# John Colin Forbes - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T08:33:02.225Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 20
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2004-09-14
- Latest auction date: 2023-04-18
- Median realised price: $350
- Price range: $70 to $4,830

## Market Takeaway
John Colin Forbes has 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $350. 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 \($350\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($132 to $575\) 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: 87.5% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 12.5% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-04-18
- Days since latest sale: 1,194
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 9 lots
- Walker's: 3 lots
- Roseberys: 2 lots
- Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers: 1 lots
- Nadeau's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Old Kinderhook Auction Company: 1 lots
- Schwenke Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 1 lots
- Stamford Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-04-18 | J. Colin Forbes, Lake Mohonk Landscape | Old Kinderhook Auction Company | $350
2. 2023-03-25 | John Colin Forbes \(Canadian, 1846 \- 1925\), portrait of Mary Hardy Williams of Ithaca, New York, oil on canvas, signed "J. Colin Forb... | Nadeau's Auction Gallery | $200
3. 2019-01-26 | John Colin Forbes \(CA 1846\-1925\) | Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers | $250
4. 2017-11-16 | John Colin Forbes, Portrait of a Gentleman O/C | Schwenke Auctioneers | $125
5. 2017-10-26 | JOHN COLIN FORBES \(CANADIAN, 1846\-1925\), UNTITLED \(EVENING FLIGHT\), OIL ON ARTIST BOARD \(under glass\); SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 17 x 11 in — 43.2 x 27.9 cm | Waddington's | CA$510
6. 2017-04-27 | JOHN COLIN FORBES \(CANADIAN, 1846\-1925\), BOATERS ON LILY POND, OIL ON ACADEMY BOARD; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; TITLED “LILY POND, HANLONS POINT, TORONTO ISLAND” TO HAND WRITTEN LABEL VERSO, 9" x 11" — 22.9 x 27.9 cm. | Waddington's | CA$420
7. 2016-09-22 | JOHN COLIN FORBES, O.S.A., R.C.A., BOATING, HANLAN’S POINT, TORONTO ISLAND, oil on board, 9 ins x 11 ins; 22.9 cms x 27.9 cms | Waddington's | N/A
8. 2015-01-29 | JOHN COLIN FORBES \(CANADIAN, 1846\-1925\), WOODLAND STUDY, OIL ON PANEL; UNSIGNED, 15" x 11.8" \- 38.1 x 30 cm. | Waddington's | CA$132
9. 2014-08-26 | JOHN COLIN FORBES \(CANADIAN, 1846\-1925\), LORU PARK, OIL ON CANVAS BOARD; SIGNED LOWER LEFT; TITLED AND DATED 1914 VERSO, 12" x 16" \- 30.5 x 40.6 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
10. 2014-06-04 | JOHN COLIN FORBES | Walker's | CA$877
11. 2013-06-06 | JOHN COLIN FORBES, O.S.A., R.C.A. ONTARIO SUNSET, | Waddington's | CA$540
12. 2013-02-17 | JOHN COLIN FORBES \(Canadian, 1846\-1925\). IMPRESSIONIST VIEW OF STREAM AMIDST BRIGHTLY COLORED FLORA, LUSH VEGETATION AND TREES IN A FOR | Sloans & Kenyon | N/A
13. 2010-12-01 | John Colin Forbes | Walker's | CA$800
14. 2010-11-18 | JOHN COLIN FORBES \(CANADIAN, 1846\-1925\) CATTLE | Waddington's | CA$96
15. 2010-03-25 | JOHN COLIN FORBES, O.S.A., R.C.A. RUSHING WATER, | Waddington's | CA$1,681
16. 2009-01-01 | JOHN COLIN FORBES \(AMERICAN, 1846\-1925\) | Stamford Auction | $225
17. 2008-08-06 | John Colin Forbes 1846\-1925\- Cattle watering in a | Roseberys | £70
18. 2007-06-19 | John Colin Forbes 1846\-1925 RCA OSA | Walker's | CA$575
19. 2005-05-31 | JOHN COLIN FORBES, O.S.A., R.C.A. THE LILY POND, oil on board, signed 12 ins x 18 ins; 30 cms x 45 cms | Waddington's | CA$4,830
20. 2004-09-14 | John Colin Forbes \- Cattle crossing a stone bridge with a village beyond; oil on canvas laid down, signed, 23.5x33.8cm | Roseberys | N/A

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