# John Milnes\-Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T15:57:16.840Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2011-03-30
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-09
- Median realised price: $500
- Price range: $36 to $2,125

## Market Takeaway
John Milnes-Smith has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($276 to $1,063\) 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: 66.7% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.3% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $300
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-09
- Days since latest sale: 233
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Roseberys: 5 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Mallams: 1 lots
- Weschler's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-09 | John Milnes\-Smith,  Rock City, 1952  | Roseberys | £300
2. 2025-06-03 | John Milnes\-Smith,  Two Figures on Red, 1951  | Roseberys | £320
3. 2021-02-23 | John Milnes\-Smith, British 1912\-1998\- Yellow Composition 1954; ink and watercolour on paper, sig | Roseberys | £340
4. 2019-12-03 | JOHN MILNES\-SMITH \(1912\-1988\) | Chiswick Auctions | £625
5. 2019-12-03 | JOHN MILNES\-SMITH \(1912\-1998\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
6. 2015-12-10 | John Milnes\-Smith \(British, 1912\-1989\) Untitled, 1969 initialled \(uppe | Mallams | £190
7. 2015-12-01 | John Milnes\-Smith, British 1912\-1998\- ''Figure on | Roseberys | £500
8. 2014-12-12 | Pear and Apples | Christie's | £1,000
9. 2014-11-19 | John Milnes\-Smith | Sotheby's | £1,625
10. 2014-11-19 | John Milnes\-Smith | Sotheby's | £1,063
11. 2014-11-19 | John Milnes\-Smith | Sotheby's | £900
12. 2014-11-19 | John Milnes\-Smith | Sotheby's | £2,125
13. 2013-12-06 | John Milnes\-Smith \(British 1912\-1998\), Untitled Abstract Composition, oil on panel | Weschler's | $1,100
14. 2013-06-11 | John Milnes\-Smith, British 1912\-1998\- "Wild | Roseberys | £200
15. 2011-05-11 | John Milnes\-Smith \(British, 1912\-1999\) Wharf | Bonhams | £36
16. 2011-03-30 | John Milnes\-Smith \(British, 1912\-1999\) King of Hearts | Bonhams | £276

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