# Ben \(1928\) Nicholson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T17:36:18.767Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 555
- Lots with prices: 420
- First auction date: 2001-02-06
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-22
- Median realised price: $3,700
- Price range: $20 to $2,800,000

## Market Takeaway
Ben (1928) Nicholson has 555 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,700. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 18 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($3,700\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,700 to $22,500\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 7.9% (33 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 57.4% (241 sales)
- $10,000\+: 34.8% (146 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 18
- Previous 12 months sales: 26
- Recent 12 months median: $1,300
- Previous 12 months median: $2,400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-22
- Days since latest sale: 37
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 157 lots
- Christie's: 142 lots
- Bonhams: 47 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 30 lots
- Koller Auctions: 8 lots
- Mallet Auction: 8 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 7 lots
- Germann Auction House Ltd: 7 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 6 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 6 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-22 | Vintage English Modernist Lithograph after Ben Nicholson | Curated Gallery Auctions | $20 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-vintage-english-modernist-lithograph-after-ben-nicholson-275-c-cb46a77a6f
2. 2025-07-17 | Ben Nicholson \(After\) \(English, 1894\-1982\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $350 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-nicholson-after-english-1894-1982-142-c-39c442b9e7
3. 2025-02-26 | Ben Nicholson \(British, 1894\-1982\), White Relief \(1935\), circa 1965, painted carved wood, 9 3/4 x 15 1/2in \(25 x 39.5cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $1,900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-nicholson-british-1894-1982-white-relief-1935-circa-1965-painted-carved-wood-9-3-4-x-15-1-2in-25-x-39-5cm-94-c-3504635ba3
4. 2023-04-30 | Ben Nicholson \(British, 1894\-1982\) Urbino \- 1966 Etching Print | Myers Fine Art | $1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-nicholson-british-1894-1982-urbino-1966-etching-print-287-c-361456c958
5. 2025-12-14 | BEN NICHOLSON \(ENGLISH, 1894 \- 1982\) | James Cox Gallery | N/A
6. 2025-12-06 | Ben Nicholson \(1894 Denham \- 1982 London\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €600
7. 2025-11-26 | Ben Nicholson, 1894\-1982, Fragment of Tuscan Cathedral | Germann Auction House Ltd | N/A
8. 2025-10-31 | Ben Nicholson 1894–1982 | Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer | N/A
9. 2025-10-31 | Ben Nicholson 1894–1982 | Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer | CHF 1,300
10. 2025-10-31 | Ben Nicholson 1894–1982 | Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer | CHF 650
11. 2025-10-30 | Ben Nicholson \(1894\-1982\), TWO TURKISH FORMS, FROM GREEK AND TURKISH FORMS, 1967 | Waddington's | CA$1,187
12. 2025-10-24 | Ben Nicholson \(1894\-1982\). 1970 \(Alfios 2\). | Christie's | €76,200
13. 2025-09-25 | BEN NICHOLSON \(1894\-1982\). 1973 \(translucent\). Image 350 x 307 mm. \(irregul | Christie's | £6,985
14. 2025-09-16 | BEN NICHOLSON Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching 1965 British Modernism Italian Architecture Siena | Gilden's Art Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-nicholson-original-hand-signed-and-numbered-etching-1965-british-modernism-italian-architecture-siena-11625-c-0f04b0cb88
15. 2025-08-01 | Yeroskipos | Sotheby's | £3,048
16. 2025-08-01 | Rambler 2 | Sotheby's | £5,080
17. 2025-07-08 | Inca | Sotheby's | €10,160
18. 2025-06-27 | BEN NICHOLSON | Koller Auctions | N/A
19. 2025-05-30 | Ben NICHOLSON \(1894\-1982\), grosse moderne Grafik, "St. Ives Rooftops", gut gerahmt in Doppelrahmen, event. unter Rahmen signierte, bezeichnete ? Lithografie, RG 65x87 cm, undeutl. Stempel? | Auktionshalle Cuxhaven | N/A
20. 2025-05-01 | Ben Nicholson "Storm Over Littondale" Mixed Media | Auctions at Showplace | $4,750
21. 2025-04-12 | Ben NICHOLSON \(1894\-1982\) | Galerie Moenius | CHF 1,500
22. 2025-03-29 | BEN NICHOLSON \(1894\-1982\): 'MAY 1962 \(URBINO \- FOOTSTEPS IN THE DUST\)', MULTIPLE | Coronari Auctions | €160
23. 2025-03-28 | Ben Nicholson \(British 1894\-1982\), I.C.I Shed, Dry point etching with burr on wove paper, Plate size: 197 x 251 mm \(7 3/4 x 9 7/8 in\) | Weschler's | $7,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-nicholson-british-1894-1982-i-c-i-shed-dry-point-etching-with-burr-on-wove-paper-plate-size-197-x-251-mm-7-3-4-x-9-7-8-in-78a-c-04c4186a35
24. 2025-03-27 | BEN NICHOLSON \(1894\-1982\). Ben Nicholson 3. 625 x 660 x 60 mm.. | Christie's | £10,710

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