# Dean Cornwell - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T00:38:08.670Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 194
- Lots with prices: 148
- First auction date: 1992-09-23
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-17
- Median realised price: $7,000
- Price range: $1 to $163,800

## Market Takeaway
Dean Cornwell shows deep auction liquidity with 193 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-17.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($7,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,135 and $20,000.
- 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: 22.4% (33 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 34.7% (51 sales)
- $10,000\+: 42.9% (63 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $80
- Previous 12 months median: $2,100
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-17
- Days since latest sale: 32
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 72 lots
- Christie's: 17 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 13 lots
- Illustration House: 12 lots
- James D. Julia: 6 lots
- Skinner: 5 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 4 lots
- Myers Fine Art: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-01-28 | Dean Cornwell \(American, 1892–1960\) Floral Still Life Oil On Canvas | Akiba Galleries | $650
2. 2024-06-20 | DEAN CORNWELL \(1892\-1960\) Crucifixion on the battlefield. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
3. 2022-08-21 | Dean Cornwell \(American, 1892\-1960\) Oil on Illustration Board | Leonard Auction | $4,250
4. 2019-02-17 | Dean Cornwell \(American, 1892\-1960\) Oil Painting | Myers Fine Art | $20,000
5. 2026-01-17 | Dean Cornwell \(American, 1892\-1960\) Reflection, Signed Dean Cornwell lower right, Oil on canvas on board, 16 1/2" x 14", Framed\-19" x 16 1/4" | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | N/A
6. 2025-10-12 | DEAN CORNWELL \(1892\-1960\) 'VICTORY \- now you can invest in it! \- VICTORY LOAN', original 1945 colour poster, the artist's name at lower left in the plate, published by the United States Department of the Treasury, 93 x 66cm. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$80
7. 2025-02-20 | DEAN CORNWELL \(1892\-1960\). BANANALAND. Two duplicate, attached posters. Circa 1935. 40¼x106 inches, 102¼x269¼ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $780
8. 2024-12-12 | DEAN CORNWELL \(1892\-1960\) "A noisy street car disturbed his sleep." | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,950
9. 2024-12-08 | Dean Cornwell \(1892 \- 1960\) Large Antique American Illustration Military Landscape Oil Painting | Curated Gallery Auctions | $850
10. 2024-10-23 | Dean Cornwell | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $3,250
11. 2024-06-05 | Dean Cornwell \(1892 \- 1960\) Original Illustration | Weiss Auctions | $2,100
12. 2024-05-16 | Dean Cornwell \(American, 1892\-1960\) Golden Gate, Jerusalem, c. 1925\-1926 | Hindman | $2,750
13. 2024-04-18 | DEAN CORNWELL \(1892\-1960\) A Strange Sound Drifted Down to Kit from the Top | Christie's | $163,800
14. 2023-12-14 | DEAN CORNWELL \(1892\-1960\) "Sherring followed the lane with the tramp's air of alertness." | Swann Auction Galleries | $22,500
15. 2023-12-02 | Dean Cornwell \(American, 1892\-1960\), "The Assassin" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $3,400
16. 2023-10-14 | Dean Cornwell "Flames" Oil Painting | Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers | $3,500
17. 2023-10-14 | Dean Cornwell Watercolor Study | Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers | $500
18. 2023-09-20 | Dean Cornwell \(1892\-1960\) Figures in an American street, oil on board, 26" x 20.5", \(66x52cm\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £360
19. 2023-07-13 | Dean Cornwell \(American, 1892\-1960\) Arctic Exploration study Oil and pencil on p | Heritage Auctions | $500
20. 2023-05-21 | Dean Cornwell "Conquerors of Yellow Fever" | Ron Hickman Auctioneer | $1
21. 2023-05-18 | Dean Cornwell, oil on board | Millea Bros Ltd | $1,100
22. 2023-05-18 | Dean Cornwell, oil on board | Millea Bros Ltd | $850
23. 2023-05-18 | Dean Cornwell, large oil on canvas, 1942 | Millea Bros Ltd | $7,000
24. 2023-05-18 | Dean Cornwell, oil on board | Millea Bros Ltd | $6,500

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