# Dorothy Colles - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T02:06:44.376Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 22
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2004-10-14
- Latest auction date: 2020-11-04
- Median realised price: $55
- Price range: $20 to $2,151

## Market Takeaway
Dorothy Colles has 22 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $55. 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 \($55\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($40 to $160\) 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: 92.9% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 7.1% (1 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: 2020-11-04
- Days since latest sale: 2,001
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 12 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Gerrards Auction Rooms: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- London Auctions: 1 lots
- Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers: 1 lots
- Sheppards: 1 lots
- Woolley & Wallis: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2020-11-04 | Dorothy Colles \(1917\-2003\) British, a folio of drawings and watercolours, a quantity, unframed. | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £160
2. 2019-05-01 | Dorothy Margaret Colles \(1917\-2003\) British. "Mary Pyner & Rosemary, 1988", Pastel, Signed, and Inscribed on reverse, Unframed, 28" x 21", and Three other Portraits of Ladies, Four \(4\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £30
3. 2019-01-30 | Dorothy Margaret Colles \(1917\-2003\) British. "Orchid Tree", a Study of "Bauhinia Variegata", Watercolour and Pencil, Inscribed, Unframed, 20" x 14", together with a large collection of other Botanical Studies, \(Q\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £20
4. 2019-01-30 | Dorothy Margaret Colles \(1917\-2003\) British. "Mary Pyner & Rosemary, 1988", Pastel, Signed, and Inscribed on reverse, Unframed, 28" x 21", and Three other Portraits of Ladies, Four \(4\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £55
5. 2019-01-30 | Dorothy Margaret Colles \(1917\-2003\) British. "Mrs Leslie Sycamore", Pastel, Signed, and Signed and Inscribed on reverse in Pencil, Unframed, 25" x 19.5", together with two other works by the same hand, A Bust Portrait of a Lady, Pastel, Signed, Unframed, 24" x 18.5", and another Portrait of a Lady Three \(3\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £40
6. 2018-12-19 | Dorothy Margaret Colles \(1917\-2003\) British. Portrait of Miss Fiona McGregor, a Young Girl wearing a White Dress, seated on a Stool, Oil on Canvas, Inscribed on reverse, 30" x 20". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £180
7. 2018-10-31 | Dorothy Margaret Colles \(1917\-2003\) British. "Orchid Tree", a Study of "Bauhinia Variegata", Watercolour and Pencil, Inscribed, Unframed, 20" x 14", together with a large collection of other Botanical Studies, \(Q\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
8. 2018-10-31 | Dorothy Margaret Colles \(1917\-2003\) British. A Half Length Portrait of a Young Boy, Pencil, Unframed, 20" x 16", together with six other Portrait Studies, and a Madonna and Child by another hand, eight \(8\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £65
9. 2018-10-31 | Dorothy Margaret Colles \(1917\-2003\) British. "Mary Pyner & Rosemary, 1988", Pastel, Signed, and Inscribed on reverse, Unframed, 28" x 21", and another similar, two \(2\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
10. 2018-10-31 | Dorothy Margaret Colles \(1917\-2003\) British. A Half Length Portrait of a Red Haired Lady, Pastel, Signed, Unframed, 27" x 19.5", and another Portrait of a Lady by the same hand, two, \(2\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £45
11. 2018-10-31 | Dorothy Margaret Colles \(1917\-2003\) British. A Bust Portrait of a Lady, Pastel, Signed, Unframed, 24" x 18.5", and another Portrait of a Lady by the same hand, two \(2\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £45
12. 2018-10-31 | Dorothy Margaret Colles \(1917\-2003\) British. "Mrs Leslie Sycamore", Pastel, Signed, and Signed and Inscribed on reverse in Pencil, Unframed, 25" x 19.5". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £35
13. 2016-12-06 | Dorothy Colles, British, 1917\-2003, portrait of two seated ladies, one read | London Auctions | N/A
14. 2014-04-30 | Dorothy Colles, 1917\-2003 | Sheppards | N/A
15. 2013-04-19 | Dorothy Colles \(1914\-2003\) Portrait of Amanda | Gerrards Auction Rooms | £140
16. 2012-12-01 | Dorothy Colles \(1917 \- 2003\) 'Portrait of a Boy' | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
17. 2010-05-07 | Dorothy Colles 1917\-2003. Label on reverse reads | Gerrards Auction Rooms | £180
18. 2009-09-19 | Dorothy Colles \(1917\-2003\) Charcoal and pastel on | Claydon Auctioneers | N/A
19. 2009-06-17 | Dorothy Colles \(1917\-2003\) Portrait of a young | Woolley & Wallis | £60
20. 2008-11-15 | Dorothy Colles \(1917\-2003\) Charcoal and pastel on | Claydon Auctioneers | N/A
21. 2008-09-20 | Dorothy Colles \(1917\-2003\) Charcoal and pastel on | Claydon Auctioneers | N/A
22. 2004-10-14 | Dorothy Colles \(b.1917\) | Christie's | £2,151

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