# John Melville - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T12:38:05.157Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 232
- Lots with prices: 121
- First auction date: 2001-03-01
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-10
- Median realised price: $420
- Price range: $40 to $42,000

## Market Takeaway
John Melville shows deep auction liquidity with 232 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $420. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($420\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $240 and $823.
- 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: 77.7% (94 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 19.8% (24 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.5% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $180
- Previous 12 months median: $480
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 70
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Cheffins: 86 lots
- Roseberys: 58 lots
- Bonhams: 26 lots
- Christie's: 20 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 8 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 5 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 5 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 5 lots
- Mallams: 4 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-10 | John Melville \(1902\-1986\) Abstract figure watercolour signed lower left 55cm x 72cm. | Mallams | £100
2. 2025-12-10 | John Melville,  Two works including 'Enigma of the Garden', 1964;  | Roseberys | £340
3. 2025-10-14 | John Melville \(London, 1902 \- Birmingham, 1986\) The Font, or Mushroom\-headed Child, 1940 | Piasa | €42,000
4. 2025-09-26 | John Melville \(British, 1902\-1986\), Standing female nude | Sloane Street Auctions | £180
5. 2025-03-25 | John Melville,  British 1902\-1986 \-  Enigma of the Garden, 1964; oil on canvas, titled and dated o | Roseberys | N/A
6. 2024-11-27 | John Melville,  Surreal figure  | Roseberys | £320
7. 2024-11-27 | John Melville,  Abstract, 1965 | Roseberys | £340
8. 2024-11-27 | John Melville,  Nude study, c.1930s | Roseberys | £340
9. 2024-11-27 | John Melville,  Woman on a Swing, 1949   | Roseberys | £3,600
10. 2024-06-11 | John Melville,  | Roseberys | £480
11. 2024-06-11 | John Melville,  | Roseberys | £320
12. 2024-06-11 | John Melville,  | Roseberys | £550
13. 2024-03-12 | John Melville,  British 1902\-1986 \-  The Lost River, 1961;  oil on canvas | Roseberys | £750
14. 2024-03-12 | John Melville,  British 1902\-1986 \-  The 2 Burning Cities , 1968;  oil on | Roseberys | £480
15. 2024-03-12 | John Melville,  British 1902\-1986 \-  Aging Venus, 1961;  oil on canvas, s | Roseberys | £550
16. 2023-11-29 | John Melville, Portrait of the artist's son Theo, standing full\-length by a table, 1957;  | Roseberys | £1,700
17. 2023-11-29 | John Melville,  The Banquet, 1969; | Roseberys | £2,500
18. 2023-11-29 | John Melville,  Autumn landscape, c.1955;  | Roseberys | £600
19. 2023-10-17 | John Melville \(1902\-1986\) | Sworders | £1,100
20. 2023-09-12 | John Melville, Draped female nude, 1969 | Roseberys | £900
21. 2023-09-12 | John Melville, Study for Surreal Landscape, c.1947 | Roseberys | £750
22. 2023-06-06 | JOHN MELVILLE,  BRITISH 1902\-1986 \-  TWISTED LANDSCAPE, 1964;  OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT ' | Roseberys | £750
23. 2023-06-06 | JOHN MELVILLE,  BRITISH 1902\-1986 \-  SEATED LADY IN PINK, 1950S;  OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AND DATED | Roseberys | £1,200
24. 2023-03-14 | John Melville,  British 1902\-1986 \-  Pink abstract with hamburger, 1968;  oil on canvas, signed an | Roseberys | £1,500

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