# Joan Purcell - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T15:28:55.234Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 41
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2013-09-07
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-26
- Median realised price: $20
- Price range: $3 to $276

## Market Takeaway
Joan Purcell has 41 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $20. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($20\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($10 to $100\) 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: 100% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $3
- Previous 12 months median: $275
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-26
- Days since latest sale: 246
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Waterford's Art & Antiques Auctioneers: 16 lots
- RoGallery: 4 lots
- Joshua Kodner: 3 lots
- Amero Auctions: 2 lots
- Berner's Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Weschler's: 2 lots
- Bruce Kodner Galleries: 1 lots
- Charlton Hall: 1 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 1 lots
- Elite Auctioneers, LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-26 | Joan Purcell, American 20th Century, Conversation, Etching and Aquatint, Signed l.r., titled l.c. and numbered 62/300 l.l., Frame: 17 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. \(44.5 x 36.8 cm.\) | Weschler's | $15 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joan-purcell-american-20th-century-conversation-etching-and-aquatint-signed-l-r-titled-l-c-and-numbered-62-300-l-l-frame-17-1-2-x-14-1-2-in-44-5-x-36-8-cm-154-c-d47489c983
2. 2025-07-26 | Joan Purcell Lithograph "The Frog" Signed | Joshua Kodner | $3 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-joan-purcell-lithograph-the-frog-signed-307-c-6ac4e7e9d5
3. 2025-06-01 | Joan Purcell "The Girls" Etching | Amero Auctions | N/A
4. 2025-05-31 | Joan Purcell Lithograph "The Frog" Signed | Joshua Kodner | N/A
5. 2025-04-19 | Joan Purcell Lithograph "The Frog" Signed | Joshua Kodner | N/A
6. 2025-03-23 | Joan Purcell "The Girls" Etching | Amero Auctions | N/A
7. 2025-02-21 | JOAN PURCELL \(FL/ME, 1933 \-\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $275
8. 2025-01-01 | JOAN PURCELL, BIRCH TREE, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
9. 2024-09-22 | Joan Purcell / La Tusche | Pasadena Antique Auctions | N/A
10. 2024-03-20 | JOAN PURCELL, TREE, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
11. 2024-03-20 | JOAN PURCELL, BIRCH TREE, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | RoGallery | N/A
12. 2021-10-28 | Joan Purcell Signed Print, The Eternal Triangle | Berner's Auction Gallery | $20
13. 2021-10-09 | JOAN PURCELL \- Daisys | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | N/A
14. 2021-07-20 | Joan Purcell, 'Tanya' Etching 62/150, 20 x 17 inches | Weschler's | $100
15. 2020-04-07 | JOAN PURCELL LITHOGRAPH OF CHILDREN | Elite Auctioneers, LLC | N/A
16. 2019-10-16 | JOAN PURCELL, THE KEYS, ETCHING WITH AQUATINT | RoGallery | N/A
17. 2019-09-27 | Joan Purcell | Charlton Hall | $276
18. 2019-01-20 | Joan Purcell pelicans lithograph in color | Bruce Kodner Galleries | $20
19. 2017-06-29 | JOAN PURCELL \(AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY\), OUTER LANDSCAPE, COLOUR ETCHING; SIGNED, TITLED AND NUMBERED 9/250 IN PENCIL \(Plate, 13” x 23.5”\) | Waddington's | N/A
20. 2017-01-28 | "Figure in a Landscape" | Searchlight / Saucon Valley Auctions | $5
21. 2016-04-03 | Joan Purcell | State Liquidators | N/A
22. 2015-10-24 | Joan Purcell \(American, 1900\-\), "Downeast Gothic" | Waterford's Art & Antiques Auctioneers | N/A
23. 2015-10-24 | Joan Purcell \(American, 1900\-\) Colored Lithograph | Waterford's Art & Antiques Auctioneers | N/A
24. 2015-10-24 | Joan Purcell \(American, 1900\-\), Lithograph | Waterford's Art & Antiques Auctioneers | N/A

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