# Dorothy Kay - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T14:51:51.288Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 53
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2008-01-30
- Latest auction date: 2022-10-23
- Median realised price: $7,280
- Price range: $375 to $200,000

## Market Takeaway
Dorothy Kay has 53 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,280. 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 \($7,280\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($4,600 to $10,050\) 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: 5.9% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58.8% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 35.3% (6 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: 2022-10-23
- Days since latest sale: 1,285
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Stephan Welz & Co: 22 lots
- Strauss & Co: 14 lots
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 10 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Aspire Art: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-10-23 | Dorothy Kay \(SA 1886 \- 1964\) Watercolour, Fisherman, Signed, 23 x 17 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 3,600
2. 2021-09-05 | Dorothy Kay \(SA 1886 \- 1964\) Watercolour, Fisherman, Signed, 23 x 17 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
3. 2021-08-10 | Dorothy Kay; Irish/South African 1886\-1964; Salt | Strauss & Co | N/A
4. 2021-04-18 | Dorothy Kay \(SA 1886 \- 1964\) Watercolour, Fisherman, Signed, 23 x 17 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
5. 2020-12-06 | Dorothy Kay \(SA 1886 \- 1964\) Watercolour, Fisherman, Signed, 23 x 17 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2019-10-19 | Dorothy Kay \- Pack of Dogs | Strauss & Co | N/A
7. 2019-10-19 | Dorothy Kay \- Two Dogs | Strauss & Co | N/A
8. 2019-10-19 | Dorothy Kay \- Comedy and Tragedy | Strauss & Co | N/A
9. 2019-10-19 | Dorothy Kay \- Flora | Strauss & Co | N/A
10. 2019-10-07 | Dorothy Kay; Tug 'Talana' on the Slipway | Strauss & Co | N/A
11. 2019-04-08 | Dorothy Kay \- Ship's Figurehead, HMS Flora, recto; Frottage Composition, verso | Strauss & Co | N/A
12. 2019-04-08 | Dorothy Kay \- Wall End, Syon House, London | Strauss & Co | N/A
13. 2019-04-08 | Dorothy Kay \- Leopard Hunt | Strauss & Co | N/A
14. 2019-04-08 | Dorothy Kay \- The Basuto Blanket | Strauss & Co | N/A
15. 2019-04-08 | Dorothy Kay \- Ship's Figurehead, Swellendam | Strauss & Co | N/A
16. 2018-10-28 | Dorothy Kay, The Song of the Pick; Malay Driver; Fingo Witch Doctor | Aspire Art | ZAR 25,000
17. 2018-10-22 | Dorothy Kay; Comedy and Tragedy | Strauss & Co | N/A
18. 2018-09-17 | Dorothy Kay; Surgery | Strauss & Co | N/A
19. 2018-04-15 | Dorothy Kay \(SA 1886 \- 1964\) Lithograph, "Old Dolley", Signed in Pencil, 24 x 35 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2017-12-03 | Dorothy Kay \(SA 1886 \- 1964\) Lithograph, "Old Dolley", Signed in Pencil, 24 x 35 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
21. 2017-11-13 | Dorothy Kay \- War News | Strauss & Co | N/A
22. 2017-11-12 | Dorothy Kay, The Train | Aspire Art | ZAR 200,000
23. 2017-03-28 | Dorothy Kay \(South African 1886\-1964\) CAPE TO CAIRO RAILWAY signed charcoal | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A
24. 2017-03-28 | Dorothy Kay \(South African 1886\-1964\) McBEAN SAT UP INSTANTLY, AND LOOKED I | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A

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