# John Thomas Riddle - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-03T08:27:49.007Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 90
- Lots with prices: 68
- First auction date: 2007-12-06
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-13
- Median realised price: $693
- Price range: $8 to $151,200

## Market Takeaway
John Thomas Riddle has 90 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $693. 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 \($693\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($280 to $2,000\) 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: 58.8% (40 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.8% (23 sales)
- $10,000\+: 7.4% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $160
- Previous 12 months median: $40
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-13
- Days since latest sale: 140
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Black Art Auction: 24 lots
- Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.: 8 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 4 lots
- Burchard Galleries Inc: 3 lots
- Clars Auctions: 3 lots
- David Duggleby: 3 lots
- Link Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Historia Auctionata: 2 lots
- Vectis Auctions Ltd: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-10-31 | A CONSULAT ORMOLU\-MOUNTED PLUM\-PUDDING MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT BY J | Christie's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-consulat-ormolu-mounted-plum-pudding-mahogany-secretaire-a-abattant-by-j-233-c-2054ec3a58
2. 2023-03-11 | J, E , EVANS PHILA, BREVETTE DERINGER PISTOL | Milestone Auctions | $1,050 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-j-e-evans-phila-brevette-deringer-pistol-283-c-ead4f6baa1
3. 2017-07-28 | Watercolour Sketch Of Young Moorish Gentleman By J | Gerrards Auction Rooms | N/A
4. 2017-06-09 | English Crown Staffordshire pair of porcelain birds designed and modelled by J | Link Auction Galleries | $10
5. 2016-12-16 | Antique Cast Iron Bank, made by J | Link Auction Galleries | $200
6. 2015-02-07 | Large Douglas Adams print, 'Trout fishing', hand coloured early example, dated 1893, published by J | Bargain Hunt Auctions | A$50
7. 2014-07-29 | A sterling silver Norwegian long chain, by J | Sworders | £110 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-sterling-silver-norwegian-long-chain-by-j-33-c-f7e7f105e2
8. 2010-09-07 | After Clifford Frith b.1928\- "Fun Fair", publ by J | Roseberys | N/A
9. 2009-10-17 | J, 1987 | Phillips | £12,500
10. 2008-01-22 | A late Victorian bachelor's globular teapot, by J | Neales | £280 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-late-victorian-bachelor-s-globular-teapot-by-j-342-c-ies1eunosu
11. 2025-12-13 | John T. Riddle, 1933\-2002, Fairbanks or Garvey? | Black Art Auction | $750
12. 2025-07-23 | James Maher. Chief of the Comeraghs. A John'O Mahony Anthology, SIGNED by J | Purcell Auctioneers | €160
13. 2024-10-22 | J\(an?\) van Leeuwen | Dorotheum | €14,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-j-an-van-leeuwen-63-c-f944e8e870
14. 2024-09-14 | John Thomas Riddle, Jr, 1934\-2002, For Bird \#1 | Black Art Auction | N/A
15. 2024-09-14 | John Thomas Riddle, 1933\-2002, The Ballot | Black Art Auction | N/A
16. 2024-07-02 | City by moonlight, unsigned, oil on paper, laid down on panel, 25,5 x 18,5 cm, possibly created by J | Veilinghuis Van Spengen | N/A
17. 2024-06-22 | BOOK "QUERELLE ZYKLUS", DRAWINGS BY J | Historia Auctionata | €40
18. 2024-04-23 | A CONSULAT ORMOLU\-MOUNTED PLUM\-PUDDING MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT BY J | Christie's | £10,710 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-consulat-ormolu-mounted-plum-pudding-mahogany-secretaire-a-abattant-by-j-157-c-0a34c88be7
19. 2023-12-12 | J, H. Lartigue. Renée Perle, Biarritz, 1930 | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $2,000
20. 2023-12-02 | John Riddle, 1933\-2002, The Ballot | Black Art Auction | N/A
21. 2023-12-02 | John T. Riddle, Jr., 1934\-2002, Civil Rights | Black Art Auction | $1,300
22. 2023-07-06 | A LATE LOUIS XV GREY\-PAINTED SIDE CHAIR BY LOUIS DELANOIS, THE CARVING BY J | Christie's | £151,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-late-louis-xv-grey-painted-side-chair-by-louis-delanois-the-carving-by-j-8-c-99f493db05
23. 2023-05-20 | John T. Riddle, 1934\-2002, Fairbanks or Garvey? | Black Art Auction | N/A
24. 2023-05-20 | John T. Riddle, 1933\-2002, The Boost | Black Art Auction | $550

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