# John Murray Thomson - Auction Profile

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## Summary
- Lots tracked: 25
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2002-11-28
- Latest auction date: 2025-02-23
- Median realised price: $900
- Price range: $80 to $21,000

## Market Takeaway
John Murray Thomson has 25 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $900. 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 \($900\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($400 to $1,500\) 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: 62.5% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 31.3% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $900
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-02-23
- Days since latest sale: 443
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Lyon & Turnbull: 4 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Weschler's: 2 lots
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 1 lots
- California Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Charlton Hall: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2014-10-08 | John Murray Thomson "Goat and Kids" | Greenwich Auction | $950
2. 2025-02-23 | John Murray Thomson \(Scotland 1885 \- 1974\) Oil, Labrador Retreiver, Signed, 43 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 5,400
3. 2024-12-14 | John Murray Thomson Oil Painting of Two Dogs | Kavanagh Auctions | CA$900
4. 2020-01-24 | JOHN MURRAY THOMSON \| A Cocker Spaniel  | Sotheby's | $3,200
5. 2019-11-13 | JOHN MURRAY THOMSON \(1885\-1974\) FRAMED TRIPLE SKETCH, study of a wolf. Each image 15 cm x 21.5 cm. | Hannam's Auctioneers | £80
6. 2018-07-25 | John Murray Thomson \(1885\-1974\) British. "Collie and her Pups" in a Stable Interior, Oil on Canvas, Signed, in a Hollow Gilt Frame, 18" x 24". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £1,500
7. 2018-04-08 | John Murray Thomson \(1885\-1974\) oil on board | California Auctioneers | N/A
8. 2018-01-07 | John Murray Thomson, Portrait of a Pekingese O/C | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $450
9. 2016-07-20 | JOHN MURRAY THOMSON \(BRITISH, 1885\-1974\) HOUND WITH HER PUPS Oil on canvasboard: 18 x 23 1/2 in. \(sight\) | Potomack Company | $475
10. 2015-02-25 | John Murray Thomson \(1885\-1974\) British. A Mountainous River Landscape, with Deer in the foreground, Oil on Canvas, Sign | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
11. 2015-01-22 | John Murray Thomson \(1885\-1974\) British. A Mountainous River Landscape, with Deer in the foreground, | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
12. 2012-03-24 | John Murray Thomson | Charlton Hall | $4,914
13. 2011-03-24 | John Murray Thomson \(Scottish 1885\-1974\) A Donkey | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
14. 2011-03-05 | John Murray Thomson \(Scottish 1885\-1974\) A Donkey | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
15. 2010-04-17 | John Murray Thomson \(British 1885\-1974\), Group of Three Works, each watercolor on paper, sight size of largest: 9\-3/4 x 14\-1/4 in | Weschler's | N/A
16. 2010-04-17 | John Murray Thomson \(British 1885\-1974\), Collie and Horse: Two Works, watercolor on paper, sight size of first: 8\-3/4 x 13\-1/4 in | Weschler's | N/A
17. 2009-09-03 | John Murray Thomson \(1885\-1974\) Loch Dochart, Scotland 18 x 24in. | Gorringes | £200
18. 2005-12-02 | JOHN MURRAY THOMSON | Sotheby's | $21,000
19. 2005-02-18 | JOHN MURRAY THOMSON | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A
20. 2005-02-18 | JOHN MURRAY THOMSON | Lyon & Turnbull | £400
21. 2005-02-18 | JOHN MURRAY THOMSON | Lyon & Turnbull | £500
22. 2005-02-18 | JOHN MURRAY THOMSON | Lyon & Turnbull | £360
23. 2004-11-18 | John Murray Thomson \(1885\-1974\) | Christie's | N/A
24. 2003-03-07 | John Murray Thomson \(British, 1885\-1974\) Arctic Scene with Polar Bears Signed "J. Murray Thomson" l.l. Oil on panel, 17 1/2 x 37 in. \(44.4 x 94.2 cm\), framed. Condition: Retouch, craquelure. | Skinner | $1,175

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