# John Wilson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T13:01:13.871Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 129
- Lots with prices: 103
- First auction date: 1994-09-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-18
- Median realised price: $1,500
- Price range: $15 to $17,500

## Market Takeaway
John Wilson has 129 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 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 \($1,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($400 to $4,500\) 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: 43.7% (45 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 48.5% (50 sales)
- $10,000\+: 7.8% (8 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 13
- Recent 12 months median: $5,334
- Previous 12 months median: $3,750
- Median shift: 42.2%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-18
- Days since latest sale: 194
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 45 lots
- Lawsons: 28 lots
- Black Art Auction: 10 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 8 lots
- Abell Auction: 3 lots
- Barsby Auctions: 3 lots
- Aalders Auctions: 2 lots
- Bargain Hunt Auctions: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- DEWIT Auctions: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-11 | John Wilson and David Newman multi signed FDC 55th Anniversary of De Havilland D.H.100. Date stamped | Chaucer Auctions | N/A
2. 2017-01-25 | JOHN WILSON \(BRITISH 1774\-1855\) CATTLE IN A LANDSCAPE 45cm x 55cm \(17.75in x 21.5in\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £563
3. 2016-09-22 | John Wilson \(Scottish 1774\-1855\), seasca | Ewbank's | £260
4. 2015-05-14 | JOHN WILSON \(SCOTTISH 1774\-1855\) EDINBURGH CASTLE FROM GREYFRIARS CHURCH YARD 34.5cm x 44.5cm \(13.25in x 17.5in\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £1,700
5. 2012-08-01 | John Wilson \(1774\-1855\), A lone steamer on the | Bellmans Auctioneers | £650
6. 2009-05-08 | John Wilson \(1774\-1885\) | Christie's | £2,000
7. 2001-11-01 | JOHN WILSON \(1774\-1855\) | Christie's | $4,803
8. 2025-10-18 | John Wilson, 1922\-2015, Dialogue | Black Art Auction | $10,000
9. 2025-10-07 | John Wilson \(1912\-2015\), Black Boy, 1965. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,334
10. 2025-10-07 | John Wilson \(1922\-2015\), Dialogue, 1955. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,620
11. 2025-08-23 | JOHN WILSON | DEWIT Auctions | €1,000
12. 2025-08-23 | JOHN WILSON | DEWIT Auctions | N/A
13. 2025-04-03 | JOHN WILSON \(1922 \- 2015\) The Richard Wright Suite. | Swann Auction Galleries | $11,875
14. 2025-04-03 | JOHN WILSON \(1922 \- 2015\) Father and Child. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,250
15. 2025-04-03 | JOHN WILSON \(1922 \- 2015\) Mexican Woman. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-wilson-1922-2015-mexican-woman-20-c-3494a358f5
16. 2025-03-11 | JOHN WILSON \(1930\-2021\), untitled \(Rocky Gorge\), oil on canvas board, signed lower right, 56 x 37 cm, framed 76 x 57 cm. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | N/A
17. 2025-03-06 | JOHN WILSON, MASTER II 2012, | Leonard Joel | A$700
18. 2024-12-14 | John Wilson, 1922\-2015, King is Dead | Black Art Auction | N/A
19. 2024-09-14 | John Wilson, 1922\-2015, Street Children | Black Art Auction | $3,750
20. 2024-08-29 | John Wilson \(1922 \- 2015\): Lovers | Abell Auction | $225
21. 2024-07-31 | John Wilson \(1922 \- 2015\): Lovers | Abell Auction | $2,000
22. 2024-06-29 | JOHN WILSON \(AMERICAN 1922\-2015\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $4,750
23. 2024-06-08 | John Wilson \(1922 \- 2015\): Lovers | Abell Auction | N/A
24. 2024-05-18 | John Wilson, 1922\-2015, Mexican Woman | Black Art Auction | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-wilson-1922-2015-mexican-woman-166-c-a4143e4838

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