# John Hitchens - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T21:22:24.069Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 101
- Lots with prices: 75
- First auction date: 2001-01-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-10
- Median realised price: $625
- Price range: $95 to $5,250

## Market Takeaway
John Hitchens shows solid auction liquidity with 101 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $625. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($625\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $346 and $1,076.
- 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: 73.3% (55 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 26.7% (20 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $1,800
- Previous 12 months median: $1,400
- Median shift: 28.6%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 70
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 30 lots
- Gorringes: 20 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 10 lots
- Christie's: 9 lots
- Roseberys: 5 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Bellmans Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Mallams: 4 lots
- Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood: 2 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-10 | John Hitchens \(b.1940\) Ascending from Orange, 1966 oil on canvas signed and dated to the reverse 102cm x 50cm. Provenance: This painting was purchased from the Marjorie Parr Gallery, London in 1967. Inherited by the vendor in 1973. With... | Mallams | N/A
2. 2025-12-10 | John Hitchens \(British, b 1940\) \- 'Blue hill, Summer Clouds', oil on canvas, signed lower left, 45 x | Andrew Smith & Son | £2,000
3. 2025-12-05 | John Hitchens \(British, b. 1940\), Coastal Evening | Sloane Street Auctions | £180
4. 2025-07-16 | John Hitchens \(British, born 1940\) Estuary Marshes \(Painted circa 1965\-1968\) | Bonhams | £2,800
5. 2025-06-03 | John Hitchens,  Orange Enclosed, 1967  | Roseberys | £1,000
6. 2025-06-03 | John Hitchens,  Marshlands, Coming Rain, 1968  | Roseberys | £1,800
7. 2024-07-17 | John Hitchens \(British, born 1940\) Ascending Shadows | Bonhams | N/A
8. 2024-07-17 | John Hitchens \(British, born 1940\) Autumn Leaf Light | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2024-06-04 | John Hitchens \(b. 1940\), 'Hills Under Gathering Cloud, Greenleaves, Petworth, Sussex 1964', oil on board, sign | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £1,400
10. 2024-03-26 | John Hitchens \(b. 1940\), 'Hills Under Gathering Cloud, Greenleaves, Petworth, Sussex 1964', oil on board, sign | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
11. 2023-04-25 | John Hitchens \(b.1940\) | Sworders | £2,600
12. 2023-04-25 | John Hitchens \(b.1940\) | Sworders | N/A
13. 2018-09-26 | John Hitchens, British b. 1940\-Blowing Mists, 1962;oil on canvas, signed, 3 | Roseberys | N/A
14. 2018-09-26 | John Hitchens,British b. 1940\-Breaking Waves, 1965;oil and sand on board, s | Roseberys | N/A
15. 2018-09-05 | John Hitchens \(1940 \) British. "Purple Iris", Oil on Artist's Board, Signed, and Signed, Inscribed and Dated 1962 on reverse, 22" x 14". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £360
16. 2018-09-05 | John Hitchens \(1940 \) British. "Sussex Common", Oil on Canvas, Signed and Numbered '3', and Signed, Inscribed and Dated 'Feb 1958' on a label on reverse, 18" x 43". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £550
17. 2018-06-20 | John Hitchens \(1940 \) British. "Purple Iris", Oil on Artist's Board, Signed, and Signed, Inscribed and Dated 1962 on reverse, 22" x 14". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £500
18. 2018-06-20 | John Hitchens \(1940 \) British. "Sussex Common", Oil on Canvas, Signed and Numbered '3', and Signed, Inscribed and Dated 'Feb 1958' on a label on reverse, 18" x 43". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £700
19. 2018-06-20 | John Hitchens \(1940 \) British. "Landscape, 1959", Oil on Canvas, Signed and Numbered '3', and Inscribed and Dated on a label on reverse, 18" x 43" . | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £1,100
20. 2018-01-24 | John Hitchens, British b.1940\- Hidden Waters; oil on canvas, signed, and si | Roseberys | £1,900
21. 2017-05-26 | John Hitchens \(b.1940\) Cliff Light | Mallams | £650
22. 2016-02-17 | John Hitchens \(b.1940\), Parting clouds; Shingle point, a pair, oil on canvas, both signed, inscribed on stretcher/reverse, each 29cm x 55cm.\(2\) DDS Illustrated | Bellmans Auctioneers | £1,450
23. 2015-05-31 | JOHN HITCHENS, 'Summer Hollow 1969', oil on canvas | Lots Road Auctions | N/A
24. 2014-12-17 | John Hitchens \(1940\- \) British. 'Redlands Evening', Oil on Canvas, Signed, and Inscribed on the re | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A

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