# David Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T04:51:38.348Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 331
- Lots with prices: 237
- First auction date: 2001-05-16
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-20
- Median realised price: $25,000
- Price range: $20 to $9,312,500

## Market Takeaway
David Smith shows deep auction liquidity with 330 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $25,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-20.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($25,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $800 and $102,000.
- 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: 25.4% (60 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 6.8% (16 sales)
- $10,000\+: 67.8% (160 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 23
- Recent 12 months median: $1,197,000
- Previous 12 months median: $900
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-20
- Days since latest sale: 90
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 124 lots
- Sotheby's: 77 lots
- Gorringes: 16 lots
- Mallams: 16 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 13 lots
- Phillips: 12 lots
- Lots Road Auctions: 9 lots
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Roseberys: 6 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-19 | David Smith "Dumbo's Flight" Ltd. Edition Bronze Sculpture | Market Auctions | $800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-smith-dumbo-s-flight-ltd-edition-bronze-sculpture-218-c-d42ae00b05
2. 2025-05-31 | David Smith, 5/4/53, 1953 | Lempertz | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-david-smith-5-4-53-1953-423-c-e544d33a2f
3. 2020-11-12 | DAVID SMITH BY DAVID SMITH | Westport Auction | $30
4. 2025-11-20 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\). February 15, 1957. ink on paper26 ½ x 40 in. \(66.3 | Christie's | $10,160
5. 2025-11-17 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\). Voltri\-Bolton IV. steel78 ¼ x 25 ½ x 14 7/8 in. \(1 | Christie's | $1,270,000
6. 2025-11-17 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\). Circle 2 Legs. steel and paint107 ½ x 60 in. \(273. | Christie's | $3,613,000
7. 2025-10-22 | David Smith \(b.1949\) 'Lake near South Weald, Essex', signed, oil on canvas, 33.5 x 48.5cm | Mallams | £380
8. 2025-05-15 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\). Head as Figure. steel and paint16 x 8 5/8 x 16 ¼ i | Christie's | N/A
9. 2025-05-15 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\). Boaz Dancing School. steel14 x 13 5/8 x 15 in. \(35 | Christie's | N/A
10. 2025-05-12 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\) Egyptian Landscape steel, bronze and paint 26 ¾ x 4 | Christie's | $1,197,000
11. 2025-02-27 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\). ?S 10 / 11 / 52. ink and tempera on paper15 ¾ x 20 | Christie's | N/A
12. 2024-12-18 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\). Untitled. spray paint on paper 19 x 26 in. \(48.3 x | Christie's | N/A
13. 2024-11-22 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\) \- Raven II | Christie's | N/A
14. 2024-11-19 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\) \- Lunar Arc | Christie's | N/A
15. 2024-11-19 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\) \- Tanktotem X | Christie's | $2,470,000
16. 2024-10-24 | David Smith \(1920\-1999\), limited edition screenprint on paper, Tulip Fields, Holland \(1970\), signed and numbered in pencil, 50cm x 74 cm, mounted, gla | Burstow & Hewett | £20
17. 2024-10-01 | DAVID SMITH \(1906\-1965\). Space at Night. spray paint on canvas 100 x 48 3⁄8 | Christie's | N/A
18. 2024-09-10 | David Smith \(British, 1930\-1999\), 'Breydon Water, Norfolk', ink and wash on paper, 39 x 56cm | Gorringes | N/A
19. 2024-09-10 | David Smith \(British, 1930\-1999\), Family music recital, oil on hard board, 164 x 120cm | Gorringes | £500
20. 2024-09-10 | David Smith \(British, 1930\-1999\), 'Ice cave, Antarctica', oil on canvas, 76 x 102cm | Gorringes | N/A
21. 2024-09-10 | David Smith \(British, 1930\-1999\), 'The River Downham Market, Norfolk', ink and wash on paper, 29 x 77cm | Gorringes | N/A
22. 2024-09-10 | David Smith \(British, 1930\-1999\), 'Burgh Castle Mill, Norfolk', ink on paper, 38 x 57cm | Gorringes | £130
23. 2024-09-10 | David Smith \(British, 1930\-1999\), Waterfall, North Wales and Foundry scene, oil on board \(2\), 101 x 92cm and 100 x 125cm | Gorringes | £900
24. 2024-09-10 | David Smith \(British, 1930\-1999\), No.2 Proteas, impasto on board, 122 x 92cm | Gorringes | N/A

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