# Desmond Hickey - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T01:17:07.884Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 68
- Lots with prices: 43
- First auction date: 2004-05-26
- Latest auction date: 2023-04-18
- Median realised price: $750
- Price range: $50 to $2,800

## Market Takeaway
Desmond Hickey has 68 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $750. 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 \($750\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($520 to $1,150\) 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: 69.8% (30 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 30.2% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-04-18
- Days since latest sale: 1,106
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Whyte's: 23 lots
- Adam's: 19 lots
- Morgan O'Driscoll: 11 lots
- Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers: 5 lots
- deVeres: 4 lots
- Gormleys Art Auctions: 3 lots
- Sheppards: 2 lots
- Greenwich Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-04-18 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) Daffodils with Candle \(1994\) | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
2. 2022-12-07 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) Across the Bridge, Kilkenny Oil on board, 20 x 24cm \(8 x 9 1/2\) Signed | Adam's | €700
3. 2022-12-07 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) Early Lead, Regatta Roundstone Oil on board, 30 x 38cm \(11¾ x 15\) Signed and inscribed verso | Adam's | €750
4. 2022-03-30 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) Daffodils Oil on board, 51 x 40cm \(20 x 15¾''\) Signed Provenance: With Greenlane Gallery, Dingle. | Adam's | €650
5. 2021-09-21 | DESMOND HICKEY \(1937 \- 2007\) Still Life with Flowers, Book and Apple Oil on board, 40 x 50cm \(15¾ x 19¾\) Signed | Adam's | N/A
6. 2019-09-25 | Desmond Hickey \(1937 \- 2007\)Landscape with Geese, ConnemaraOil on canvas laid on board, 44 x 59cm \(17¼ x 23½\)Signed; signed and titled verso | Adam's | €1,500
7. 2019-03-12 | Desmond Hickey, Grand Canal, Dublin | Gormleys Art Auctions | £550
8. 2018-12-16 | Desmond Hickey \(1937 \- 2007\)The Canal, Harold's CrossOil on board, 45 x 56cm Signed; signed and inscribed with titled verso | Adam's | €300
9. 2018-12-05 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\)On the GallopsOil on board, 25 x 30cm \(9¾ x 11¾''\)SignedArtist's label verso | Adam's | €800
10. 2018-10-01 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) CROSSING THE HARBOUR, ROUNDSTONE, COUNTY GALWAY | Whyte's | €580
11. 2018-10-01 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) BELLEWSTOWN RACES, EVENING | Whyte's | N/A
12. 2018-10-01 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) A DIFFICULT BLACK | Whyte's | N/A
13. 2018-09-11 | Desmond Hickey \- Horse Market | Gormleys Art Auctions | £750
14. 2018-07-09 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) RUNNERS, 3rd PLACE, BELLEWSTOWN, DROGHEDA, COUNTY LOUTH, 1992 | Whyte's | €520
15. 2018-07-09 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) SPRING, HARRINGTON STREET, DUBLIN, 1991 | Whyte's | N/A
16. 2018-02-26 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) ROUNDSTONE HARBOUR, COUNTY GALWAY, 1985 | Whyte's | €1,150
17. 2017-12-11 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) CAT NAP | Whyte's | N/A
18. 2017-12-11 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) SPRING, HARRINGTON STREET, DUBLIN, 1991 | Whyte's | N/A
19. 2017-08-29 | DESMOND HICKEY \(IRISH, 1937\-2007\) | Sheppards | €200
20. 2016-12-10 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) HAWS WITH CHESTNUTS | Whyte's | N/A
21. 2016-07-25 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) LETTER FOR GERTIE, 1989 | Whyte's | €100
22. 2016-05-10 | Desmond Hickey \- The Yellow Teapot | Gormleys Art Auctions | £340
23. 2016-02-29 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) RUNNERS, 3rd PLACE, BELLEWSTOWN, DROGHEDA, COUNTY LOUTH, 1992 | Whyte's | N/A
24. 2016-02-29 | Desmond Hickey \(1937\-2007\) LETTER FOR GERTIE, 1989 | Whyte's | N/A

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