# Charles Darwin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T18:58:54.418Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 41
- Lots with prices: 29
- First auction date: 2012-05-09
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-23
- Median realised price: $700
- Price range: $20 to $317,500

## Market Takeaway
Charles Darwin shows developing auction liquidity with 35 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $150 and $5,040.
- 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: 60% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 28% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 12% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $180
- Previous 12 months median: $450
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-14
- Days since latest sale: 249
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 9 lots
- Sydney Rare Book Auctions: 7 lots
- Joe R. Pyle Complete Auction & Realty LLC: 3 lots
- Arenberg Auctions: 2 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 2 lots
- Flints Auctions Ltd: 2 lots
- Hermitage Fine Art: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Ader: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-28 | Charles Darwin Signed Photograph \- One of His Favorite Portraits | RR Auction | $15,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-charles-darwin-signed-photograph-one-of-his-favorite-portraits-5042-c-90341ca9cb
2. 2023-10-12 | Self\-Portrait as Charles Darwin | Sotheby's | £317,500
3. 2026-04-23 | Charles Darwin \(1809\-1882\) Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle. First Separate Edition of Darwin's First Published Book. London: Henry Colburn,1839 | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,080 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-charles-darwin-1809-1882-journal-of-researches-into-the-geology-and-natural-history-of-the-various-countries-visited-by-h-m-s-beagle-first-separate-edition-of-darwin-s-first-published-book-london-henry-colburn-1839-90-c-8635ffd8d7
4. 2026-04-23 | Charles Darwin \(1809\-1882\) & James Francis Stephens \(1827\-1845\) Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Synopsis of indigenous Insects. London: Published for the Author and by Baldwin and Cradock, 1829. | Swann Auction Galleries | $363 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-charles-darwin-1809-1882-james-francis-stephens-1827-1845-illustrations-of-british-entomology-or-a-synopsis-of-indigenous-insects-london-published-for-the-author-and-by-baldwin-and-cradock-1829-89-c-7fc31db2f5
5. 2026-03-11 | Charles DARWIN \(1809\-1882\). L.S., Down, Beckenham, Kent 16 mai 1874, \[à Gustave Dollfus\] ; | Ader | €4,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-charles-darwin-1809-1882-l-s-down-beckenham-kent-16-mai-1874-a-gustave-dollfus-517-c-8d7165137c
6. 2025-06-14 | 2 ouvrages. | Arenberg Auctions | €240
7. 2025-06-08 | Charles Darwin | The Book Merchant Jenkins | A$180 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-charles-darwin-361-c-0dc41d2ae3
8. 2025-04-26 | Charles Darwin \(On The Origin of Species.\) A fajok eredete a természeti kiv… | Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin GmbH | N/A
9. 2025-04-17 | Charles Darwin in Australia: Anniversary Edition | Lawsons | A$30
10. 2025-03-12 | Charles Darwin and Sir Richard Owens signed cut photo frame | Joe R. Pyle Complete Auction & Realty LLC | $700
11. 2024-09-08 | CHARLES DARWIN | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$50
12. 2024-08-07 | Charles Darwin Signed Letter Photo Frame | Joe R. Pyle Complete Auction & Realty LLC | $1,100
13. 2024-08-07 | Charles Darwin & Sir Richard Owen Signed Cuts Photo Frame | Joe R. Pyle Complete Auction & Realty LLC | $500
14. 2024-07-10 | Charles Darwin \(1809\-1882\). Autograph letter signed \('Ch. Darwin'\) to Lawso | Christie's | N/A
15. 2024-04-26 | 6 VOL. | Arenberg Auctions | €450
16. 2024-03-22 | Charles Darwin | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$20
17. 2024-03-07 | Charles Darwin as a Young Man | Sotheby's | £20,320
18. 2023-12-15 | Charles Darwin \(1809\-1882\) Autograph letter signed \('Ch. Darwin'\) to \[Thom | Christie's | £4,788
19. 2023-12-15 | Charles Darwin \(1809\-1882\) Autograph letter signed \('Ch. Darwin'\) to Lawso | Christie's | N/A
20. 2023-12-15 | Charles Darwin \(1809\-1882\) Autograph letter signed \('Ch. Darwin'\) to \[Thom | Christie's | £8,820
21. 2023-12-15 | Charles Darwin \(1809\-1882\) Autograph letter signed \('Ch. Darwin'\) to \[Thom | Christie's | £5,040
22. 2023-12-15 | Charles Darwin \(1809\-1882\) Autograph letter signed \('Charles Darwin'\) to \[ | Christie's | £11,970
23. 2023-10-06 | Charles Darwin 1889 Journal Researches | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$150
24. 2023-09-15 | Charles Darwin and the Beagle | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$80

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