# John Desmond - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T10:26:14.347Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 58
- Lots with prices: 29
- First auction date: 2009-03-30
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $125
- Price range: $50 to $280

## Market Takeaway
John Desmond has 58 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $125. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($125\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($100 to $180\) 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% (29 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $240
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 139
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Morgan O'Driscoll: 56 lots
- Sheppards: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-11 | JOHN DESMOND \(B. 1950\) | Sheppards | €240
2. 2016-05-23 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Cottages on Island | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
3. 2016-02-22 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Fileds in West Cork | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
4. 2016-02-22 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Island Cottage on Heir | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
5. 2016-01-18 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Tomorrow? | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
6. 2015-11-09 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) I am thinking??? | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
7. 2015-11-09 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Island Cottage, Heir Island | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
8. 2015-10-12 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) The Lonely Island Cottage | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
9. 2015-10-12 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Waiting | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
10. 2015-08-04 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Storm Brewing | Morgan O'Driscoll | €120
11. 2015-08-04 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Looking Out | Morgan O'Driscoll | €280
12. 2015-08-04 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Let's Talk | Morgan O'Driscoll | €70
13. 2015-07-06 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Empty Cottage | Morgan O'Driscoll | €100
14. 2015-07-06 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Island Series | Morgan O'Driscoll | €90
15. 2015-07-06 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Island Cottage | Morgan O'Driscoll | €200
16. 2015-05-18 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Tempest of Colour | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
17. 2015-05-18 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Squire Shedz | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
18. 2015-03-03 | John Desmond | Sheppards | N/A
19. 2015-02-23 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Island Landscape With Walls | Morgan O'Driscoll | €200
20. 2015-02-23 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Wooden Boat in Sand | Morgan O'Driscoll | €180
21. 2015-01-19 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Celtic Figures | Morgan O'Driscoll | €180
22. 2014-06-30 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Figures in Space | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
23. 2014-06-30 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Storms Approaching | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
24. 2014-05-19 | John Desmond \(b.1950\) Untitled | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A

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