# Humphrey Spender - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T15:48:01.341Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 118
- Lots with prices: 47
- First auction date: 2003-11-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-04
- Median realised price: $480
- Price range: $25 to $5,520

## Market Takeaway
Humphrey Spender shows solid auction liquidity with 117 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $480. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($480\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $230 and $1,500.
- 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: 67.4% (31 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 32.6% (15 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $400
- Previous 12 months median: $1,875
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-03
- Days since latest sale: 77
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- East Bristol Auctions: 43 lots
- Bonhams: 16 lots
- Roseberys: 13 lots
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Christie's: 6 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 6 lots
- Martel Maides: 6 lots
- Mallams: 3 lots
- Canterbury Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Kinghams Auctioneers: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-04 | John Humphrey Spender \(British, 1910\-200 | Kinghams Auctioneers | £150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-humphrey-spender-british-1910-200-242-c-de8f14ffb0
2. 2025-12-03 | John Humphrey Spender \(British, 1910\-200 | Kinghams Auctioneers | £220
3. 2025-06-03 | Humphrey Spender,  Malta, 1951  | Roseberys | £400
4. 2025-04-15 | John Humphrey Spender \(British, 1910\-2005\) Salisbury Plain, Wartime 1941 | Bonhams | £5,500
5. 2025-03-26 | Humphrey Spender \(1910\-2005\) \- 'River landscape', abstract, oil on board, signed lower right and | Andrew Smith & Son | £470
6. 2024-08-22 | JOHN HUMPHREY SPENDER \(1910\-2005\) Newcastle United FC Changing Room. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,875
7. 2024-04-18 | Humphrey Spender,  Rose at the window 1950;  | Roseberys | N/A
8. 2023-09-05 | John Humphrey Spender, War Time Beach Landing | Roseberys | £170
9. 2023-09-05 | John Humphrey Spender, Destroyer, 1940 | Roseberys | £600
10. 2023-09-05 | John Humphrey Spender, A Bric a Brac Stall | Roseberys | £260
11. 2022-05-12 | HUMPHREY SPENDER \(BRITISH, 1910\-2005\) | Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-humphrey-spender-british-1910-2005-10-c-f2c440181a
12. 2021-11-18 | John Humphrey Spender \(British, 1910\-2005\) Massa Lubrense, Naples, | Martel Maides | £200
13. 2021-11-18 | John Humphrey Spender \(British, | Martel Maides | £180
14. 2021-02-23 | Humphrey Spender, British 1910\-2005\- French Coastal Scene, 1986; mixed technique with watercolour | Roseberys | £320
15. 2020-12-16 | John Humphrey Spender \(British, 1910\-2005\) Spanish Street Scene | Bonhams | £1,800
16. 2020-12-16 | John Humphrey Spender \(British, 1910\-2005\) River Bend | Bonhams | £1,500
17. 2020-07-02 | John Humphrey Spender \(British, 1910\-2005\) "Essex Fields"watercolour and ink. inscribed on backboard with name of artist, | Martel Maides | £260
18. 2020-07-02 | John Humphrey Spender \(British, | Martel Maides | N/A
19. 2020-07-02 | John Humphrey Spender \(British, 1910\-2005\) Massa Lubrense, Naples, | Martel Maides | N/A
20. 2020-07-02 | John Humphrey Spender \(British, | Martel Maides | £500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-humphrey-spender-british-1213-c-f7c4df0a0e
21. 2019-10-02 | John Humphrey Spender \(1910\-2005\) British. "Pembrokeshire", Gouache, Signed, Inscribed and Dated '73, 6.5" x 8.5". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
22. 2018-02-16 | HUMPHREY SPENDER \- WORKTOWN PEOPLE \- PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE | East Bristol Auctions | N/A
23. 2018-02-16 | HUMPHREY SPENDER \- WORKTOWN PEOPLE \- PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE | East Bristol Auctions | N/A
24. 2018-02-16 | HUMPHREY SPENDER \- WORKTOWN PEOPLE \- PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE | East Bristol Auctions | N/A

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