# John Engstead - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T06:38:24.463Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 9
- Lots with prices: 6
- First auction date: 2010-04-16
- Latest auction date: 2024-10-24
- Median realised price: $40
- Price range: $30 to $700

## Market Takeaway
John Engstead has 9 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $40. 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 \($40\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($30 to $50\) 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% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $700
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-10-24
- Days since latest sale: 553
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Philips Auction House: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Chayette\-Cheval: 1 lots
- Finarte Roma: 1 lots
- Profiles in History: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-24 | John Engstead \(1909\-1983\) Millicent Rogers in Adrian Velvet Dress, Styled by Diana Vreeland, 1947 approximately 14 x 11 in. \(35.6 x 27.9 cm\) | Bonhams | $700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-engstead-1909-1983-millicent-rogers-in-adrian-velvet-dress-styled-by-diana-vreeland-1947-approximately-14-x-11-in-35-6-x-27-9-cm-185-c-6544dad97a
2. 2015-09-29 | John Engstead \(3\) photographs including Carole Lombard and Henry Fonda. | Profiles in History | N/A
3. 2013-12-11 | John Engstead \(1912\-1984\) Gregory Peck, ca. 1960 | Finarte Roma | N/A
4. 2013-03-09 | John Engstead, Natalie Wood, ca. 1960s | Philips Auction House | $50
5. 2013-03-09 | Elizabeth Taylor by John Engstead | Philips Auction House | $40
6. 2013-03-09 | John Engstead, Claudette Colbert. | Philips Auction House | $30
7. 2013-03-09 | John Engstead, Alfred Hitchcock, ca. 1950s. | Philips Auction House | $50
8. 2013-03-09 | John Engstead, Ava Gardner | Philips Auction House | $30
9. 2010-04-16 | John Engstead \(1912\-1984\). Marlène Dietrich, 1939. | Chayette\-Cheval | N/A

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