# John Houston - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T08:09:08.541Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 34
- Lots with prices: 24
- First auction date: 2004-04-27
- Latest auction date: 2022-10-04
- Median realised price: $1,440
- Price range: $35 to $6,250

## Market Takeaway
John Houston shows developing auction liquidity with 34 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,440. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2022-10-04.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,440\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $260 and $3,000.
- 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: 45.8% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 54.2% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 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: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2022-10-04
- Days since latest sale: 1,233
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- Addisons Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Mallams: 2 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 1 lots
- Ewbank's: 1 lots
- Goldfield Auction: 1 lots
- Gorringes: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-10-04 | John Houston \(19th/20th century\) | Sworders | £260
2. 2022-02-27 | John HOUSTON \(1930\-2008\) oil on panel "Windy day Gullane" | Goldfield Auction | N/A
3. 2021-12-07 | John Houston \(1930\-2008\), Stormy Sea, Evening, 1986, Oil on canvas, 51 x 61cm. | Gorringes | £2,200
4. 2021-09-21 | JOHN HOUSTON \(1930\-2008\) Pentland Firth, Dusk 1972 watercolour | Leonard Joel | A$500
5. 2019-01-09 | JOHN HOUSTON \(1856\-1932\), framed oil on board, mother and child in an interior. 34 cm x 44 cm. | Hannam's Auctioneers | £35
6. 2017-11-21 | JOHN HOUSTON, O.B.E., R.S.A., R.S.W. \| Summer Sea, Gullane  | Sotheby's | £5,625
7. 2017-05-26 | John Houston \(1930\-2008\) Flowers, 1993 | Mallams | £55
8. 2017-04-05 | JOHN HOUSTON, O.B.E., R.S.A., R.S.W. \| Stormy Sunset at Lewis | Sotheby's | £6,250
9. 2015-12-07 | John Houston \(1930\-2008\), BIRDS IN A GARDEN, Oil on canvas; signed lower right, titled to gallery label verso, 34" x 51" — 86.4 x 129.5 cm. | Waddington's | CA$3,360
10. 2013-04-07 | JOHN HOUSTON \(American, 1930\-2008\) Painting | Myers Fine Art | N/A
11. 2012-09-18 | John Houston, Scottish 1930\-2008\- "Matsushima | Roseberys | £400
12. 2012-04-04 | John Houston \(BRITISH, 1930\-2008\) | Christie's | $5,000
13. 2012-04-03 | John Houston \(BRITISH, 1930\-2008\) | Christie's | $5,000
14. 2011-07-14 | John Houston \(1930\-2008\) R.S.W., Haymaking, | Addisons Auctioneers | N/A
15. 2011-06-01 | John Houston | Walker's | CA$3,000
16. 2011-05-27 | JOHN HOUSTON \(1930\-2008\) 'Late Summer, | Mallams | N/A
17. 2010-09-18 | JOHN HOUSTON \(1930\-2008\), GATHERING CORN, signed | Addisons Auctioneers | £280
18. 2010-05-18 | John Houston \(b. 1930\) Flowers in the Loch Oil on | Dreweatts 1759 | N/A
19. 2010-04-03 | John Houston \(1930 \- 2008\) Crashing Waves and | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
20. 2008-10-04 | John Houston 1930\-2008 On the River Arno Signed | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | £220
21. 2008-09-06 | John Houston \(b 1930\) ARR View of the Seven | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | £160
22. 2008-08-02 | JOHN HOUSTON \(B 1930\) ARR VIEW OF THE SE VEN | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
23. 2008-06-26 | John Houston \(b.1930\) | Ewbank's | £1,900
24. 2007-08-29 | JOHN HOUSTON \(B. 1930\) DUNE, SEA AND SKY 23.5cm x 27cm \(9.25in x 10.75in\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £480

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