# John Doherty - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T10:25:56.943Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 62
- Lots with prices: 49
- First auction date: 2007-05-30
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-01
- Median realised price: $6,000
- Price range: $750 to $84,000

## Market Takeaway
John Doherty has 62 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($6,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($4,200 to $10,500\) 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: 2% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 69.4% (34 sales)
- $10,000\+: 28.6% (14 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $6,000
- Previous 12 months median: $4,600
- Median shift: 30.4%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-01
- Days since latest sale: 149
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Adam's: 40 lots
- Morgan O'Driscoll: 8 lots
- Whyte's: 8 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- deVeres: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Sheppards: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2013-03-26 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) McCarthy's Garage Oil on | Adam's | €26,000
2. 2025-12-01 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) POOLBEG LIGHTHOUSE, DUBLIN, c. 2000 | Whyte's | €21,000
3. 2025-11-26 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) The Full Conundrum \(1999\) Acrylic on paper, 30 x 46cm \(11¾ x 18¼\) Signed, inscribed and dated \(19\)'99 | Adam's | €6,000
4. 2025-09-24 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) The Vet's Surgery, Schull, Co. Cork \(2014/15\) Oil on canvas, 76 x 92cm \(30 x 35¾\) Signed; inscribed with title and dated 2014/15 verso Provenance: With Catherine Hammond Gallery, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, where purchased by | Adam's | €16,000
5. 2025-05-14 | JOHN DOHERTY \(B.1949\) | Sheppards | €750
6. 2025-03-26 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) The Granuaille and the Dundalk pile\-light Acrylic on paper, 33 x 44.5cm \(13 x 17½\) Signed, inscribed and dated \(19\)'99 Provenance: With Taylor Galleries, Dublin, label verso | Adam's | €4,600
7. 2023-12-06 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) 'Use\-By Date' \(Two Old Sea Dogs \- the South Dock alongside the Carlisle Pier\) Acrylic on canvas, 56 x 71 \(22 x 28\) \(unframed\) Signed, inscribed with title and dated 2003/2004 verso Exhibited: Dublin, 2004, RHA Annual | Adam's | N/A
8. 2023-03-06 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) SAVOY 1\-2\-3, O'CONNELL STREET, DUBLIN, 1981 | Whyte's | €4,400
9. 2022-12-07 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) 'Jasper's Here \- O'Donovan, Union Hall' Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 150cm \(39.5 x 59\) Exhibited: Taylor Galleries, Dublin, John Doherty: Australian and Irish Paintings, October 1988 | Adam's | N/A
10. 2022-11-28 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) STUDIO ONE, O'CONNELL ST., DUBLIN, 1980 | Whyte's | €3,200
11. 2022-04-26 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) Trailer with Accessories, Dingle, Co. Kerry \(1985\) | Morgan O'Driscoll | N/A
12. 2021-09-29 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) Lightship Watercolour, 22.7 x 25.4cm \(9 x 10''\) Signed, inscribed and dated \(19\)'97 | Adam's | €3,000
13. 2020-12-07 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) MAD GRANDEUR, BANTRY, COUNTY CORK | Whyte's | N/A
14. 2020-09-02 | John Doherty \(b.1949\)Road Series Study \- Flyover 2Acrylic wash on paper, 27 x 40cm \(10½ x 15¾''\)Dated 1980 versoTaylor Gallery label versoExhibited: Taylor Galleries, Dublin 1981. | Adam's | €1,100
15. 2020-07-28 | JOHN DOHERTY \(B.1949\) A World Apart, 2006\-2007 Acrylic on paper, 20 x 21cm Provenance: With Taylor Galleries, label verso. | Adam's | €2,300
16. 2019-11-19 | JOHN DOHERTY \(B.1949\)19 O'Connell StreetAcrylic on paper, 25 x 37cm \(9¾ x 14½''\)Signed, inscribed and dated 1981Provenance: With Taylor Galleries, label verso. | Adam's | €1,700
17. 2019-06-12 | John Doherty \(b.1949\)19 O'Connell StreetAcrylic on paper, 25 x 37cm \(9¾ x 14½''\)Signed, inscribed and dated 1981Provenance: With Taylor Galleries, label verso. | Adam's | N/A
18. 2019-04-30 | John Doherty \(b.1949\)Period of Transition 2Oil on canvas, 56 x 76cm Signed, inscribed and dated \(19\)'78 verso; together with a work on paper | Adam's | €3,600
19. 2019-04-30 | John Doherty \(b.1949\)Road Series Study \- Flyover 2Acrylic wash on paper, 27 x 40cmDated 1980 versoTaylor Gallery label versoExhibited: Taylor Galleries, Dublin 1981. | Adam's | N/A
20. 2019-04-30 | John Doherty \(b.1949\)Devane's, Dingle, Co. KerryOil on canvas, 107 x 163cmSigned, inscribed and dated \(19\)'84 versoJohn Doherty’s path to becoming a painter best known for his superb depictions of vernacular Irish architecture was circuitous. T | Adam's | €41,000
21. 2019-04-29 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) Trailer with Accessories, Farmyard, Dingle Peninsula \(1985\) | Morgan O'Driscoll | €9,000
22. 2018-12-05 | John Doherty \(b.1949\)'Eyeries', West CorkOil on board, 30 x 39cm \(11¾ x 15¼''\)Signed and dated 2016 verso | Adam's | N/A
23. 2018-11-12 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) Steadfast \(2007\) | Morgan O'Driscoll | €5,500
24. 2017-05-31 | John Doherty \(b.1949\) The Old Timers \(Macroom\)Oil and acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 45.5cm \(12 x 18''\)Signed, inscribed with title and dated \(20\)'07/08 versoProvenance: With the Fenton Gallery, where purchased by current owner. | Adam's | €4,600

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