# John Moyr Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T03:12:34.894Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 47
- Lots with prices: 36
- First auction date: 2006-04-20
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-15
- Median realised price: $325
- Price range: $70 to $8,820

## Market Takeaway
John Moyr Smith has 47 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $325. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($325\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $550\) 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: 80.6% (29 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 19.4% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $380
- Previous 12 months median: $460
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-15
- Days since latest sale: 197
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Lyon & Turnbull: 24 lots
- Roseberys: 5 lots
- STAIR: 3 lots
- Antikvity: 2 lots
- Mallams: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Adam's: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Cheffins: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-01 | A PAIR OF VICTORIAN CHAIRS BY JOHN MOYR SMITH | Antikvity | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-pair-of-victorian-chairs-by-john-moyr-smith-412-c-9124c22897
2. 2024-06-08 | A PAIR OF VICTORIAN CHAIRS BY JOHN MOYR SMITH | Antikvity | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-pair-of-victorian-chairs-by-john-moyr-smith-329-c-c3c486c82e
3. 2021-10-12 | John Moyr Smith \(British 1839\-1912\), three Mintons Eight\-Inch Tiles from a series based on Sir Walte | Roseberys | £260 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-moyr-smith-british-1839-1912-three-mintons-eight-inch-tiles-from-a-series-based-on-sir-walte-108-c-29d4520b62
4. 2020-11-02 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) AND THOMAS JECKYLL \(1827\-1881\) FOR BARNARD, BISHOP AND BARNARDS AESTHETIC MOVEMENT TILED FIRE INSERT, CIRCA 1880 | Lyon & Turnbull | £380
5. 2025-10-15 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) FOR MINTON'S | Lyon & Turnbull | £550
6. 2025-10-15 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) FOR MINTON'S | Lyon & Turnbull | £380
7. 2025-10-15 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) FOR MINTON'S | Lyon & Turnbull | £240
8. 2025-10-15 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) FOR W. B. SIMPSON & SONS | Lyon & Turnbull | £2,800
9. 2025-04-16 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) FOR MINTON, HOLLINS & CO. | Lyon & Turnbull | £460
10. 2024-09-26 | Set of Four Aesthetic Movement Mother\-of\-Pearl and Brass Inlaid Ebonized Side Chairs Inset with Mintons Porcelain Tiles by John Moyr Smith | STAIR | $1,700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-set-of-four-aesthetic-movement-mother-of-pearl-and-brass-inlaid-ebonized-side-chairs-inset-with-mintons-porcelain-tiles-by-john-moyr-smith-319-c-a894a47b17
11. 2024-07-17 | John Moyr Smith \(1839\-1912\) for Minton | Roseberys | N/A
12. 2024-07-17 | John Moyr Smith \(1839\-1912\) for Minton  | Roseberys | N/A
13. 2024-07-17 | John Moyr Smith \(1839\-1912\) for Minton  | Roseberys | £140
14. 2023-12-12 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\), FOR MAW & CO Tile Panelcirca 1870moulded in relief and glazed earthenware, framed31 1/4 x 21 3/4in \(79.3 x 55.2cm\) | Bonhams | $1,600
15. 2023-06-15 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) PAIR OF SIDE CHAIRS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY | Christie's | $8,820
16. 2023-06-14 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839 \- 1912\) A pair of Minton Tiled Planters, the cast metal frames inset with four blue and white tiles depicting scenes from the 'Idylls of the Kings' series, including Viven, Elaine, Guinever and Etarre, each 18 x 18 x 19cm high | Adam's | €400
17. 2022-05-26 | John Moyr Smith \(1839 \- 1912\), a set of eight Waverley series picture tiles for Minton China Works, comprising The Antiovary, Rob Roy, Heart of Midlothian, Guy Mannering, Fair Maid of Perth, Ivanhoe, The Talisman and Kenilworth, 20.5cm x 20.5cm | Dawsons Auctioneers | £180
18. 2022-04-20 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) FOR MINTON, HOLLINS & CO. GROUP OF FOUR AESOP'S FABLES SERIES TILES, CIRCA 1878 | Lyon & Turnbull | £950
19. 2021-12-02 | John Moyr Smith hall chair with inset Minton tile | Millea Bros Ltd | $375
20. 2021-11-30 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) TRISTRAM AND ISOLDE, CIRCA 1870 | Lyon & Turnbull | £3,000
21. 2021-11-30 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) FOR MINTONS CHINAWORKS GROUP OF FRAMED TILES, CIRCA 1880 | Lyon & Turnbull | £500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-moyr-smith-1839-1912-for-mintons-chinaworks-group-of-framed-tiles-circa-1880-66-c-bf34302a5f
22. 2021-10-20 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) FOR COX & SON AESTHETIC MOVEMENT ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1890 | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A
23. 2021-10-20 | JOHN MOYR SMITH \(1839\-1912\) \(ATTRIBUTED DESIGNER\) FOR COX & SON, LONDON GOTHIC REVIVAL SIDE CHAIR, CIRCA 1880 | Lyon & Turnbull | £850
24. 2020-03-03 | John Moyr Smith \(1839\-1912\), a part set of Minton tiles from the ‘Fairy Tales’ series 1875\-1880, printed 'JMS', marks for Minton China Works Stoke on Trent Comprising: Sleeping Beauty \(x2\), the Frog Prince, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Blue Beard, Sno | Roseberys | £280

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