# Cecil Beaton - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T01:54:03.346Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 693
- Lots with prices: 511
- First auction date: 2000-11-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-09
- Median realised price: $1,100
- Price range: $12 to $48,000

## Market Takeaway
Cecil Beaton shows very deep auction liquidity with 687 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 17 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,100\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $450 and $2,400.
- 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: 45.7% (231 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 51.5% (260 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.8% (14 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 17
- Previous 12 months sales: 69
- Recent 12 months median: $1,100
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-14
- Days since latest sale: 34
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 106 lots
- Christie's: 100 lots
- Sotheby's: 35 lots
- STAIR: 31 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 26 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 22 lots
- Roseberys: 20 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 19 lots
- Sloane Street Auctions: 19 lots
- Piasa: 18 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-14 | Cecil Beaton 1904\-1980 Gertrude Lawrence SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-cecil-beaton-1904-1980-gertrude-lawrence-signed-324-c-07c931d285
2. 2025-12-10 | Cecil Beaton \(1904\-1980\) | Mallams | £110
3. 2025-11-20 | Cecil Beaton \(1904\-1980\): Evening Dress | STAIR | $200
4. 2025-11-20 | Cecil Beaton \(1904\-1980\): Irving Berlin | STAIR | $300
5. 2025-11-19 | Cecil Beaton \(British, 1904\-1980\); Lady Anne Coke on her wedding day to Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner; | Bonhams | £2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-cecil-beaton-british-1904-1980-lady-anne-coke-on-her-wedding-day-to-colin-tennant-3rd-baron-glenconner-25-c-093cfa7231
6. 2025-11-19 | Cecil Beaton \(British, 1904\-1980\); Lady Anne Coke on her wedding day to Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, with her bridesmaids: Catherine Tennant and Juliet Harvey; | Bonhams | £1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-cecil-beaton-british-1904-1980-lady-anne-coke-on-her-wedding-day-to-colin-tennant-3rd-baron-glenconner-with-her-bridesmaids-catherine-tennant-and-juliet-harvey-24-c-00a19a6e22
7. 2025-11-19 | Cecil Beaton \(British, 1904\-1980\); The Queen with her Maids of Honour; | Bonhams | £4,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-cecil-beaton-british-1904-1980-the-queen-with-her-maids-of-honour-20-c-d4bac97929
8. 2025-09-15 | Cecil Beaton \(British 1904 \- 1980\). Woman in dress, c. 1940's/printed later. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-cecil-beaton-british-1904-1980-woman-in-dress-c-1940-s-printed-later-288-c-ce247d1a38
9. 2025-08-21 | Cecil Beaton, Ram Gopal Indian dancer, and pupil near Government House, Bombay \[Mumbai\]. 1944. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,300
10. 2025-08-21 | Cecil Beaton, Portrait of Ruth Ford. Circa 1940s. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
11. 2025-05-30 | Cecil Beaton, Cecil Beaton, David Herbert and Truman Capote, Morocco, 1949 | Lempertz | €1,200
12. 2025-05-30 | Cecil Beaton, Jean Cocteau, 1956 | Lempertz | €1,200
13. 2025-05-08 | CECIL BEATON \(1904\-1980\) Greta Garbo, Plaza Hotel, for Vogue. 1946; printed late 1970s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000
14. 2025-04-10 | Cecil Beaton \(1904 \- 1980\) \- Loretta Young, 1930s | Finarte | N/A
15. 2025-03-06 | CECIL BEATON 1904\-1980 Centenaire de Monte Carlo 1966 | Aste Bolaffi | N/A
16. 2025-02-22 | CECIL BEATON, EXHIBITION POSTER, POSTER | RoGallery | N/A
17. 2025-02-19 | Cecil Beaton \(1904\-1980\) Untitled \(chapeaux\) | Piasa | €1,800
18. 2025-02-13 | CECIL BEATON \(1904\-1980\) Gloria Swanson for Vogue. 1946. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
19. 2024-12-17 | CECIL BEATON \(1904\-1980\) Summer Idyll \- Fashion Study. 1940s. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
20. 2024-12-12 | CECIL BEATON \(1904\-1980\) Eliza Doolittle. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,080
21. 2024-12-03 | Cecil Beaton | Brunk Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-cecil-beaton-54-c-d794c2ab98
22. 2024-11-29 | Cecil Beaton \(1904 \- 1980\), Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
23. 2024-11-29 | Cecil Beaton \(1904 \- 1980\), Ingrid Bergman | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
24. 2024-11-29 | Cecil Beaton \(1904 \- 1980\), Giorgio de Chirico | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A

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