# Guy Taplin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T23:06:03.803Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 284
- Lots with prices: 198
- First auction date: 2001-09-06
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $1,086
- Price range: $55 to $15,000

## Market Takeaway
Guy Taplin shows deep auction liquidity with 284 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,086. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,086\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $600 and $1,900.
- 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: 47% (93 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 52.5% (104 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0.5% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 13
- Recent 12 months median: $1,400
- Previous 12 months median: $600
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 69
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 95 lots
- Bonhams: 74 lots
- Sworders: 48 lots
- Roseberys: 17 lots
- Mallams: 11 lots
- Woolley & Wallis: 6 lots
- Sloane Street Auctions: 5 lots
- Adam's: 3 lots
- Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals: 3 lots
- Gorringes: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-11 | Guy Taplin,  White Wood Worm;  | Roseberys | £600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-guy-taplin-white-wood-worm-446-c-67b4b5e900
2. 2023-11-29 | Guy Taplin \(British, born 1939\) Miniature Preening Curlew 12cm \(4 3/4in\) high | Bonhams | £1,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-guy-taplin-british-born-1939-miniature-preening-curlew-12cm-4-3-4in-high-143-c-3414ab5bcc
3. 2025-12-11 | Guy Taplin \(b.1939\) Large swan painted wood 79cm in length x 80cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. | Mallams | N/A
4. 2025-08-26 | Guy Taplin, Bronze Crane Standing Curlew & Wooden Fish | Dallas Auction Gallery | $1,000
5. 2025-07-16 | Guy Taplin \(British, born 1939\) Six Flying Curlews 177cm \(69 11/16in\) wide | Bonhams | £3,000
6. 2025-07-16 | Guy Taplin \(British, born 1939\) Five Godwits 70cm \(27 9/16in\) high including base; 62.5cm \(24 5/8in\) high excluding base. | Bonhams | £1,600
7. 2025-03-06 | GUY TAPLIN \(B. 1938\), A CURLEW, 20TH OR 21ST CENTURY | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £1,400
8. 2024-11-27 | Guy Taplin \(British, born 1939\) Six Flying Curlews 177cm \(69 11/16in\) wide | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2024-09-11 | Guy Taplin,  Pair of miniature pintails;  | Roseberys | £600
10. 2024-09-11 | Guy Taplin,  Peregrine falcon and swift;  | Roseberys | N/A
11. 2024-07-10 | GUY TAPLIN \(BRITISH B. 1939\), RUDDY SHELDUCK, A CARVED AND STAINED WOOD MODEL OF A SHELDUCK | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-guy-taplin-british-b-1939-ruddy-shelduck-a-carved-and-stained-wood-model-of-a-shelduck-331-c-0b84e01b82
12. 2024-07-03 | Guy Taplin \(b.1939\), Preening Winged Mallard | Sloane Street Auctions | £1,300
13. 2024-07-03 | Guy Taplin \(b.1939\), One swan | Sloane Street Auctions | £500
14. 2024-06-25 | Guy Taplin \(British, b.1939\), a carved and painted wood figure of a pintail duck | Gorringes | £400
15. 2024-06-25 | Guy Taplin \(British, b.1939\), a carved and painted oak model of a duck | Gorringes | N/A
16. 2024-06-11 | Guy Taplin,  | Roseberys | £850
17. 2024-06-11 | Guy Taplin,  | Roseberys | £4,200
18. 2024-06-11 | Guy Taplin,  | Roseberys | £400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-guy-taplin-497-c-09a45a7912
19. 2024-04-18 | Guy Taplin \(b. 1939\), White Duck | Sloane Street Auctions | £800
20. 2024-02-14 | Guy Taplin \(b. 1939\), White Duck | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
21. 2023-11-29 | Guy Taplin \(British, born 1939\) The Wind Bird | Bonhams | N/A
22. 2023-11-29 | Guy Taplin \(British, born 1939\) Miniature Cormorant; Miniature Preening Grebe 10cm \(3 15/16in\) long; 6.5cm \(2 9/16in\) long \(\(2\)\) | Bonhams | £1,100
23. 2023-11-29 | Guy Taplin \(British, born 1939\) Goose Head II 22cm \(8 11/16in\) long | Bonhams | £540
24. 2023-10-17 | Guy Taplin \(b.1939\) | Sworders | £1,900

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