# Donald Besco - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T08:19:50.964Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 6
- Lots with prices: 6
- First auction date: 2009-11-24
- Latest auction date: 2025-02-06
- Median realised price: $840
- Price range: $258 to $1,900

## Market Takeaway
Donald Besco has 6 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $840. 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 \($840\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($324 to $1,440\) 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: 50% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $1,125
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-02-06
- Days since latest sale: 447
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 6 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-06 | DONALD BESCO \(CANADIAN, B.1941\), UNTITLED \(KENSINGTON MARKET\) | Waddington's | CA$1,125
2. 2017-08-31 | DONALD BESCO \(CANADIAN, 1941\-\), UNTITLED \(EVENING IN KENSINGTON MARKET\), OIL ON MASONITE; SIGNED LOWER LEFT, 10" x 12" — 25.4 x 30.5 cm. | Waddington's | CA$1,440
3. 2017-08-31 | DONALD BESCO \(CANADIAN, 1941\-\), UNTITLED \(KENSIGNTON MARKET \- WINTER\), OIL ON MASONITE; UNSIGNED, 20" x 24" — 50.8 x 61 cm. | Waddington's | CA$840
4. 2010-11-18 | DONALD BESCO \(CANADIAN, 1941\-\) TORONTO STREET | Waddington's | CA$258
5. 2010-11-18 | DONALD BESCO \(CANADIAN, 1941\-\) FIGURES ALONG CANAL | Waddington's | CA$324
6. 2009-11-24 | DONALD BESCO, WINTER SHOPPING IN KENSINGTON, oil on canvas board, 20 ins x 24 ins; 50 cms x 60 cms | Waddington's | CA$1,900

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