# John Bratby - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T13:49:30.484Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 359
- Lots with prices: 245
- First auction date: 2001-06-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-13
- Median realised price: $950
- Price range: $40 to $24,000

## Market Takeaway
John Bratby shows deep auction liquidity with 358 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $950. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-02.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($950\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $340 and $3,240.
- 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: 50.8% (124 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 45.5% (111 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.7% (9 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $350
- Previous 12 months median: $600
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-02
- Days since latest sale: 78
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 82 lots
- Bonhams: 79 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 36 lots
- Gorringes: 28 lots
- Christie's: 16 lots
- Mallams: 16 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 13 lots
- Potomack Company: 6 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 5 lots
- Chorley's: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-29 | John Bratby \(English, 1928\-1992\), Swords, pistols and guns | Sloane Street Auctions | £600
2. 2023-11-12 | John Randall Bratby \(UK,1928\-1992\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $5,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-randall-bratby-uk-1928-1992-oil-painting-61-c-23e4325b3d
3. 2026-02-13 | John Bratby \(not signed\) large oil on canvas of a 'Scary Lady' framed with a wooden silver tone frame. John Bratby's art work was used in the film 'The Horses Mouth' staring Alec Guinness. measures:\- 60cm high x 50cm wide \(without frame\) | Potteries Auctions | £40
4. 2025-12-02 | John Bratby \(1928\-1992\): An oak bureau, polychrome decorated by the artist | Gorringes | £260
5. 2025-12-02 | John Bratby \(1928\-1992\): An oak bible box on stand, polychrome decorated by the artist | Gorringes | £260
6. 2025-12-02 | John Bratby \(1928\-1992\): A monumental mirror backed buffet sideboard, polychrome decorated by the artist | Gorringes | N/A
7. 2025-12-02 | John Bratby \(1928\-1992\): The artist's easel | Gorringes | £1,300
8. 2025-09-26 | John Bratby \(British, 1928\-1992\), Portrait of Peter Thorneycroft, Former Chancellor of the Exchequer | Sloane Street Auctions | £350
9. 2025-05-02 | John Bratby \(English, 1928\-1992\), Washing lines and red orange canal water | Sloane Street Auctions | £2,000
10. 2024-10-23 | John Bratby \(British, 1928ñ1992\), Piper Lilies | Sloane Street Auctions | £250
11. 2024-09-26 | John Bratby \(1928\-1992\) Seagull, Reid's Hotel signed, titled, dated 1983, pencil sketch, 25cm x 34cm | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £750
12. 2024-09-26 | John Bratby \(1928 \- 1992\), self portrait with Arum | Burstow & Hewett | £240
13. 2024-09-17 | John Bratby \(1928\-1992\), a head study of a Gorilla, oil on canvas, signed, 20" x 30" \(51 x 76cm\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £900
14. 2024-06-04 | John Bratby \(1928\-1992\), 'Aphrodite Girl', signed and further inscribed 'Acropolis Girl', dated Jan 21 1991, | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
15. 2024-02-14 | John Bratby \(1928 \- 1992\), The Dogs of the Gardens of the Beaumont Park Hotel with Grown Yews and Concrete Man and Carefree Woman in Froggett's sequinned jacket | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
16. 2023-12-12 | John Bratby \(English, 1928\-1992\), 'Venice in the Floods', oil on canvas, 122 x 91cm | Gorringes | £7,000
17. 2023-11-29 | John Bratby,  Portrait of Sir Ronald McIntosh, 1978;  | Roseberys | £400
18. 2023-08-16 | JOHN BRATBY \(BRITISH 1928\-1992\) | Chiswick Auctions | £90
19. 2022-10-13 | John Randall Bratby \(British, 1928\-1992\) Lion, 1962 Oil on canvas 48 x 36 inches | Heritage Auctions | $1,500
20. 2022-10-05 | John Bratby \(1928\-1992\), 'The Grand Hotel Brighton Terrace with the promenade, the West pier, the sunset and a | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
21. 2022-09-07 | John Bratby \(1928\-1992\) British, 'The Grand Hotel Brighton Terrace with the promenade, the West pier, the suns | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
22. 2021-11-17 | JOHN BRATBY \(BRITISH, 1928\-1992\) GLORIA WITH HANDS TOGETHER | Freeman's \| Hindman | $5,500
23. 2020-12-05 | JOHN RANDALL BRATBY \(British, 1928\-1992\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | $3,400
24. 2020-11-07 | JOHN BRATBY \(BRITISH 1928\-1992\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $1,800

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