# Gladys Wilkins Murphy - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T16:58:40.389Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 64
- Lots with prices: 50
- First auction date: 1994-11-03
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-23
- Median realised price: $480
- Price range: $30 to $11,400

## Market Takeaway
Gladys Wilkins Murphy has 64 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $480. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 10 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 \($480\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($220 to $1,200\) 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: 74% (37 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 24% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $220
- Previous 12 months median: $635
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-23
- Days since latest sale: 6
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 15 lots
- Bakker Auctions: 7 lots
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Dominic Winter Auctions: 3 lots
- Eldred's: 3 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 3 lots
- California Historical Design, Inc: 2 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 2 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-19 | Herbert \(Sir Thomas\) Some Yeares Travels into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique..., R\[ichard\] B\[ishop\] for Jacob Blome and Richard Bishop, 1638. | Forum Auctions \- UK | £750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herbert-sir-thomas-some-yeares-travels-into-divers-parts-of-asia-and-afrique-r-ichard-b-ishop-for-jacob-blome-and-richard-bishop-1638-116-c-20f49028d3
2. 2024-12-05 | Herbert \(Frank\) God Emperor of Dune, first edition, signed presentation inscription, 1981 & others, science\-fiction, a few others signed \(10\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | £650
3. 2016-11-19 | GLADYS WILKINS MURPHY, Rhode Island/Massachusetts, 1907\-1985, Watercolor of a house., Watercolor, 14" x 19.25" sight. Framed 25" x 2... | Eldred's | N/A
4. 2016-06-29 | Herbert \(Arthur, 19th century\). \- Near Godalming, 1876, | Dominic Winter Auctions | £180
5. 2026-04-23 | Herbert \(Frank\) Chapter House Dune, first edition, 1985; and 14 others, science\-fiction \(15\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | £170 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herbert-frank-chapter-house-dune-first-edition-1985-and-14-others-science-fiction-15-190-c-31fe97ee37
6. 2026-04-23 | Herbert \(Frank\) The Dosadi Experiment, first edition, 1977; and 15 others, science\-fiction \(16\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | £140 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herbert-frank-the-dosadi-experiment-first-edition-1977-and-15-others-science-fiction-16-189-c-bdcb0f8415
7. 2026-02-12 | Herbert \(A.P.\) The Wherefore and the Why, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1921; and 9 others by the same \(10\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | £140 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herbert-a-p-the-wherefore-and-the-why-first-edition-signed-presentation-inscription-from-the-author-1921-and-9-others-by-the-same-10-148-c-0ca23f85a6
8. 2025-11-05 | Herbert \(Thomas\). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634 | Dominic Winter Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herbert-thomas-a-relation-of-some-yeares-travaile-into-afrique-and-the-greater-asia-1634-9-c-bcc576c537
9. 2025-10-30 | Gladys Wilkins Murphy \(1907\-1985\) A Bouquet of Gladiolus, circa 1930. | Swann Auction Galleries | $698
10. 2025-09-18 | Herbert \(Frank\) The Great Dune Trilogy, first edition, Gollancz, 1979; and The Illustrated Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy \(2\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | £220 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herbert-frank-the-great-dune-trilogy-first-edition-gollancz-1979-and-the-illustrated-hitch-hiker-s-guide-to-the-galaxy-2-185-c-08b422dabf
11. 2025-09-15 | HERBERT \(MAX EBERT\) MCCLINTOCK \(1906\-1985\) The Protestors 1968 mixed media on board 51 x 32.2cm \(64 x 45cm framed\) | Leonard Joel | A$900
12. 2025-09-02 | HERBERT \(BERT\) FLUGELMAN \(1923\-2013\), 'Portrait of Sadie Koppstein', 1951, oil on board, signed and dated lower right, 44 x 37 cm, f. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$200
13. 2025-08-09 | Gladys Wilkins Murphy \(1907\-1985\) Silhouette 12, Color woodblock print, 8 x 6" image, 16 x 14" framed | Bakker Auctions | $425
14. 2025-04-03 | Herbert, Frank | Sotheby's | $635
15. 2025-03-22 | Gladys Wilkins Murphy \(1907\-1985\) Color Woodcut “Rain” c1930s | California Historical Design, Inc | N/A
16. 2025-03-19 | GLADYS WILKINS MURPHY \(Rhode Island/Massachusetts, 1907\-1985\), Figures and cottages on a rocky coast., Watercolor on paper, 14.5" x 20" sight. Framed 22" x 28". | Eldred's | $225
17. 2024-11-14 | Herbert \(Sir Thomas\) Some Yeares Travels into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique. Describing especially the two famous Empires, the Persian, and great Mogull, R\[ichard\] B\[ishop\] fpr Jacob Blome and... | Forum Auctions \- UK | £750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-herbert-sir-thomas-some-yeares-travels-into-divers-parts-of-asia-and-afrique-describing-especially-the-two-famous-empires-the-persian-and-great-mogull-r-ichard-b-ishop-fpr-jacob-blome-and-116-c-0c244fba26
18. 2024-10-30 | Herbert \(Herb\) Quick \(1931\-2006\), "Drainage Ditch," 1986 | John Moran Auctioneers | $31
19. 2024-06-06 | GLADYS WILKINS MURPHY \(AMERICAN, 1907 \- 1985\) | Vallot Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2023-12-12 | Herbert \(Frank\) Children of Dune, first English edition, 1976 & others, science\-fiction \(c.35\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | £600
21. 2023-12-09 | Gladys Wilkins Murphy \(1907\-1985\) Color Woodcut "Gloucester Docks" c1930s | California Historical Design, Inc | N/A
22. 2023-12-08 | Herbert, Frank \| A fine presentation copy of Dune | Sotheby's | N/A
23. 2023-10-07 | Gladys Wilkins Murphy \(1907\-1985\) Winter Glow, Color woodblock print, 5 1/2 x 4" image, 12 x 10" framed | Bakker Auctions | $300
24. 2023-10-07 | Gladys Wilkins Murphy \(1907\-1985\) Winter, Color woodblock print, 5 1/2 x 4" image, 12 x 10" framed | Bakker Auctions | $375

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