# Bernard Leach - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T17:43:00.799Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 422
- Lots with prices: 326
- First auction date: 2002-09-18
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $777
- Price range: $30 to $52,500

## Market Takeaway
Bernard Leach shows deep auction liquidity with 418 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $777. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 16 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-07.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($777\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $360 and $1,740.
- 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: 58.7% (189 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 39.4% (127 sales)
- $10,000\+: 1.9% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 16
- Previous 12 months sales: 13
- Recent 12 months median: $360
- Previous 12 months median: $220
- Median shift: 63.6%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-07
- Days since latest sale: 73
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 138 lots
- Mallams: 54 lots
- Christie's: 40 lots
- Woolley & Wallis: 32 lots
- Sotheby's: 22 lots
- Roseberys: 17 lots
- Adam Partridge Auctioneers: 16 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 6 lots
- Kinghams Auctioneers: 6 lots
- maak: 6 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-11 | Bernard Leach \(British, 1901\-1983\) for St. Ives Pottery, Stoneware Marmalade Pot and Cover, mid\-20th century | Waddington's | CA$875 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernard-leach-british-1901-1983-for-st-ives-pottery-stoneware-marmalade-pot-and-cover-mid-20th-century-585-c-19aa2d1c80
2. 2025-12-07 | Bernard LEACH \(1887\-1979\) Pottery Vase | Clarke Auction Gallery | $900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernard-leach-1887-1979-pottery-vase-227-c-db3fb8dedc
3. 2024-11-28 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) Bol | Bonhams | €850 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernard-leach-1887-1979-bol-4-c-56d43219fb
4. 2024-11-07 | Bernard Leach \(British, 1901\-1983\) for St. Ives Pottery, Blue and White Glazed Floral Dish, mid\-20th century | Waddington's | CA$1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernard-leach-british-1901-1983-for-st-ives-pottery-blue-and-white-glazed-floral-dish-mid-20th-century-229-c-fee4f94b3c
5. 2024-08-06 | BERNARD LEACH \(BRITISH 1887\-1979\) | Chiswick Auctions | £400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernard-leach-british-1887-1979-68-c-30b45f49ce
6. 2024-08-06 | BERNARD LEACH \(BRITISH 1887\-1979\) | Chiswick Auctions | £200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernard-leach-british-1887-1979-67-c-25c4756a86
7. 2024-08-06 | BERNARD LEACH \(BRITISH 1887\-1979\) | Chiswick Auctions | £220 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernard-leach-british-1887-1979-65-c-934448ab9f
8. 2023-12-05 | BERNARD LEACH \(BRITISH, 1887\-1979\) Lidded censer, circa 1960 | Bonhams | £900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernard-leach-british-1887-1979-lidded-censer-circa-1960-252-c-2244600a14
9. 2025-11-21 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) for Leach Pottery; a stoneware marmalade jar partially washed in cobalt glaze with iron decoration, painted BL and impressed pottery marks, height 11.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £920
10. 2025-11-21 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) for Leach Pottery; a stoneware bud vase partially covered in mottled iron glaze with floral decoration, painted BL and impressed pottery marks, height 9.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £260
11. 2025-11-21 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) for Leach Pottery; a stoneware bud vase partially covered in mottled iron glaze with floral decoration, painted BL and impressed pottery marks, height 9.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £160
12. 2025-11-21 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) for Leach Pottery; a square stoneware tea caddy covered in mottled dark green/grey glaze, impressed BL and pottery marks \(glaze filled\), height 16cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £360
13. 2025-11-21 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) for Leach Pottery; a small stoneware jug/creamer covered in pale grey glaze with cobalt decoration, painted BL mark, height 8.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £210
14. 2025-11-21 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) for Leach Pottery; a small stoneware dish covered in tenmoku breaking to kaki and oatmeal glaze with iron and cobalt floral decoration, painted BL and impressed pottery marks, diameter 11.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £210
15. 2025-11-21 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) for Leach Pottery; a rectangular stoneware slab bottle covered in tenmoku breaking to kaki glaze with wax resist finger wipe decoration, impressed BL and pottery marks, height 19.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £980
16. 2025-11-21 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) for Leach Pottery; a globular stoneware vase partially covered in iron glaze with dolomite rim and wax resist decoration, painted BL and pottery marks, height 12.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £340
17. 2025-11-19 | Bernard Leach, Collection of six tiles | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,200
18. 2025-07-23 | Bernard Leach \(British, 1887\-1979\) Two Pitchers, height 22 cm | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernard-leach-british-1887-1979-two-pitchers-height-22-cm-585-c-7274a7bbe6
19. 2025-07-18 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) for Leach Pottery; a stoneware jar covered in tenmoku breaking to kaki glaze, impressed early BL and pottery marks, height 20cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £520
20. 2025-07-18 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) for Leach Pottery; a porcelain box on tripod feet covered in celadon glaze, impressed BL and pottery marks, diameter 9cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £440 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bernard-leach-1887-1979-for-leach-pottery-a-porcelain-box-on-tripod-feet-covered-in-celadon-glaze-impressed-bl-and-pottery-marks-diameter-9cm-71-c-33e4af5ae9
21. 2025-06-04 | Bernard Leach \(1887\-1979\)  Early globular jar, circa 1927  | Roseberys | N/A
22. 2025-04-25 | In the manner of Bernard Leach an iron glazed faceted vase 15cm | Hannam's Auctioneers | £30 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-in-the-manner-of-bernard-leach-an-iron-glazed-faceted-vase-15cm-3297-c-66f4234b0b
23. 2025-03-21 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\); 'The Great Oak', an ink on paper poem, signed and dated 1972 lower right, 41.5 x 25cm, framed and glazed, and a signed 'Happy Returns' letter from Leach to 'Paul' \(2\). | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £250
24. 2025-03-21 | BERNARD LEACH \(1887\-1979\) for Leach Pottery; a large deep oval stoneware bowl covered externally in pitted tenmoku breaking to kaki glaze and internally in cream glaze, impressed BL \(missing top half\) and pottery marks, diameter 33cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £320

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