# John Costin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T14:13:53.625Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 48
- Lots with prices: 34
- First auction date: 2008-08-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-05
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $40 to $780

## Market Takeaway
John Costin has 48 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. 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 \($300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($220 to $325\) 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: 100% (34 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 21
- Recent 12 months median: $275
- Previous 12 months median: $300
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-05
- Days since latest sale: 146
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Burchard Galleries Inc: 16 lots
- Gulfcoast Coin and Jewelry: 11 lots
- O'Gallerie: 7 lots
- Helmuth Stone: 3 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Akiba Galleries: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- Soulis Auctions: 1 lots
- Southeast Shows & Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-05 | John Costin \(American/Florida, b. 1955\), "Black Crowned Night Heron," H.\- 37 1/2 in., W.\- 27 1/2 in., Framed\- H.\- 53 1/2 in., W.\- 43 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $288 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-costin-american-florida-b-1955-black-crowned-night-heron-h-37-1-2-in-w-27-1-2-in-framed-h-53-1-2-in-w-43-in-2168-c-b67561b9e6
2. 2025-09-28 | JOHN COSTIN \(BORN 1956\) ARTIST PROOF ETCHING WITH COLOR | Soulis Auctions | $275 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-costin-born-1956-artist-proof-etching-with-color-141-c-ee1426b8d5
3. 2025-04-29 | JOHN COSTIN \(Florida, 20th Century\), Brown Pelican., Copperplate engraving, 33” x 24”. Framed 45” x 36”. | Eldred's | $200
4. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "SWALLOWTAIL KITE" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $325
5. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "ANHINGA" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $300
6. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "ROSEATE SPOONBILL" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $325
7. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "OSPREY" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $300
8. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "BLACK\-CROWNED NIGHT HERON" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $300
9. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "GLOSSY IBIS" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $300
10. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "LUMPKIN" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $325
11. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "GREAT EGRET" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $300
12. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "SNAIL KITE" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $300
13. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "WILD TURKEY" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $500
14. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "TRI\-COLORED HERON" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $325
15. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "YELLOW\-CROWNED NIGHT HERON" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $325
16. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "REDDISH EGRET" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $400
17. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "CARACARA" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $300
18. 2025-04-13 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "WOODSTORK" | Burchard Galleries Inc | $550
19. 2025-03-21 | John Costin \(American/Florida, b. 1955\), "Black Crowned Night Heron," H.\- 37 1/2 in., W.\- 27 1/2 in., Framed\- H.\- 53 1/2 in., W.\- 43 in. | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-costin-american-florida-b-1955-black-crowned-night-heron-h-37-1-2-in-w-27-1-2-in-framed-h-53-1-2-in-w-43-in-295-c-33143d4aa1
20. 2024-08-18 | John Costin \(b. 1955\) "Anhinga" | Helmuth Stone | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-costin-b-1955-anhinga-123-c-3c34218ad3
21. 2024-08-18 | John Costin \(b. 1955\) "Osprey" | Helmuth Stone | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-costin-b-1955-osprey-122-c-cb8416a82a
22. 2024-08-18 | John Costin \(b. 1955\) "Crested Caracara" | Helmuth Stone | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-costin-b-1955-crested-caracara-121-c-faa4767816
23. 2023-06-14 | John Costin Signed Roseate Spoonbill Lithograph | The Benefit Shop Foundation Inc. | $40
24. 2021-09-10 | JOHN COSTIN ETCHING "LIMPKIN" | Wiederseim Associates, Inc. | $150

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