# John Melville Kelly - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T02:41:36.299Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 43
- Lots with prices: 31
- First auction date: 2004-06-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-06
- Median realised price: $950
- Price range: $50 to $5,000

## Market Takeaway
John Melville Kelly has 43 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $950. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. 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 \($950\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($575 to $2,000\) 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: 54.8% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 45.2% (14 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $1,300
- Previous 12 months median: $460
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-06
- Days since latest sale: 267
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 17 lots
- D.G.W. Auctioneers & Appraisers: 4 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Skinner: 3 lots
- Ancient Objects: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Winter Associates, Inc.: 2 lots
- Akiba Galleries: 1 lots
- Bradford's: 1 lots
- Casco Bay Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-06 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\) Marion 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. \(39.4 x 31.8 cm\) In a koa wood frame. \(Painted circa 1950.\) | Bonhams | $5,000
2. 2025-08-06 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); Hula Skirt \(Grass Skirt\); | Bonhams | $1,300
3. 2025-08-06 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); The Hula as seen in Hawaii; \(10\) | Bonhams | N/A
4. 2025-08-06 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\) Study for Hawaiian Dancer; Hawaiian Dancer \(a group of two\) | Bonhams | $1,500
5. 2025-08-06 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); Marjorie; | Bonhams | N/A
6. 2025-08-06 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); Lei Sellers; | Bonhams | $1,300
7. 2025-01-19 | JOHN MELVILLE KELLY "KAONOHI" ETCHING & AQUATINT | Bradford's | $460 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-melville-kelly-kaonohi-etching-aquatint-3168-c-1384babb0a
8. 2024-05-07 | John Melville Kelly \(American, 1879\-1962\) "Malia" Etching & Aquatint | Akiba Galleries | $800
9. 2024-04-19 | John Melville Kelly \- "Bread\-Fruit, Hawaii" \- Print | Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc. | $50
10. 2023-08-05 | John Melville Kelly Etching. | Casco Bay Auctions | $300
11. 2023-08-02 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); Hula Skirt \(Grass Skirt\); | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2023-08-02 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\) Study for Hawaiian Dancer; Hawaiian Dancer \(a group of two\) | Bonhams | N/A
13. 2023-08-02 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); Lei Sellers; | Bonhams | $2,500
14. 2023-08-02 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); Kaonohi; | Bonhams | $4,500
15. 2023-08-02 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); Holoku; | Bonhams | $2,000
16. 2023-08-02 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); Nanea; | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2023-08-02 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); Lau Hala; | Bonhams | $950
18. 2023-08-02 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); Reef Fisherman; | Bonhams | $2,000
19. 2023-08-02 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\); Mapala; | Bonhams | $1,500
20. 2023-08-01 | John Melville Kelly \(1879\-1962\), "Kanani Hawaii," Etching and drypoint on paper, Plate: 11.5" H x 9" W; Sheet: 18.25" H x 14.5" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $937
21. 2021-07-31 | JOHN MELVILLE KELLY ETCHING, HAWAII. | D.G.W. Auctioneers & Appraisers | $500
22. 2021-06-26 | JOHN MELVILLE KELLY ETCHING, HAWAII. | D.G.W. Auctioneers & Appraisers | $950
23. 2021-06-08 | JOHN MELVILLE KELLY \(Hawaii/California, 1879\-1962\) | O'Gallerie | $650
24. 2021-03-27 | JOHN MELVILLE KELLY ETCHING, HAWAII. | D.G.W. Auctioneers & Appraisers | $600

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