# David William Simpson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T04:54:38.477Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 10
- Lots with prices: 6
- First auction date: 2009-11-08
- Latest auction date: 2024-11-19
- Median realised price: $5,500
- Price range: $510 to $22,860

## Market Takeaway
David William Simpson has 10 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($5,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,000 to $10,000\) 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: 16.7% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 33.3% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $22,860
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 525
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Dargate Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-19 | David William Simpson \(b. 1928\), "Sun and Light," 2006; "So Close So Far," 2006; "Envy," 2007; "Sub Strata," 2007; "7:00 a.m.," 2008; "7:00 p.m.," 2008 | John Moran Auctioneers | $22,860
2. 2023-03-05 | David William Simpson \(American B. 1928\): Untitled | Abell Auction | $10,000
3. 2022-09-14 | DAVID WILLIAM SIMPSON \(B. 1928\) The Earth Revisited, 1957 | Bonhams | $3,000
4. 2016-05-04 | DAVID WILLIAM SIMPSON \(born 1928\) Untitled, 1968 diameter 61 1/2 in. \(156.2 cm\) unframed | Bonhams | $6,250
5. 2013-05-17 | David William Simpson \(American b. 1928\), Red Arcs, acrylic on canvas, 49 x 54 in | Weschler's | $5,500
6. 2012-09-12 | DAVID WILLIAM SIMPSON \(American, b. 1928\) Dark Arch \#2, | Heritage Auctions | N/A
7. 2012-09-12 | DAVID WILLIAM SIMPSON \(American, b. 1928\) Hot Cross \#2, | Heritage Auctions | N/A
8. 2012-09-12 | DAVID WILLIAM SIMPSON \(American, b. 1928\) Night Stripe | Heritage Auctions | N/A
9. 2011-09-18 | David William Simpson \(American, born 1928\) Grey square, 1955 44 1/4 x 44 1/2in | Bonhams | N/A
10. 2009-11-08 | DAVID WILLIAM SIMPSON \(1928\- \) 'Blue Field', acrylic on canvas, signed on verso David Simpson and dated 1963. Exhibited: San Francisco Museum of Art, March\-April 1967. Additional labels: San Francisco Art Institute; Gallery for Contemporary Art, | Dargate Auction Galleries | $510

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