# Edward Burra - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:51:43.133Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 242
- Lots with prices: 157
- First auction date: 2002-06-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-23
- Median realised price: $7,200
- Price range: $150 to $2,057,250

## Market Takeaway
Edward Burra shows deep auction liquidity with 242 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 11 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-23.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($7,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $744 and $65,725.
- 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: 29.3% (46 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 24.2% (38 sales)
- $10,000\+: 46.5% (73 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 11
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $35,000
- Previous 12 months median: $320
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-23
- Days since latest sale: 118
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 77 lots
- Sotheby's: 68 lots
- Bonhams: 47 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 13 lots
- Roseberys: 10 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 9 lots
- Lots Road Auctions: 8 lots
- Gorringes: 3 lots
- Canterbury Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Andrew Smith & Son: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-18 | Edward Burra \(British, 1905\-1976\) Portrait of William Chappell 61 x 38 cm. \(24 x 14 7/8 in.\) \(Painted in 1928\) | Bonhams | £35,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-burra-british-1905-1976-portrait-of-william-chappell-61-x-38-cm-24-x-14-7-8-in-painted-in-1928-8-c-fc64009b12
2. 2023-11-22 | Edward Burra \(British, 1905\-1976\) Dr Fu Manchu 61 x 48.9 cm. \(24 x 19 1/4 in.\) Executed in 1931 | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-burra-british-1905-1976-dr-fu-manchu-61-x-48-9-cm-24-x-19-1-4-in-executed-in-1931-46-c-61a4dccb4f
3. 2025-10-23 | EDWARD BURRA \(1905\-1976\). Head Hunting. watercolour and gouache on paper27 | Christie's | N/A
4. 2025-10-23 | EDWARD BURRA \(1905\-1976\). May Blossom. watercolour on paper30 x 53 in. \(76. | Christie's | £82,550
5. 2025-09-09 | Edward Burra,  Reclining Female Nude  | Roseberys | £700
6. 2025-07-16 | Edward Burra \(British, 1905\-1976\) Costume Design for Two Young Women in Carmen \(Executed in 1947\) | Bonhams | N/A
7. 2025-06-18 | Edward Burra \(British, 1905\-1976\) The Riot 78.5 x 110.6 cm. \(30 7/8 x 43 1/2 in.\) \(Executed in 1948\-50\) | Bonhams | £90,000
8. 2025-06-18 | Edward Burra \(British, 1905\-1976\) Salome, Herod & Herodias, & St. John the Baptist's Head 80.3 x 85 cm. \(31 5/8 x 33 3/8 in.\) \(Executed circa 1968\-69\) | Bonhams | £60,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-burra-british-1905-1976-salome-herod-herodias-st-john-the-baptist-s-head-80-3-x-85-cm-31-5-8-x-33-3-8-in-executed-circa-1968-69-9-c-e7549a9bb8
9. 2025-06-04 | Edward Burra \(1905\-1976\) Wednesday Night | Forum Auctions \- UK | £220
10. 2025-06-04 | Edward Burra \(1905\-1976\) Drag Queen | Forum Auctions \- UK | £240
11. 2025-04-09 | Edward Burra, Drag Queen, 1972; | Roseberys | £340 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-burra-drag-queen-1972-12-c-b4343a394c
12. 2025-03-20 | EDWARD BURRA \(1905\-1976\). View at Florence. watercolour and gouache on pape | Christie's | £352,800
13. 2024-12-12 | Edward Burra \(1905\-1976\) Wednesday Night | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
14. 2024-12-12 | Edward Burra \(1905\-1976\) Mrs Pott | Forum Auctions \- UK | £300
15. 2024-12-12 | Edward Burra \(1905\-1976\) Drag Queen | Forum Auctions \- UK | £300
16. 2024-11-27 | Edward Burra \(1905\-1976\) Drag Queen | Forum Auctions \- UK | £320
17. 2024-11-21 | Edward Burra, Woman with Rose, c.1928 | Roseberys | £260
18. 2024-11-15 | Untitled | Sotheby's | £36,000
19. 2024-06-19 | Edward Burra \(British, 1905\-1976\) Dr Fu Manchu 61 x 48.9 cm. \(24 x 19 1/4 in.\) Executed in 1931 | Bonhams | £65,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-edward-burra-british-1905-1976-dr-fu-manchu-61-x-48-9-cm-24-x-19-1-4-in-executed-in-1931-63-c-71f45629a1
20. 2024-03-27 | Edward Burra \(British, 1905\-1976\) Sketch of a Woman | Bonhams | £3,500
21. 2024-03-21 | EDWARD BURRA \(1905\-1976\) Balloons and Bouquets ink and watercolour on paper | Christie's | £5,292
22. 2023-11-22 | Underwater | Sotheby's | N/A
23. 2023-03-22 | EDWARD BURRA \(1905\-1976\) Pot Women watercolour and gouache on paper 21 3/4 | Christie's | £40,320
24. 2023-03-22 | EDWARD BURRA \(1905\-1976\) Picking a Quarrel watercolour and gouache on paper | Christie's | N/A

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