# John Dronsfield - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T10:26:14.188Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 29
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2009-02-17
- Latest auction date: 2022-09-04
- Median realised price: $456
- Price range: $30 to $28,000

## Market Takeaway
John Dronsfield has 29 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $456. 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 \($456\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($45 to $1,500\) 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: 56.3% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 37.5% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2022-09-04
- Days since latest sale: 1,333
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Mallams: 9 lots
- Stephan Welz & Co: 8 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Strauss & Co: 4 lots
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Cheffins: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-09-04 | John Dronsfield \(SA 1900 \- 1951\) 2 x Ink Drawings, Abstract Figures, , 19 x 18 each | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,000
2. 2019-05-09 | John Marsden Dronsfield \(South African, 1900\-1951\) Costume design for a 'Teller of Fairy Tales' or 'The Speaker of the Prologue to a | Cheffins | N/A
3. 2019-04-08 | John Dronsfield \- Two Men | Strauss & Co | N/A
4. 2019-04-08 | John Dronsfield \- The Redskins in Cowley Street | Strauss & Co | N/A
5. 2018-12-02 | John Dronsfield \(SA 1900 \- 1951\) 2 x Ink Drawings, Abstract Figures, , 19 x 18 each | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2018-09-17 | John Dronsfield; Jester | Strauss & Co | N/A
7. 2018-09-17 | John Dronsfield; Archer | Strauss & Co | N/A
8. 2018-05-18 | John Marsden Dronsfield \(1900\-1951\) Two costume designs | Mallams | £60
9. 2018-05-18 | John Marsden Dronsfield \(1900\-1951\) Court Dancer | Mallams | £180
10. 2018-05-18 | John Marsden Dronsfield \(1900\-1951\) Egyptian Musician from The Biblical Pageant, 1945 | Mallams | £40
11. 2018-05-18 | John Marsden Dronsfield \(1900\-1951\) Court Lady | Mallams | £40
12. 2018-05-18 | John Marsden Dronsfield \(1900\-1951\) Two costume designs for gentlemen wearing purple capes | Mallams | £45
13. 2018-05-18 | John Marsden Dronsfield \(1900\-1951\) Costume Design for a Teller of Fairy Tales | Mallams | £480
14. 2018-05-18 | John Marsden Dronsfield \(1900\-1951\) 'The Golden Cockerel' Astrologer puppet | Mallams | £300
15. 2018-05-18 | John Marsden Dronsfield \(1900\-1951\) 'Introductions' and 'At the Opera' | Mallams | £30
16. 2018-05-18 | John Marsden Dronsfield \(1900\-1951\) 'Shipwreck' | Mallams | N/A
17. 2016-10-18 | John Dronsfield \(South African 1900\-1951\) DANCING | Stephan Welz & Co | ZAR 28,000
18. 2016-10-18 | John Dronsfield \(South African 1900\-1951\) MAN IN E | Stephan Welz & Co | ZAR 1,100
19. 2016-10-18 | John Dronsfield \(South African 1900\-1951\) TWO FIGU | Stephan Welz & Co | ZAR 1,500
20. 2016-10-18 | John Dronsfield \(South African 1900\-1951\) FAIRY QU | Stephan Welz & Co | ZAR 1,700
21. 2016-10-18 | John Dronsfield \(South African 1900\-1951\) ON PARAD | Stephan Welz & Co | ZAR 3,000
22. 2016-06-07 | John Dronsfield \(South African 1900\-1951\) FAIRY QUEEN signed watercolour over pencil on paper 47 by | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A
23. 2016-06-07 | John Dronsfield \(South African 1900\-1951\) TWO FIGURES WITH RIBBONS AND BELLS watercolour over pencil | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A
24. 2016-06-07 | John Dronsfield \(South African 1900\-1951\) FIFTEEN AFRICAN IMPROVISATIONS a portfolio, this edition i | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A

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