# Douglas Portway - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T00:00:35.996Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 186
- Lots with prices: 102
- First auction date: 2001-06-19
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-28
- Median realised price: $2,160
- Price range: $55 to $863,968

## Market Takeaway
Douglas Portway shows deep auction liquidity with 186 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,160. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 11 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,160\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $525 and $9,000.
- 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: 41.2% (42 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 38.2% (39 sales)
- $10,000\+: 20.6% (21 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 11
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $140
- Previous 12 months median: $240
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-28
- Days since latest sale: 52
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 51 lots
- Strauss & Co: 38 lots
- Christie's: 16 lots
- Roseberys: 12 lots
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 10 lots
- Mallams: 10 lots
- Stephan Welz & Co: 8 lots
- Aspire Art: 7 lots
- Gorringes: 4 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-28 | Douglas Owen Portway \(South Africa,UK,1922\-1993\) pastel painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $130 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-douglas-owen-portway-south-africa-uk-1922-1993-pastel-painting-683-c-9a95188886
2. 2025-09-21 | Douglas Owen Portway \(South Africa,UK,1922\-1993\) pastel painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $130 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-douglas-owen-portway-south-africa-uk-1922-1993-pastel-painting-665-c-3ab482488b
3. 2024-09-11 | Douglas Portway,  Untitled, 1964;  | Roseberys | £240
4. 2025-12-10 | Douglas Owen Portway \(1922\-1993\) | Mallams | N/A
5. 2025-12-10 | Douglas Owen Portway \(1922\-1993\) | Mallams | N/A
6. 2025-12-10 | Douglas Owen Portway | Mallams | N/A
7. 2025-12-10 | Douglas Owen Portway \(1922\-1993\) | Mallams | £140
8. 2025-12-10 | Douglas Owen Portway \(1922\-1993\) | Mallams | £280
9. 2025-11-09 | DOUGLAS OWEN PORTWAY \(SOUTH AFRICAN/UK 1922\-1993\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $150
10. 2025-07-13 | Douglas Portway \(SA 1922 \- 1993\) Mixed Media, Abstract, Signed, 25 x 35 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
11. 2025-06-29 | Douglas Portway \(SA 1922 \- 1993\) Mixed Media, Abstract, Signed, 25 x 35 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
12. 2025-06-17 | DOUGLAS PORTWAY \(SOUTH AFRICAN 1922\-1993\) 'Orange\-grey Abstract' charcoal and watercolour,, signed and date | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £190
13. 2024-04-18 | Douglas Portway,  Gouache 1964;  | Roseberys | £600
14. 2024-01-10 | DOUGLAS PORTWAY \(SOUTH AFRICAN 1922\-1993\) UNTITLED \(ABSTRACT WITH BLUE AND ORANGE\) | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A
15. 2023-04-30 | Douglas Portway \(South African \- British, 1922\-1993\) Painting | Myers Fine Art | $1,300
16. 2023-04-18 | Douglas Portway \(South African, 1922\-1993\) Abstract landscape | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2023-03-09 | Douglas Portway \(British, 1922\) Untitled, 1976 Oil on paper 20 x 26 inches \(50.8 | Heritage Auctions | $250
18. 2022-03-22 | Douglas Portway, Trinity 2 | Sotheby's | N/A
19. 2021-08-10 | Douglas Portway \- Paintings,Drawings,Graphics, and Book Launch \- 1990 Offset Lithograph 28" x 19.5" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
20. 2021-04-21 | Douglas Portway \(South Africa 1922\-1993\) Le Sage, 1975 | Aspire Art | ZAR 9,000
21. 2020-05-16 | DOUGLAS PORTWAY \- To Erica With Our Love... | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$70
22. 2020-05-12 | Douglas Portway \(British, 1922 \- 1993\), White Stockings | Guernsey's | $350
23. 2020-02-05 | Douglas Portway 1922\-1993 Abstract Composition II | Strauss & Co | ZAR 8,000
24. 2020-02-05 | Douglas Portway 1922\-1993 Abstract Composition I | Strauss & Co | ZAR 7,500

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