# John O'Shea - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T20:55:15.991Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 22
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2008-11-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-06
- Median realised price: $900
- Price range: $500 to $3,250

## Market Takeaway
John O'Shea has 22 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 \($800 to $1,680\) 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: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $1,524
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-06
- Days since latest sale: 373
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 9 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 5 lots
- MBA Seattle Auction LLC: 2 lots
- William Smith Auctions: 2 lots
- Altermann Galleries: 1 lots
- California Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-06 | John O'Shea \(1876\-1956\), "Roger," circa 1929 | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,524
2. 2023-03-16 | John O'Shea ''Santa Cruz Hills'' Watercolor | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $600
3. 2023-03-16 | John O'Shea ''Monterey Cypress'' Watercolor | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $850
4. 2021-08-03 | John O'Shea \(1876\-1956\) Tahitian \(Youth\) 30 x 25in framed 34 x 29in \(Painted circa 1928.\) | Bonhams | $2,800
5. 2020-09-12 | John O'Shea Oil, Cosmos | William Smith Auctions | $800
6. 2020-09-12 | John O'Shea Oil, Grand Canyon | William Smith Auctions | $3,250
7. 2020-08-25 | John O'Shea \(American, 1876\-1956\) Cypress Trees 30 x 36in | Bonhams | $2,000
8. 2020-08-25 | John O'Shea \(American, 1876\-1956\) Untitled \(Carmel Springtime\) 14 x 20in | Bonhams | $850
9. 2020-06-16 | John O'Shea \(American, 1876–1956\), A Baseball Game\(For the New York Boost Club\) | Freeman's \| Hindman | $500
10. 2017-08-12 | John O'Shea \| Red Rocks | Altermann Galleries | N/A
11. 2014-10-21 | John O'Shea \(1876\-1956 Carmel, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
12. 2011-06-26 | John O'Shea \(1876\-1956\) 24"x20" Monterey Cypress 2 | California Auctioneers | N/A
13. 2011-06-14 | John O'Shea \(1876\-1956 Carmel, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,680
14. 2011-02-15 | John O'Shea \(1876\-1956 Carmel, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $980
15. 2010-03-16 | John O'Shea \(1876\-1956 Carmel, CA\) | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
16. 2009-05-17 | John O'Shea \(American, 1876\-1956\) Santa Cruz Hills 19 1/2 x 25 1/2in | Bonhams | $976
17. 2009-03-16 | John O'Shea \(American, 1876\-1956\) Santa Cruz Hills 19 1/2 x 25 1/2in | Bonhams | N/A
18. 2009-03-15 | John O'Shea \(American, 1876\-1956\) Santa Cruz Hills 19 1/2 x 25 1/2in | Bonhams | N/A
19. 2008-12-18 | John O'Shea \(AMERICAN, 1876\-1956\) | Christie's | $625
20. 2008-11-24 | John O'Shea \(American, 1876\-1956\) Coastal Rocks 9 1/2 x 13 1/4in | Bonhams | $900
21. 2008-11-24 | John O'Shea \(American, 1876\-1956\) Santa Cruz Hills 19 1/2 x 25 1/2in | Bonhams | N/A
22. 2008-11-23 | John O'Shea \(American, 1876\-1956\) Coastal Rocks 9 1/2 x 13 1/4in | Bonhams | $900

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