# Douglas Watson - Auction Profile

Canonical: https://appraisily.com/artist/douglas-watson/
Snapshot URL: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/douglas-watson/llm.md
Updated: 2026-04-28T22:40:53.247Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 47
- Lots with prices: 30
- First auction date: 2004-08-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-24
- Median realised price: $500
- Price range: $40 to $6,600

## Market Takeaway
Douglas Watson has 47 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. 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 \($500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($280 to $1,300\) 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: 60% (18 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $650
- Previous 12 months median: $240
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-24
- Days since latest sale: 216
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 16 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 14 lots
- Lawsons: 5 lots
- Aalders Auctions: 2 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Christian McCann Auctions: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Gibson's: 1 lots
- Leski Auctions Pty Ltd: 1 lots
- Mallams: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-24 | EDWARD ALBERT DOUGLAS WATSON \- LANDSCAPE \- OIL ON BOARD | GFL Fine Art | A$650
2. 2025-06-25 | DOUGLAS WATSON \- BEACH SCENE GERALDTON \- OIL ON CARD | GFL Fine Art | A$120
3. 2025-06-03 | DOUGLAS WATSON \(1920\-1972\) Still Life with Jug oil on board 30.5 x 50cm \(43 x 58cm framed\) | Leonard Joel | A$1,100
4. 2025-04-10 | DOUGLAS WATSON \- STILL LIFE \- OIL ON BOARD | GFL Fine Art | A$240
5. 2025-03-18 | DOUGLAS WATSON \(1920\-1972\), The Dancer Backstage | Gibson's | A$1,000
6. 2025-03-09 | DOUGLAS WATSON \- STILL LIFE \- OIL ON BOARD | GFL Fine Art | N/A
7. 2024-04-16 | DOUGLAS WATSON \(1920 \- 1973\) \- Stirling oil on board 35.5 x 30 cm \(frame: 50 x 44 x 4 cm\) | Lawsons | A$500
8. 2024-03-23 | Douglas Watson \(1920\-1972\), | Aalders Auctions | N/A
9. 2024-01-21 | Douglas Watson 1920\-1971. 'Self Portrait' Oil on board. Signed and dated '45 lower left. | Christian McCann Auctions | A$3,000
10. 2023-12-02 | Douglas Watson \(1920\-1972\), | Aalders Auctions | N/A
11. 2023-11-21 | DOUGLAS WATSON \- STILL LIFE WITH JUG \- OIL ON BOARD | GFL Fine Art | N/A
12. 2023-09-14 | EDWARD ALBERT DOUGLAS WATSON \- LANDSCAPE \- Oil on board | GFL Fine Art | N/A
13. 2023-09-01 | DOUGLAS WATSON \(1920 \- 1973\) \- Stirling oil on board 35.5 x 30 cm \(frame: 50 x 44 x 4 cm\) | Lawsons | A$280
14. 2023-06-29 | DOUGLAS WATSON \- THE FISHERMEN \- Oil on card | GFL Fine Art | N/A
15. 2022-11-29 | DOUGLAS WATSON \- THE ESPLANADE JETTY GERALDTON \- Oil on board | GFL Fine Art | A$3,400
16. 2022-05-24 | DOUGLAS WATSON \- UNTITLED ABSTRACT \- Oil on board | GFL Fine Art | A$1,900
17. 2021-11-25 | DOUGLAS WATSON \(1920\-1972\) \- Goods Shed, Botany Bay, 1940s 34 x 44 cm \(frame: 44 x 55 x 3 cm\) | Lawsons | A$400
18. 2021-08-22 | DOUGLAS WATSON \- CHRIST | GFL Fine Art | A$1,800
19. 2021-05-25 | DOUGLAS WATSON \- GREY DAY GERALDTON | GFL Fine Art | A$1,000
20. 2020-11-04 | Douglas Watson | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$1,080
21. 2020-10-04 | Douglas Watson \(1920\-1971\) oil on canvas on board, self Portrait c1945 82 x 57 cm | Woodlands Auctions | A$450
22. 2020-03-08 | DOUGLAS WATSON \- PORTRAIT OF ROLAND WAKELIN \- Oil on canvas | GFL Fine Art | A$1,500
23. 2019-06-04 | DOUGLAS WATSON \(1920\-1972\) The Grape Pickers 1955 oil on canvas | Leonard Joel | A$1,300
24. 2019-03-03 | EDWARD ALBERT DOUGLAS WATSON \(1920\-1973\) French Interior, 1948, oil on board, signed and titled verso, | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$650

## Comparable Artists To Watch
- [Andy Warhol](https://appraisily.com/artist/andy-warhol/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [Robert Wyland](https://appraisily.com/artist/robert-wyland/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [James Abbott McNeill Whistler](https://appraisily.com/artist/james-abbott-mcneill-whistler/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.

## Related Artists
- [Andy Warhol](https://appraisily.com/artist/andy-warhol/)
- [Robert Wyland](https://appraisily.com/artist/robert-wyland/)
- [James Abbott McNeill Whistler](https://appraisily.com/artist/james-abbott-mcneill-whistler/)
- [Tom Wesselmann](https://appraisily.com/artist/tom-wesselmann/)
- [Paul Wunderlich](https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-wunderlich/)
- [William Lionel Wyllie](https://appraisily.com/artist/william-lionel-wyllie/)
- [Hans J. Wegner](https://appraisily.com/artist/hans-j-wegner/)
- [Jane Wooster Scott](https://appraisily.com/artist/jane-wooster-scott/)

## JSON Source
https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/douglas-watson/seo-profile