# John Comerford - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T19:42:36.486Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 38
- Lots with prices: 30
- First auction date: 2001-10-30
- Latest auction date: 2024-11-05
- Median realised price: $840
- Price range: $200 to $19,370

## Market Takeaway
John Comerford has 38 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $840. 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 \($840\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($390 to $1,912\) 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: 56.7% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (12 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $250
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-11-05
- Days since latest sale: 540
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 16 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 12 lots
- Adam's: 3 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Hartleys Auctioneers and Valuers: 1 lots
- Sheppards: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots
- Whyte's: 1 lots
- deVeres: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-05 | JOHN COMERFORD \(c. 1770\-1832\) Portrait of Dr Francis White \(1787\-1859\) Oil … | Adam's | N/A
2. 2024-09-26 | John Comerford, A Seated Lady Reading a Book | Brunk Auctions | $250
3. 2020-03-25 | JOHN COMERFORD \(IRISH 1773\-1832\) Portrait miniature of Edward Smyth \(1749\-1812\), architect, circa 1800 seated at his desk holding a pair of callipers Signed Comerfod, lower right corner and indistinctly inscribe in the lower left hand corner on the | Chiswick Auctions | £2,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-comerford-irish-1773-1832-portrait-miniature-of-edward-smyth-1749-1812-architect-circa-1800-seated-at-his-desk-holding-a-pair-of-callipers-signed-comerfod-lower-right-corner-and-indistinctly-inscribe-in-the-lower-left-hand-corner-on-the-79-c-66c4604964
4. 2024-11-05 | JOHN COMERFORD \(c.1770\-1832\) Portrait of a Lady Watercolour on ivory Oval,… | Adam's | €950
5. 2020-09-22 | JOHN COMERFORD \(1762 \- 1832/1835\) | Sheppards | €1,700
6. 2020-03-25 | JOHN COMERFORD \(IRISH 1773\-1832\) Portrait miniature of Thomas Braughall \(1729\-1803\), wearing a black coat and waistcoat and white stock, powdered hair en queue, reading a book Gold frame with brooch mount, the reverse engraved with the inscription, | Chiswick Auctions | £1,000
7. 2020-03-25 | JOHN COMERFORD \(IRISH 1770\-1831\) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, circa 1800 wearing a black coat and waistcoat, white shirt and tied cravat  Indistinctly signed and dated 1805 on the obverse Watercolour on ivory  Original black papier\-mâché frame | Chiswick Auctions | £550
8. 2020-03-25 | JOHN COMERFORD \(IRISH c. 1770\-1832\) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman wearing a dark brown coat, white waistcoat and tied cravat, painted circa 1815 Watercolour on ivory Gilt\-metal mount, with the original red leather case Oval, 70mm \(2 3/4in\) high | Chiswick Auctions | £280
9. 2020-03-25 | JOHN COMERFORD \(BRITISH 1770\-1831\) Portrait miniature a Gentleman, circa 1800 seated in a red upholstered chair wearing a dark blue suit  Watercolour on ivory  Original ormolu frame with laurel and berry border  Rectangle 108mm \(4 1/2 in\) high  Exhi | Chiswick Auctions | £750
10. 2020-03-25 | JOHN COMERFORD \(IRISH 1770\-1832\) Portrait miniature of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke \(1757\-1834\) in robes and insignia of the Order of the Garter, painted 1804 Watercolour on ivory  Set in the original ormolu frame with laurel and berry border | Chiswick Auctions | £2,200
11. 2020-03-25 | JOHN COMERFORD \(IRISH c. 1770\-1832\) A pair of portrait miniatures of an unknown Lady and her Husband, circa 1805. She wears low cut dress with frilled lace collar and red shawl; he in blue coat, white waistcoat and tied white cravat Watercolour on i | Chiswick Auctions | £460
12. 2020-03-25 | JOHN COMERFORD \(IRISH c. 1770\-1832\) A pair of portrait miniatures of an unknown Gentleman and his Wife, circa 1799. He wears a dark coat and white chemise, she wears a low cut white dress with jewel brooch at her corsage and tortoiseshell comb in he | Chiswick Auctions | £900
13. 2020-03-25 | JOHN COMERFORD \(IRISH c. 1770\-1832\) Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, possibly Sir David Wilkie, R.A. \(1785\-1841\), wearing a blue coat with tied stock and frilled cravat Watercolour on ivory Gold frame the reverse glazed to reveal blue silk Oval, 5 | Chiswick Auctions | £440
14. 2020-03-25 | JOHN COMERFORD \(IRISH c. 1770\-1832\) Portrait of unknown Lady painted circa 1810 wearing a cream coloured dress with lace border and puff sleeves with unswept brown hair set in curls Watercolour on ivory Gilt\-metal frame, the reverse glazed to reveal | Chiswick Auctions | £260
15. 2017-10-03 | JOHN COMERFORD \(Irish, 1770\-1832\). Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, wearing a brown coat, white stock and cravat, watercolour on ivory,  oval black laquer frame with gilt mount and pierced ribbon cresting, oval, 65mm, high | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
16. 2017-06-13 | JOHN COMERFORD \(IRISH, 1770\-1832\). "Portrait miniature of a Gentleman wearing a brown coat, white waistcoat and tied cravat." watercolour on ivory. gilt metal mount set into a black lacquer frame. oval, 72mm, high. | Chiswick Auctions | £390
17. 2015-04-01 | JOHN COMERFORD \| Portrait de Monsieur Burgoyne | Sotheby's | €3,750
18. 2013-09-04 | John Comerford \(Irish, 1770\-1832\) | Bonhams | N/A
19. 2013-05-30 | John Comerford \(Irish, 1770\-1832\) | Bonhams | N/A
20. 2012-11-21 | John Comerford \(Irish, 1770\-1832\) | Bonhams | N/A
21. 2012-05-22 | John Comerford 1770\-1832 MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF | deVeres | €800
22. 2011-11-16 | John Comerford \(Irish, 1770\-1832\) Eleanor, Viscountess Lismore \(née Butler\) \(d.1859\), wearing white dress and gold hoop earring, her raven hair cropped short | Bonhams | £375
23. 2011-05-25 | John Comerford \(Irish, 1770\-1832\) A Gentleman, called James Devereux, wearing brown coat with black collar, pale yellow waistcoat, white frilled chemise, stock and tie | Bonhams | £1,800
24. 2010-11-24 | John Comerford \(Irish, 1770\-1832\) A Gentleman, wearing blue coat, white frilled chemise and stock | Bonhams | £3,360

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