# John Craxton - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T02:12:34.476Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 65
- Lots with prices: 53
- First auction date: 2001-03-20
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-10
- Median realised price: $11,000
- Price range: $45 to $320,000

## Market Takeaway
John Craxton shows solid auction liquidity with 65 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $11,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($11,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,500 and $21,600.
- 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: 17% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 32.1% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 50.9% (27 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $60
- Previous 12 months median: $2,600
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 70
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 38 lots
- Mallams: 9 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 2 lots
- Hindman: 2 lots
- Adam's: 1 lots
- Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd: 1 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 1 lots
- Leclere \- Maison de ventes: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-05-11 | John Craxton \(British, 1922\-2009\) Still Life with Three Sailors, 1982\-1987 | Hindman | $320,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-craxton-british-1922-2009-still-life-with-three-sailors-1982-1987-18-c-cba496aacd
2. 2025-12-10 | John Craxton \(1922\-2009\) Moon Tree, from The Poet’s Eye, 1944 lithograph unframed 20.5cm x 13.5cm. | Mallams | £60
3. 2025-12-10 | John Craxton \(1922\-2009\) Tangled Roots, from The Poet’s Eye, 1944 lithograph unframed 20.5cm x 13.5cm. | Mallams | £80
4. 2025-12-10 | John Craxton \(1922\-2009\) Clawed Form, from The Poet’s Eye, 1944 lithograph unframed 20.5cm x 13.5cm. | Mallams | £90
5. 2025-12-10 | John Craxton \(1922\-2009\) Full Moon Over Hilly Landscape, from The Poet’s Eye, 1944 lithograph unframed 20.5cm x 13.5cm. | Mallams | £95
6. 2025-12-10 | John Craxton \(1922\-2009\) The Dreamer Within The Tree, from The Poet’s Eye, 1944 lithograph unframed 20.5cm x 13.5cm. | Mallams | £60
7. 2025-12-10 | John Craxton \(1922\-2009\) Yellow Trees from The Poet’s Eye, 1944 lithograph unframed 20.5cm x 13.5cm. | Mallams | £50
8. 2025-12-10 | John Craxton \(1922\-2009\) Meandering Path from The Poet’s Eye, 1944 lithograph unframed 20.5cm x 13.5cm. | Mallams | £60
9. 2025-12-10 | John Craxton \(1922\-2009\) Green Tree, from The Poet’s Eye, 1944 lithograph unframed 20.5cm x 13.5cm. | Mallams | £45
10. 2025-11-27 | John Craxton \(1922\-2009\) Lion drinking | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
11. 2025-06-18 | John Craxton \(1922\-2009\) Clawed Form, 1944 lithograph printed by W.S. Cowell for 'The Poet's Eye' 14 x 20cm. Provenance: Collection of Professor John Chambers. | Mallams | £200
12. 2024-09-26 | John Craxton \(1922\-2009\) Tree Root signed, dated 1943, pencil sketch, 18.5cm x 23.5cm | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £4,000
13. 2024-09-11 | John Craxton,  Goat and Birds, 1984;  | Roseberys | £2,600
14. 2022-05-11 | John Craxton \(British, 1922\-2009\) Sun, Cat and Bird, 1986\-88 | Hindman | $17,000
15. 2019-06-19 | JOHN CRAXTON, R.A. \| Tree Trunk and Ruin | Sotheby's | N/A
16. 2019-06-19 | JOHN CRAXTON, R.A. \| Rampant Goat in Thorn Tree | Sotheby's | £9,500
17. 2019-06-18 | JOHN CRAXTON, R.A. \| Greek Farm | Sotheby's | £190,000
18. 2018-11-21 | JOHN CRAXTON, R.A. \| Face of a Girl | Sotheby's | N/A
19. 2018-11-21 | JOHN CRAXTON, R.A. \| Goat | Sotheby's | £9,000
20. 2018-10-30 | JOHN CRAXTON, R.A. \| Goat, Sailor and Asphodels | Sotheby's | £75,000
21. 2018-09-18 | JOHN CRAXTON, R.A. \| Study for Island Roadway | Sotheby's | £14,000
22. 2018-06-13 | JOHN CRAXTON, R.A. \| Workman | Sotheby's | £11,000
23. 2018-03-20 | JOHN CRAXTON, R.A. \| Mother and Child | Sotheby's | £7,500
24. 2017-09-13 | JOHN CRAXTON, R.A. \| Boy Resting | Sotheby's | £23,750

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