# John Lim - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T12:13:16.825Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 30
- Lots with prices: 22
- First auction date: 2009-09-24
- Latest auction date: 2025-02-06
- Median realised price: $360
- Price range: $72 to $960

## Market Takeaway
John Lim has 30 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $360. 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 \($360\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($252 to $552\) 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% (22 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: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $475
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-02-06
- Days since latest sale: 447
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 23 lots
- Oakwood Auctions: 3 lots
- Fontaine's Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Joshua Kodner: 1 lots
- Kavanagh Auctions: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-06 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-2022\), A SUMMER'S DAY | Waddington's | CA$475
2. 2024-10-26 | John Lim Print | Oakwood Auctions | N/A
3. 2024-03-24 | John Lim Print | Oakwood Auctions | N/A
4. 2023-04-01 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, B. 1932\) SIGNED LITHOGRAPH | Joshua Kodner | N/A
5. 2022-11-27 | John Lim Print | Oakwood Auctions | N/A
6. 2020-12-10 | John Lim \(Canadian, b. 1932\) | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | N/A
7. 2018-08-30 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\), KITE’S FLYING, COLOUR SILKSCREEN; SIGNED, TITLED, NUMBERED 272/275 AND DATED /81 IN PENCIL \(Image, 24” x 20”\) | Waddington's | CA$84
8. 2018-08-30 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\), UNTITLED \(VOLLEYBALL\), ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED AND DATED 1979 VERSO, 24 x 20 in — 61 x 50.8 cm | Waddington's | CA$360
9. 2018-07-12 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\), UNTITLED \(FAMILY PORTRAIT\), ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED AND DATED 1977 VERSO, 24 x 20 in — 61 x 50.8 cm | Waddington's | CA$420
10. 2017-11-09 | John Lim Poster Framed | Kavanagh Auctions | N/A
11. 2016-11-10 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\), FRIENDS, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 1989 VERSO; TITLED TO GALLERY LABEL, 12" x 10" — 30.5 x 25.4 cm. | Waddington's | CA$350
12. 2016-09-29 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\), THE VIBRANT SUMMER, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 1981 VERSO, 20" x 30" — 50.8 x 76.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$960
13. 2016-08-25 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\), WINTER \- DOWN THE SLOPES, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED AND DATED 1983 VERSO; TITLED TO GALLERY LABEL, 12" x 20" — 30.5 x 50.8 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
14. 2016-04-28 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\), A TOAST, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED AND TITLED TO STRETCHER VERSO, 20" x 16" — 50.8 x 40.6 cm. | Waddington's | CA$360
15. 2016-02-25 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\), WINTER PLAY, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 24" x 19.8" — 61 x 50.3 cm. | Waddington's | CA$360
16. 2015-10-22 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\), UNTITLED \(AT THE BALL\), LARGE COLOR LITHOGRAPH; SIGNED AND NUMBERED 101/300 \(Sheet, 42.5” x 35.5”\) | Waddington's | CA$72
17. 2014-02-27 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\) A NEIGHBOURLY CHAT; | Waddington's | CA$960
18. 2012-11-15 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\) AN ELEGANT EVENING; | Waddington's | CA$252
19. 2012-11-15 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\) MIRROR, MIRROR; COLOUR | Waddington's | CA$84
20. 2012-05-17 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\) FLOWERS FOR MOTHER; | Waddington's | CA$660
21. 2012-02-16 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\) SKATING; ACRYLIC ON | Waddington's | CA$552
22. 2011-09-22 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN,1932\-\) AFTERNOON IN THE PARK; | Waddington's | CA$384
23. 2011-07-07 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\) FIRST ANNIVERSARY; | Waddington's | CA$408
24. 2011-01-27 | JOHN LIM \(CANADIAN, 1932\-\) SAILING SAILBOATS; | Waddington's | CA$660

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