# Ceri Richards - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:06:26.912Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 299
- Lots with prices: 204
- First auction date: 2001-03-20
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-14
- Median realised price: $2,040
- Price range: $12 to $265,250

## Market Takeaway
Ceri Richards shows deep auction liquidity with 298 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,040. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,040\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $475 and $5,250.
- 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: 36% (73 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50.7% (103 sales)
- $10,000\+: 13.3% (27 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $140
- Previous 12 months median: $250
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-14
- Days since latest sale: 35
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 76 lots
- Christie's: 69 lots
- Sotheby's: 42 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 15 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 11 lots
- Mallams: 9 lots
- Waddington's: 8 lots
- Martel Maides: 7 lots
- Winter Associates, Inc.: 7 lots
- Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-05 | Ceri Richards \(British, 1903\-1971\). 'Pianist', lit | Ewbank's | N/A
2. 2024-04-26 | § CERI RICHARDS C.B.E. \(BRITISH 1903\-1971\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £3,200
3. 2023-12-06 | Ceri Richards \(British, 1903\-1971\) Eight Plates, from Beethoven Suite with Variations Eight screenprints in colours, 1970, on J. Green mould\-made paper, with title, justification and text page by Yehudi Menuhin, lacking 'Prometheus I' and 'Violon ... | Bonhams | £1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ceri-richards-british-1903-1971-eight-plates-from-beethoven-suite-with-variations-eight-screenprints-in-colours-1970-on-j-green-mould-made-paper-with-title-justification-and-text-page-by-yehudi-menuhin-lacking-prometheus-i-and-violon-64-c-c4f4eecae5
4. 2023-10-19 | CERI RICHARDS \(1903\-1971\) Girls at the Piano ink and watercolour on paper 1 | Christie's | £6,930
5. 2023-06-21 | Ceri Richards \(British, 1903\-1971\) Trafalgar Square 80.7 x 98.4 cm. \(31 3/4 x 38 3/4 in.\) | Bonhams | £42,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ceri-richards-british-1903-1971-trafalgar-square-80-7-x-98-4-cm-31-3-4-x-38-3-4-in-10-c-898407a850
6. 2026-01-14 | CERI RICHARDS \(1903\-1971\) 'Beekeeper' pencil drawing signed in ink and dated 1955 19.5 x 13.5cm | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £120
7. 2025-12-10 | Ceri Richards \(1903\-1971\) Water Music, 1968 oil on canvas signed lower right 25.5cm x 25.5cm Provenance: Bears Marlborough Fine Art, 39 Old Bond Street, London label to the reverse. | Mallams | N/A
8. 2025-12-10 | Ceri Richards \(1903\-1971\) Cathédrale Engloutie III, 1959 lithograph, numbered 34/50 signed and dated in pencil lower right 52cm x 71cm. | Mallams | £80
9. 2025-12-09 | CERI RICHARDS \(1903\-1971\) 'Ruth headdress' pencil and wash inscribed embossed initials CR 25 x 20cm | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £95
10. 2025-12-09 | CERI RICHARDS \(1903\-1971\) 'Beekeeper' pencil drawing signed in ink and dated 1955 19.5 x 13.5cm | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £170
11. 2025-12-03 | Ceri Richards \(Welsh, 1903\-1971\), Hammer | Kinghams Auctioneers | £220
12. 2025-07-16 | Ceri Richards \(British, 1903\-1971\) Rape of the Sabine | Bonhams | £1,200
13. 2025-07-09 | Ceri Richards \(1903\-1971\) The Broken Rose, 1965, pencil signed and dated to the margin, lithograph, 58 x 74cm. | Mallams | £140
14. 2025-06-18 | Ceri Richards \(1903\-1971\) | Mallams | £260
15. 2025-02-13 | CERI RICHARDS \(1903\-1971\). Reclining figure. oil on canvas10 1/8 x 24 1/8 i | Christie's | N/A
16. 2024-11-21 | Ceri Richards \(Welsh 1903\-1971\) The Square | Dawsons Auctioneers | N/A
17. 2024-07-17 | Ceri Richards \(British, 1903\-1971\) Design for a Backdrop \(Painted circa 1953\) | Bonhams | £800
18. 2024-07-17 | Ceri Richards \(British, 1903\-1971\) Prometheus 7 | Bonhams | N/A
19. 2024-07-12 | Ceri Richards \(EN/WS 1903\-1971\) Green Metaphor | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $125
20. 2024-07-03 | Ceri Richards \(1903\-1972\), Beekeeper | Sloane Street Auctions | £250
21. 2024-06-06 | Shadows in a Room | Sotheby's | N/A
22. 2023-10-17 | Ceri Richards \(1903\-1971\) | Sworders | £300
23. 2023-10-17 | Ceri Richards \(1903\-1971\) | Sworders | N/A
24. 2023-03-22 | Ceri Richards \(British, 1903\-1971\) Untitled \(unframed\) | Bonhams | £1,400

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