# John B. Vallely - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T01:28:39.343Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 115
- Lots with prices: 74
- First auction date: 2001-06-12
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-26
- Median realised price: $5,200
- Price range: $20 to $29,000

## Market Takeaway
John B. Vallely shows solid auction liquidity with 115 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-05-26.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($5,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,600 and $9,635.
- 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: 12.2% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 63.5% (47 sales)
- $10,000\+: 24.3% (18 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $6,600
- Previous 12 months median: $4,800
- Median shift: 37.5%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-26
- Days since latest sale: 268
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Adam's: 35 lots
- Whyte's: 35 lots
- Morgan O'Driscoll: 27 lots
- Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers: 6 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- deVeres: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Sheppards: 2 lots
- Roseberys: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-26 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) STREET SESSION | Whyte's | N/A
2. 2025-03-03 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) MUSICIANS | Whyte's | €6,600
3. 2024-12-02 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) A CONCERTINA PLAYER, c.1996 | Whyte's | €2,900
4. 2024-05-27 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) FELIX DORAN, UILLEANN PIPER | Whyte's | N/A
5. 2024-05-27 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) FIVE MUSICIANS | Whyte's | €4,800
6. 2024-03-27 | John Brian Vallely \(b.1941\) One Bumper at Parting Oil on canvas, 30 x 40cm Signed Provenance: With Taylor gallery, Belfast, label verso | Adam's | €5,000
7. 2024-03-27 | John Brian Vallely \(b.1941\) Three Fiddlers Oil on canvas, 46 x 60cm \( \(15¾ x 23¾\) Signed Provenance: With Taylor Gallery, Belfast label verso | Adam's | €4,600
8. 2024-03-27 | John B. Vallely \(b. 1941\) Two Musicians Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 60.5cm \(20 x 24\) Signed with initials Provenance: With Tom Caldwell Galleries, Belfast, label verso | Adam's | €2,600
9. 2024-03-27 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) Five Musicians Oil on canvas, 50 x 70cm \(19¾ x 27¾\) Signed with initials | Adam's | €6,000
10. 2024-03-27 | John Brian Vallely \(b.1941\) Two Musicians Oil on canvas, 36 x 30cm \(14 x 11¾\) Signed | Adam's | €5,000
11. 2023-10-02 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) SET DANCERS AND MUSICIANS | Whyte's | €7,900
12. 2023-04-18 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) The Fiddler | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
13. 2023-04-18 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) Fiddler and Flute Player | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
14. 2022-11-28 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) MUSICIANS | Whyte's | €2,600
15. 2022-09-28 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) Fred Finn, Fiddler Oil on canvas, 60 x 50.5cm \(23½ x 20\) Signed with initials Fred Finn \(1919 \- 1986\) was a popular musician in south Sligo, known for his wit and humour as well as his fiddle playing. | Adam's | €5,000
16. 2022-06-01 | John Brian Vallely \(b.1941\) The Uilleann Piper Oil on canvas, 60 x 80cm \(23½ x 31½''\) Signed with initials | Adam's | €12,000
17. 2022-05-25 | John B. Vallely, Irish b.1941 | Roseberys | £950
18. 2022-03-30 | John Brian Vallely \(b.1941\) The Chieftains Oil on canvas, 50 x 63cm \(19¾ x 24¾''\) Signed | Adam's | €12,000
19. 2021-11-29 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) THE FALL IN THE CHUTE, 1995 \(DIPTYCH\) | Whyte's | N/A
20. 2021-10-26 | John Brian Vallely \(b.1941\) The Road Bowlers | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
21. 2021-10-26 | John Brian Vallely \(b.1941\) Flight of the Earls | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
22. 2021-09-27 | John B. Vallely \(b.1941\) THREE FIDDLERS | Whyte's | N/A
23. 2021-06-02 | John Brian Vallely \(b.1941\) \- The Ace and Deuce 2 | Adam's | N/A
24. 2021-06-02 | John Brian Vallely \(b.1941\) \- Untitled | Adam's | N/A

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