# Donald Roy Purdy - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T00:01:19.235Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 154
- Lots with prices: 98
- First auction date: 2003-10-08
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-13
- Median realised price: $250
- Price range: $50 to $2,700

## Market Takeaway
Donald Roy Purdy shows deep auction liquidity with 154 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-13.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($250\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $150 and $500.
- 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: 90.8% (89 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 9.2% (9 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 12
- Previous 12 months sales: 26
- Recent 12 months median: $125
- Previous 12 months median: $300
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-13
- Days since latest sale: 36
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- RoGallery: 26 lots
- DuMouchelles: 17 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 7 lots
- Eldred's: 7 lots
- Auction by Daum: 6 lots
- Sterling Associates, Inc.: 6 lots
- Winter Associates, Inc.: 6 lots
- Market Auctions: 5 lots
- Andrew Jones Auctions: 4 lots
- Kaminski Auctions: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-13 | Donald Roy Purdy \(American, 1924\-2015\) Seaside Landscape Oil on Board | Akiba Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-donald-roy-purdy-american-1924-2015-seaside-landscape-oil-on-board-403-c-29e5aefe2c
2. 2025-12-07 | Donald Roy Purdy \(1924 \- 2016\) Vintage American Modernist Large Framed Woman Portrait Oil Painting | Curated Gallery Auctions | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-donald-roy-purdy-1924-2016-vintage-american-modernist-large-framed-woman-portrait-oil-painting-293-c-d0ae32c464
3. 2025-06-04 | Donald Roy Purdy \(American, b. 1924\) Oil on Board | Market Auctions | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-donald-roy-purdy-american-b-1924-oil-on-board-90-c-9de487aaeb
4. 2025-09-06 | Donald Roy Purdy \(American, Connecticut 1924\-2016\) "Summer Landscape" Oil on board Signed lower right Purdy 20" x 24" Provenance: Newman Galleries, New York \($650\) | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $125
5. 2025-08-24 | Donald Roy Purdy \(1924 \- 2016\) | Orion Antiques | $50
6. 2025-07-30 | DONALD ROY PURDY, RABBI 3, OIL ON MASONITE | RoGallery | N/A
7. 2025-07-25 | DONALD ROY PURDY \(Connecticut, 1924\-2016\), A day at the beach., Oil on board, 18" x 24". Framed 27" x 33". | Eldred's | $1,100
8. 2025-07-10 | DONALD ROY PURDY \(Connecticut, 1924\-2016\), Beach scene., Oil on masonite, 14" x 18". Framed 20.5" x 24.5". | Eldred's | N/A
9. 2025-06-16 | Donald Roy Purdy \(American, 1924\-2015\) Circus | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $550
10. 2025-05-02 | DONALD ROY PURDY, RABBI WITH TORAH 2, OIL ON MASONITE | RoGallery | N/A
11. 2025-05-02 | DONALD ROY PURDY, SAILBOATS IN MARSH, OIL ON MASONITE | RoGallery | N/A
12. 2025-02-23 | DONALD ROY PURDY \(CT, 1924\-2016\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $175
13. 2025-01-23 | DONALD ROY PURDY \(Connecticut, 1924\-2016\), Balloon seller in a crowed market., Oil on masonite, 18” x 24”. Framed 28” x 34”. | Eldred's | $650
14. 2024-12-20 | Donald Roy Purdy \(1924\) Sale Boats At River Walk Oil On Canvas | Auction by Daum | N/A
15. 2024-11-29 | Donald Roy Purdy, Profile of a Young Girl, Oil on Masonite | RoGallery | N/A
16. 2024-10-10 | DONALD ROY PURDY, SITTING WOMAN, OIL ON BOARD | RoGallery | N/A
17. 2024-09-03 | Donald Roy Purdy \(AMERICAN, 1924\) Ballerinas, oil on Masonite, signed lower left, dated 60', 24" x 30" Masonite, 31" x 37" overall | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $175
18. 2024-09-03 | Donald Roy Purdy \(AMERICAN, 1924\) Forest Scene, signed lower left, oil on board, 36" x 24" board, 46" x 34" overall | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $150
19. 2024-09-03 | Donald Roy Purdy \(AMERICAN, 1924\) Winterscape, oil on Masonite, signed lower right, 24" x 30" Masonite, 31 1/" x 38" overall | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $200
20. 2024-09-03 | Donald Roy Purdy \(AMERICAN, 1924\) Cottage Coastal scene, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 16" x 20" canvas, 23 1/4" x 27 1/4" overall | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $150
21. 2024-07-06 | Donald Roy Purdy \(American, 1924\-2016\) | Copake Auction Inc. | $325
22. 2024-07-02 | Donald Roy Purdy, Early Autumn Landscape | Old Kinderhook Auction Company | $60
23. 2024-06-18 | DONALD ROY PURDY, SAILBOATS IN MARSH, OIL ON MASONITE | RoGallery | N/A
24. 2024-06-10 | Donald Roy Purdy \(American, 1924 \- 2016\), "Still life with Anemones and Poppies", oil on masonite, a bouquet in pink, peach, and red sits inside a colorful vase, signed lower right, in ornate deco style gilt frame, we... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $500

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