860\-1935\) | Sworders | N/A
20. 2025-11-04 | ARCHIBALD THORBURN \(SCOTTISH 1860 \- 1935\), COCK AND HEN PHEASANTS | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | N/A
21. 2025-11-04 | ARCHIBALD THORBURN \(SCOTTISH 1860 \- 1935\), A WHITE THROATED BEE\-EATER | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £3,000
22. 2025-10-14 | ARCHIBALD THORBURN \(1860\-1935\) Study of cows, pencil sketch, 16 x 17.5cm | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
23. 2025-09-24 | Archibald Thorburn \(British, 1860\-1935\) Cock and hen pheasants in a woodland glade | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2025-09-17 | ARCHIBALD THORBURN \(1860\-1935\) Study of cows, pencil sketch, 16 x 17.5cm | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A

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