# John Alexander Harrington Bird - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T05:29:11.007Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 58
- Lots with prices: 35
- First auction date: 2002-06-20
- Latest auction date: 2024-09-19
- Median realised price: $938
- Price range: $48 to $14,000

## Market Takeaway
John Alexander Harrington Bird has 58 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $938. 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 \($938\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($420 to $4,553\) 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: 54.3% (19 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 37.1% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 8.6% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $8,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-09-19
- Days since latest sale: 588
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 14 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Gorringes: 6 lots
- Sofe Design Auctions: 3 lots
- Tennants: 3 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 2 lots
- Roseberys: 2 lots
- Shapiro Auctions LLC: 2 lots
- Sloane Street Auctions: 2 lots
- Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-19 | John Alexander Harrington Bird \(British, 1846 \- 1936\), An Arabian Stallion | Sloane Street Auctions | £6,000
2. 2024-08-27 | HARRINGTON BIRD \(English, 1846\-1936\) SUNRISE VIEW. | Poulin Antiques & Auctions | $8,000
3. 2024-06-25 | John Alexander Harrington Bird \(English, 1846\-1936\), Portrait of the grey Arab stallion racehorse 'Skowronek', oil on canvas, 54.5 x 75cm | Gorringes | £8,000
4. 2024-01-06 | Pair antique engravings by Harrington Bird | Sofe Design Auctions | N/A
5. 2023-11-30 | John Alexander Harrington Bird \(1846 \- 1936\), A grey Arab stallion in a landscape | Sloane Street Auctions | £14,000
6. 2023-10-25 | John Alexander Harrington Bird \(British, 1846\-1936\) Arabian horses in the desert; Arab stallions at sunset the first 50.8 x 73.6cm \(20 x 29in\) the second 54.6 x 76.8cm \(21 1/2 x 30 1/4in\). \(2\) | Bonhams | £12,000
7. 2023-02-28 | HARRINGTON BIRD, HUNT SCENE, WATERCOLOR | Everard Auctions and Appraisals | $250
8. 2022-12-14 | JOHN ALEXANDER HARRINGTON BIRD \(BRITISH 1846\-1936\), A HORSE AND A RAM | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | N/A
9. 2022-05-31 | John Alexander Harrington Bird \(1846\-1936\) | Sworders | £500
10. 2022-04-26 | HARRINGTON BIRD \(1846 \- 1936\) Studies of racehorses in landscapes Oils on canvas, each 60 x 45cm Both signed and inscribed respectively 'Tittle\-Tattle' \- 'Tropic', \(further details are recorded on the frame\) | Adam's | €2,600
11. 2022-03-29 | Harrington Bird, Coach and Four | Old Kinderhook Auction Company | $90
12. 2021-11-20 | Drei englische Reiter\-Darstellungen | Kunst\- und Auktionshaus Quedlinburg | N/A
13. 2021-04-25 | JOHN ALEXANDER HARRINGTON BIRD \(BRITISH 1846\-1936\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $500
14. 2020-03-22 | JOHN ALEXANDER HARRINGTON BIRD \(BRITISH 1846\-1936\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
15. 2019-11-02 | Pair antique engravings by Harrington Bird | Sofe Design Auctions | N/A
16. 2018-10-27 | Pair antique engravings by Harrington Bird | Sofe Design Auctions | N/A
17. 2017-11-13 | John Alexander Harrington Bird \(1846\-1936\) ''PERSIMMON'' \(J. WATTS UP\) WINNER OF THE DERBY & DONCAST | Graham Budd Auctions | £460
18. 2017-09-13 | John Alexander Harrington Bird \(1846\-1936\) British. An Arabian Stallion at Dusk, Watercolour, Signed 'Harrington Bird', 21.5" x 15.5". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £2,400
19. 2017-05-06 | Harrington Bird \(1846\-1936\), Lion et Lionne dans le désert, pastel sur papier, 53,5x75 cm | Piguet Hôtel des Ventes \| Genève | CHF 1,500
20. 2016-09-08 | JOHN ALEXANDER HARRINGTON BIRD | Christie's | £1,250
21. 2015-02-25 | Harrington Bird \(1846\-1936\) British. A Hunting Scene, with Four Men in Pink Coats and Dogs running by their side, Waterc | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
22. 2014-12-10 | Rocksandwith jockey up | Christie's | £5,000
23. 2014-11-27 | Harrington Bird \(British, 1846\-1936\) \- Leopard and prey \- signed lower left "Harrington Bird" | Cheffins | £420
24. 2013-11-09 | Harrington Bird \(1846\-1936, British\), painting | Millea Bros Ltd | $800

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