# John Steven Dews - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T11:53:46.831Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 131
- Lots with prices: 73
- First auction date: 2002-06-19
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-26
- Median realised price: $9,600
- Price range: $40 to $144,000

## Market Takeaway
John Steven Dews shows solid auction liquidity with 130 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $9,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-26.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($9,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,100 and $33,600.
- 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: 24.7% (18 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 26% (19 sales)
- $10,000\+: 49.3% (36 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $90,000
- Previous 12 months median: $35,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-26
- Days since latest sale: 176
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 41 lots
- Bonhams: 36 lots
- Sotheby's: 17 lots
- Gorringes: 5 lots
- Bellmans Auctioneers: 3 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 3 lots
- Tennants: 3 lots
- Keys Fine Art Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Roseberys: 2 lots
- Addisons Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-30 | John Steven Dews \(British, born 1949\) Valsheda just ahead of Astra with Candida trailing | Bonhams | £90,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-steven-dews-british-born-1949-valsheda-just-ahead-of-astra-with-candida-trailing-113-c-8134e3281c
2. 2024-10-16 | John Steven Dews, First Race, International Schooner Race | Brunk Auctions | $20,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-steven-dews-first-race-international-schooner-race-678-c-7354359929
3. 2024-09-10 | John Steven Dews \(British, b.1949\), HMS Warrior \- the first British ironclad \(built 1861\), oil on canvas, 50 x 75cm | Gorringes | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-steven-dews-british-b-1949-hms-warrior-the-first-british-ironclad-built-1861-oil-on-canvas-50-x-75cm-154-c-a5a45aa8b4
4. 2025-08-26 | JOHN STEVEN DEWS \(1949 \- \) | DEWIT Auctions | N/A
5. 2025-04-30 | John Steven Dews \(British, born 1949\) 'Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798' | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-steven-dews-british-born-1949-battle-of-the-nile-1st-august-1798-80-c-0764bc1ac7
6. 2024-10-16 | John Steven Dews \(British, born 1949\) Shamrock V well ahead of Candida off Cowes | Bonhams | £120,000
7. 2024-10-16 | John Steven Dews \(British, born 1949\) Lulworth and Shamrock off the Needles, 1929 | Bonhams | £42,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-steven-dews-british-born-1949-lulworth-and-shamrock-off-the-needles-1929-77-c-ab94aa49c8
8. 2024-09-10 | John Steven Dews \(British, b.1949\), 'The Hull whaler's ship, Isabella ..', oil on canvas, 50 x 75cm | Gorringes | £2,900
9. 2024-04-24 | John Steven Dews \(British, born 1949\) 'Sceptre and Evaine off East Cowes Castle, 1958' \(Together with 10 black and white photographs \(6 unframed\) depicting Sceptre and her crew, with some shown off New York; a printed plan of Sceptre; a silver pre... | Bonhams | £35,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-steven-dews-british-born-1949-sceptre-and-evaine-off-east-cowes-castle-1958-together-with-10-black-and-white-photographs-6-unframed-depicting-sceptre-and-her-crew-with-some-shown-off-new-york-a-printed-plan-of-sceptre-a-silver-pre-115-c-b3444819e3
10. 2023-12-13 | John Steven Dews \(b.1949\) | Sworders | £13,000
11. 2023-11-29 | JOHN STEVEN DEWS | Wannenes Art Auctions | €11,000
12. 2022-10-25 | John Steven Dews \(British, born 1949\) Letting out the sails, Sir Lancelot | Bonhams | £400
13. 2022-09-27 | John Steven Dews \(b.1949\), 'Cromdale, wrecked under The Lizard, May 23rd 1913', oil on canvas, 30 x 45cm | Gorringes | £1,800
14. 2022-08-25 | JOHN STEVEN DEWS \(England, b. 1949\), "Britannia Racing Off Cowes"., Color print, 24" x 32". Shrink\-wrapped on foam board 24.75" x 32.5". | Eldred's | $50
15. 2022-06-28 | John Steven Dews \(b.1949\), 'Cromdale, wrecked under The Lizard, May 23rd 1913', oil on canvas, 30 x 45cm | Gorringes | £1,100
16. 2021-05-02 | JOHN STEVEN DEWS, English b. 1949, Racing Off The Isle of Wight, oil on canvas, 30 x 60 in., frame: 41 1/2 x 71 1/2 in. | Grogan & Company | $50,000
17. 2020-12-10 | JOHN STEVEN DEWS \(BRITISH, B. 1941\), Hispania leads at the Gybe Mark, Solent, 1912, | Christie's | N/A
18. 2020-11-11 | John Steven Dews \(British, born 1949\) 'Mariquita overhauling Attair with Mariette ahead to windward, St Tropez, 2008' | Bonhams | N/A
19. 2020-05-26 | John Steven Dews \(British, born 1949\) 'Norwegian barque 'Petrellen', Mounts Bay 1883' | Bonhams | £3,200
20. 2019-10-29 | John Steven Dews \(British, born 1949\) 'Norwegian barque 'Petrellen', Mounts Bay 1883' | Bonhams | N/A
21. 2019-10-29 | John Steven Dews \(British, born 1949\) Taeping and Ariel, the Great Tea Race of 1866 | Bonhams | £19,500
22. 2019-07-11 | John Steven Dews \(b. 1949\) The action between H.M.S. Java and the U.S. frigate Constitution off Brazil, 29... oil on canvas 28 x 48 in. \(71.1 x 122 cm.\) | Christie's | £30,000
23. 2019-06-23 | JOHN STEVEN DEWS \(BORN 1949\), VELSHEDA BEATING TO WINDWARD, signed lower le | Elstob Auctioneers | £8,800
24. 2018-10-24 | JOHN STEVEN DEWS born 1949 The Second Eleven oil on canvas 76.5 x 152.5 cm | Smith & Singer | A$45,000

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