# John Sturgess - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T21:39:41.871Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 52
- Lots with prices: 33
- First auction date: 2004-10-12
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-01
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $28 to $30,000

## Market Takeaway
John Sturgess has 52 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. 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 \($300\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($100 to $1,080\) 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: 72.7% (24 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 18.2% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 9.1% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $70
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-01
- Days since latest sale: 211
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Quinn's Auction Galleries Central Virginia: 4 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Gorringes: 3 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 2 lots
- Brightwells: 2 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 2 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 2 lots
- Keys Fine Art Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Shapiro Auctions LLC: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-01 | JOHN STURGESS | Wannenes Art Auctions | N/A
2. 2025-10-01 | JOHN STURGESS | Wannenes Art Auctions | N/A
3. 2024-12-04 | John Sturgess \(British, active c. 1869\-1903\) | Cheffins | £260
4. 2024-09-15 | John Sturgess \(British, act.1869\-1903\) Horse Racing Print | Locati LLC | $70
5. 2024-03-21 | John Sturgess \(British 1839\-1903\). Horses grazing | Ewbank's | £60
6. 2023-12-07 | John Sturgess \(British, act.1869\-1903\), | Kinghams Auctioneers | £120
7. 2023-06-06 | John Sturgess \(fl.1869\-1903\) | Sworders | N/A
8. 2023-06-06 | John Sturgess \(fl.1869\-1903\) | Sworders | £1,800
9. 2022-12-16 | JOHN STURGESS \(BRITISH 1839\-1903\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
10. 2022-12-16 | JOHN STURGESS \(BRITISH 1839\-1903\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
11. 2021-04-22 | John Sturgess \(active 1869\-1903\): The Race | STAIR | $2,300
12. 2020-10-07 | John Sturgess, C19th colour print, 'Derby heroes, the last ten years', 1879\-89, with details of horses, jockeys and owners, 20½" x 14" | Crow's Auction Gallery Ltd | £28
13. 2019-07-30 | OIL ON CANVAS BY JOHN STURGESS | Curated Estates | $500
14. 2019-05-01 | John Sturgess \(British, active circa 1869\-1903\) A Soft Hearted Grey | Bonhams | £956
15. 2019-05-01 | John Sturgess \(British, active circa 1869\-1903\) How to out against the Chestnut | Bonhams | £956
16. 2019-04-07 | John Sturgess Signed Oil, "Stage Coach Series" | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $2,750
17. 2018-10-24 | JOHN STURGESS \(BRITISH, ACTIVE CIRCA 1869\-1903\) The Grand International Steeplechase, 2nd May 1885 s | Bonhams | N/A
18. 2017-03-02 | JOHN STURGESS \(ACTIVE CIRCA 1869\-1903\), BRITISHTHE RACEPen and ink drawing on paper; signed lower leftSight 11" x 17.25" — 27.9 x 43.8 cm.Estimate: $300—500 | Waddington's | CA$192
19. 2016-11-10 | John Sturgess \(Active Circa 1869\-1903\), THE RACE, Pen and ink drawing on paper; signed lower left, Sight 11" x 17.25" — 27.9 x 43.8 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
20. 2016-10-19 | John Sturgess \(British, active circa 1869\-1903\) A flat refusal | Bonhams | £875
21. 2016-01-02 | John Sturgess, British Equestrian Watercolor | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $300
22. 2014-02-27 | JOHN STURGESS \(working c1869\-1903, British\) | Lawson~Menzies | A$3,682
23. 2013-08-24 | A large framed John Sturgess print under non | Willingham Auctions | N/A
24. 2013-07-25 | Etching from McQueen's Fox Hunt, Panited by John Sturgess | Quinn's Auction Galleries Central Virginia | $50

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