# David Melby - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T02:50:59.874Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 47
- Lots with prices: 41
- First auction date: 2015-09-25
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-28
- Median realised price: $225
- Price range: $50 to $1,200

## Market Takeaway
David Melby has 47 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $225. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 8 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 \($225\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($180 to $425\) 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: 97.6% (40 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 2.4% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $425
- Previous 12 months median: $550
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-28
- Days since latest sale: 213
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 38 lots
- Soulis Auctions: 8 lots
- Direct Auction Galleries, Inc.: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-28 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD \(3\) | Soulis Auctions | $425
2. 2025-09-28 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Soulis Auctions | $300
3. 2025-09-28 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Soulis Auctions | $425
4. 2025-09-28 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Soulis Auctions | $300
5. 2025-09-28 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Soulis Auctions | $600
6. 2025-09-28 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) EXHIBITED OIL ON CANVAS | Soulis Auctions | $500
7. 2025-09-28 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON CANVAS | Soulis Auctions | $500
8. 2025-09-28 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD \(2\) | Soulis Auctions | $225
9. 2024-12-27 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD \(x4\) | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $550
10. 2022-12-10 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $110
11. 2022-12-10 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $100
12. 2022-09-23 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $225
13. 2022-09-23 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $200
14. 2022-09-23 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $225
15. 2022-09-23 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) THREE ORIGINAL WORKS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $200
16. 2022-09-23 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD \(2\) | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $400
17. 2022-06-18 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) TWO ORIGINAL WORKS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | N/A
18. 2022-06-18 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) THREE ORIGINAL WORKS | Dirk Soulis Auctions | N/A
19. 2021-07-31 | David Melby Painting, "Midwestern Light". | Direct Auction Galleries, Inc. | $180
20. 2018-06-01 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $50
21. 2018-06-01 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD \(2\) | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $140
22. 2018-06-01 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | N/A
23. 2018-06-01 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $150
24. 2018-06-01 | DAVID MELBY \(1942\-2014\) OIL ON BOARD | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $225

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