# Edward Donovan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:29:18.287Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2002-05-30
- Latest auction date: 2022-09-20
- Median realised price: $550
- Price range: $34 to $30,000

## Market Takeaway
Edward Donovan shows developing auction liquidity with 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $550. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2022-09-20.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($550\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $200 and $840.
- 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: 75% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16.7% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 8.3% (1 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: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2022-09-20
- Days since latest sale: 1,247
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Waddington's: 5 lots
- Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques: 1 lots
- Charlton Hall: 1 lots
- Childress Gaffney Auctions: 1 lots
- Potomack Company: 1 lots
- St Charles Gallery: 1 lots
- Subastas Segre: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-09-20 | Edward Donovan \- Cork, Ireland 1768 \- 1837 | Subastas Segre | €120
2. 2020-12-08 | EDWARD DONOVAN \(BRITISH, 1768\-1837\) A GROUP OF FIVE MARINE ENGRAVINGS OF SHELLS Engraving: 8 1/4 x 5 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | $550
3. 2020-07-30 | Edward Donovan \(1768\-1837\) \- An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China – Insects of India – Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other islands in the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans. 1800\-1805 | Christie's | £30,000
4. 2019-05-18 | Edward Donovan \(1768\-1837\) Five Bird Engravings and One Bird Watercolor | Childress Gaffney Auctions | $200
5. 2013-04-24 | Untitled lot | Christie's | £6,250
6. 2012-12-13 | Edward Donovan \(Irish, 1768 \- 1837\) Five Plates From "An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China" ca. 1798 | Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques | $34
7. 2011-02-24 | Edward Donovan \(1768\-1837\), British EIGHT STUDIES | Waddington's | N/A
8. 2010-10-21 | Edward Donovan \(1768\-1837\), BritishEIGHT STUDIES OF DUCKS AND GEESE | Waddington's | CA$720
9. 2010-10-21 | Edward Donovan \(1768\-1837\), BritishEIGHT STUDIES OF BUTTERFLIES | Waddington's | N/A
10. 2010-05-11 | EDWARD DONOVAN \(1768\-1837\) | Christie's | N/A
11. 2009-12-10 | Edward Donovan \(1768\-1837\), SEVEN STUDIES OF BIRDS, Seven handcoloured engravings, each numbered in the plate. Published by E. Donovan & Messrs. Simpkin & Marshall, 1822 & 1823, London, Plate each 7.75" x 4.5" \- 19.7 x 11.4 cm. \(7 Pieces\) | Waddington's | CA$840
12. 2009-10-08 | Edward Donovan \(1768\-1837\), British EIGHT STUDIES | Waddington's | N/A
13. 2009-10-01 | EDWARD DONOVAN \(1768\-1837\) | Christie's | $563
14. 2008-11-22 | Edward Donovan \(Irish, 1768\-1837\) "Birds", suite | St Charles Gallery | $300
15. 2007-09-09 | Edward Donovan | Charlton Hall | $275
16. 2002-05-30 | EDWARD DONOVAN \(1768\-1837\) | Christie's | $5,490

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