# John \(1737\) Donaldson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T10:37:33.965Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 18
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2007-11-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-04-24
- Median realised price: $480
- Price range: $22 to $1,250

## Market Takeaway
John (1737) Donaldson has 18 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $480. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($220 to $750\) 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: 92.9% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 7.1% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $225
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-04-24
- Days since latest sale: 369
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Michael J Bowman: 2 lots
- Sworders: 2 lots
- Addisons Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Cheffins: 1 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Lots Road Auctions: 1 lots
- Mallams: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-08-08 | JOHN DONALDSON \(British, born 1945\). Bayards Cove Dartmouth, Oil on board. Signed lower right hand corner. Framed. | Sloans & Kenyon | $225
2. 2021-06-25 | John Donaldson \(b.1945\) British, 'Dawn Over St. Pauls', oil on canvas, signed, 18" x 24" \(46 x 61 cm\).Provenan | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £900
3. 2019-02-27 | John Donaldson \(1945\- \) British. "Westminster from the South Bank", Oil on Board, Signed, and Inscribed on reverse, 12" x 16". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £550
4. 2013-09-22 | JOHN DONALDSON \(British, b. 1945\), 'Pool of London | Lots Road Auctions | £480
5. 2025-04-24 | JOHN DONALDSON \(BRITISH, 1737\-1801\) | Chiswick Auctions | £500
6. 2023-09-20 | John Donaldson \(1737\-1801\) | Cheffins | £220
7. 2022-01-18 | John Donaldson \(1737\-1801\) | Sworders | £380
8. 2021-09-14 | John Donaldson \(1737\-1801\) | Sworders | £500
9. 2019-03-16 | John Donaldson \- a modern oil on canvas \- Lower Ferry, Dartmouth with sailing vessels, signed, 9" x | Michael J Bowman | £30
10. 2018-11-24 | John Donaldson – a modern oil on canvas – Lower Ferry Dartmouth with sailin | Michael J Bowman | £22
11. 2018-04-19 | JOHN DONALDSON \(1737\-1801\) SCOTTISH ARTIST, A FINE OVAL PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER, in an oval gold frame, the reverse with plaited hair. 4.5cm x 4.5cm Note: It appears from the clothing and wig style that Donaldon painted the portrait in the mid 1780s. | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
12. 2018-03-22 | JOHN DONALDSON \(1737\-1801\) SCOTTISH ARTIST, A FINE OVAL PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER, in an oval gold frame, the reverse with plaited hair. 4.5cm x 4.5cm Note: It appears from the clothing and wig style that Donaldon painted the portrait in the mid 1780s. | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
13. 2014-11-25 | JOHN DONALDSON \(SCOTTISH, 1737\-1801\) | Christie's | £1,250
14. 2014-03-12 | JOHN DONALDSON \(British, b.1945\) A river | Mallams | £70
15. 2013-06-12 | John Donaldson \(British, 1737\-1801\) | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-donaldson-british-1737-1801-326-c-f1e6c0b053
16. 2012-11-21 | John Donaldson \(British, 1737\-1801\) | Bonhams | £750
17. 2012-07-26 | John Donaldson, "Barnard Castle about 1870", | Addisons Auctioneers | N/A
18. 2007-11-21 | John Donaldson \(British, 1737\-1801\) A Lady, wearing white dress with scallop\-edged collar and blue ribbon about her shoulder, matching ribbon in her powdered hair | Bonhams | £900

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