# Brian McCarthy - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T22:12:55.107Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 44
- Lots with prices: 21
- First auction date: 2007-05-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-29
- Median realised price: $1,100
- Price range: $150 to $7,200

## Market Takeaway
Brian McCarthy has 44 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,100. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($1,100\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($600 to $1,700\) 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: 38.1% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 61.9% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $1,800
- Previous 12 months median: $1,500
- Median shift: 20%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-29
- Days since latest sale: 211
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Whyte's: 25 lots
- Morgan O'Driscoll: 8 lots
- Adam's: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 2 lots
- Mealy's: 2 lots
- Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-29 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) MASQUERADE, 2003 | Whyte's | €1,800
2. 2024-09-30 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) PALAZZO, 2007 | Whyte's | €1,500
3. 2023-12-04 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) MEMORIES, 1992 | Whyte's | N/A
4. 2021-09-29 | Brian McCarthy \(b. 1960\) Irish, 'Blue Lagoon', A yellow crested cockatoo perched on a branch, oil on canvas, s | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £1,000
5. 2021-08-11 | Brian McCarthy \(b. 1960\) Irish, Blue Lagoon , A yellow crested cockatoo perched on a branch, oil on canvas, s | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
6. 2019-09-16 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) MEN AT WORK, DUBLIN'S GRAVING DOCKS, 2017 | Whyte's | N/A
7. 2019-03-04 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) THE RARE AULD TIMES, 2015 | Whyte's | €1,400
8. 2018-02-26 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) MONUMENT TO LIBERTY, 1991 | Whyte's | €1,600
9. 2017-12-11 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) WHIRLWIND, 2008 | Whyte's | N/A
10. 2017-11-27 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) IMPERIUM, 2007 | Whyte's | €1,900
11. 2017-11-27 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) GOLD | Whyte's | N/A
12. 2017-10-23 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) HEAD, 2001 | Whyte's | N/A
13. 2017-10-23 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) NUDE, 2003 | Whyte's | N/A
14. 2017-10-23 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) THE YOUNG CLOWN, 2006 | Whyte's | €600
15. 2017-10-23 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) SIREN, 2008 | Whyte's | N/A
16. 2017-10-23 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) TROPHY, 2002 | Whyte's | N/A
17. 2017-10-23 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) MASKS, 1993 | Whyte's | N/A
18. 2017-10-02 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) RESURGENT ISLE, 2011 | Whyte's | N/A
19. 2017-10-02 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, 1978 | Whyte's | N/A
20. 2017-05-29 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) MASQUERADE, 1999 | Whyte's | N/A
21. 2017-05-29 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) SATYR, 1998 | Whyte's | N/A
22. 2016-12-05 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) The Hat Trick \(2011\) | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
23. 2016-08-02 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) A Quiet Moment \(2009\) | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
24. 2016-02-29 | Brian McCarthy \(b.1960\) BIRDS, 1987 | Whyte's | €800

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