# David \(1939\) Blackburn - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T04:54:40.145Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 71
- Lots with prices: 54
- First auction date: 2006-01-25
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-02
- Median realised price: $375
- Price range: $10 to $2,500

## Market Takeaway
David (1939) Blackburn shows solid auction liquidity with 71 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $375. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-02.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($375\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $200 and $700.
- 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: 88.9% (48 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 11.1% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $900
- Previous 12 months median: $160
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-02
- Days since latest sale: 108
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 16 lots
- Leonard Joel: 11 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 6 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Lawsons: 5 lots
- Golding Young & Mawer: 4 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 3 lots
- Mallams: 3 lots
- Dargate Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Ewbank's: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-25 | DAVID BLACKBURN, UNTITLED 1976, | Leonard Joel | A$1,800
2. 2025-02-18 | David Blackburn \(British 1939\-2016\), Black Beach, Pastel on Paper, Signed and Dated 1983 l.r. and Titled on Verso, Overall: 27 x 20 3/4 in. \(68.6 x 52.7 cm.\) | Weschler's | $45 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-blackburn-british-1939-2016-black-beach-pastel-on-paper-signed-and-dated-1983-l-r-and-titled-on-verso-overall-27-x-20-3-4-in-68-6-x-52-7-cm-285-c-baf4d1cbd3
3. 2025-01-22 | David Blackburn, British 1939\-2016, Sunburst in Snow, Pastel on Paper | Nye & Company | $400
4. 2019-07-04 | DAVID BLACKBURN, PORTRAIT, OIL ON PAPER, 70 X 46CM | Leonard Joel | N/A
5. 2019-02-07 | DAVID BLACKBURN, PALE CIRCLE, PASTEL, 62 X 51CM | Leonard Joel | A$220
6. 2018-07-05 | DAVID BLACKBURN, ABSTRACT, PASTEL ON PAPER, 45 X 58 CM | Leonard Joel | A$180
7. 2018-06-28 | DAVID BLACKBURN, ABSTRACT, 45 X 58 CM | Leonard Joel | N/A
8. 2017-04-06 | DAVID BLACKBURN, ABSTRACT COMPOSITION 1971, PASTEL, 36.5 X 28.5CM | Leonard Joel | A$200
9. 2016-09-17 | DAVID BLACKBURN \(British, b. 1930\). ABSTRACT, signed and dated 1980 lower right. Pastel. | Sloans & Kenyon | N/A
10. 2016-09-17 | DAVID BLACKBURN \(British, b. 1930\). ABSTRACT, pastel. | Sloans & Kenyon | N/A
11. 2016-07-10 | DAVID BLACKBURN \(UK, b 1939\) \- 1988 ''Blue Cityscape with gasometer; Pastel; No signature in visible art \(paper label on reverse and accompanying paperwork from Art Show Exhibit\); set under glass in wood frame; Measures: Visible Art 25.5''H x 21''W, Frame 33''H x 27.5''W \- Condition: Age appropriate wear; All items sold as is. | Dargate Auction Galleries | $475
12. 2014-07-06 | David Blackburn \(born 1931\) \- Untitled \(River Scene\) 1969 gouache on card | Lawsons | A$225
13. 2025-11-02 | David Blackburn \(British 1939\-2016\) "Ayers Rock Su… | Amanda Addams Auctions | A$120
14. 2025-09-18 | DAVID BLACKBURN, UNTITLED 1976, | Leonard Joel | A$900
15. 2025-09-18 | DAVID BLACKBURN, UNTITLED 1976, | Leonard Joel | A$2,400
16. 2025-08-21 | DAVID BLACKBURN, UNTITLED 1984, | Leonard Joel | A$220
17. 2025-03-18 | David Blackburn \- Light and Landscape \- 1989 Offset Lithograph 30" x 20" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
18. 2025-02-04 | David Blackburn \(British 1939\-2016\), Black Beach, Pastel on Paper, Signed and Dated 1983 l.r. and Titled on Verso, Overall: 27 x 20 3/4 in. \(68.6 x 52.7 cm.\) | Weschler's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-blackburn-british-1939-2016-black-beach-pastel-on-paper-signed-and-dated-1983-l-r-and-titled-on-verso-overall-27-x-20-3-4-in-68-6-x-52-7-cm-277-c-2924740b68
19. 2024-11-12 | David Blackburn \(1939\-2016\), an abstract composition, pastel, dedicated verso and dated 1962, 9.75" x 12" \(25 | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £160
20. 2024-09-10 | David Blackburn \- Light and Landscape \- 1989 Offset Lithograph 30" x 20" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
21. 2024-04-30 | David Blackburn \- Light and Landscape \- 1989 Offset Lithograph 30" x 20" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
22. 2022-11-23 | David Blackburn \(British, 1939\-2016\) A Landscape Vision, No 6 | Bonhams | £2,500
23. 2022-05-26 | DAVID BLACKBURN \(1939 \- 2016\) Untitled 1967 oil pastel on paper 24 x 32 cm \(frame: 44 x 52 x 2 cm\) signed and dated lower right | Lawsons | A$375
24. 2022-03-23 | David Blackburn \(British, 1939\-2016\) | Andrew Smith & Son | £470

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