# Joseph Douglas Purcell - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T17:05:20.197Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 23
- Lots with prices: 20
- First auction date: 2010-06-24
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-19
- Median realised price: $216
- Price range: $80 to $900

## Market Takeaway
Joseph Douglas Purcell has 23 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $216. 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 \($216\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($138 to $500\) 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: 100% (20 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $212
- Previous 12 months median: $350
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-19
- Days since latest sale: 314
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 12 lots
- Eldred's: 4 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 3 lots
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-19 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(CANADIAN, 1927\-2017\), A LITTLE HOME IN NOVA SCOTIA | Waddington's | CA$625
2. 2025-06-19 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(CANADIAN, 1927\-2017\), UNTITLED \(EARLY MORNING FOG\) | Waddington's | CA$212
3. 2025-02-23 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA, 1927\-2015\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $500
4. 2025-02-23 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA, 1927\-2015\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $500
5. 2025-02-23 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA, 1927\-2015\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $350
6. 2024-08-24 | Joseph Douglas Purcell \(1927\-2015\) Canadian, Watercolor | Sarasota Estate Auction | $150
7. 2024-08-24 | Joseph Douglas Purcell \(1927 \- 2015\) Canadian, Watercolor | Sarasota Estate Auction | $150
8. 2021-09-19 | Joseph Douglas Purcell\(1927\-2015\) Canadian, W/C | Sarasota Estate Auction | $250
9. 2020-04-13 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL, Canada, 1927\-2015, "Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia",, Watercolor on paper, 10.5" x 14" sight. Framed 18.5" x 22". | Eldred's | $120
10. 2020-04-13 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL, Canada, 1927\-2015, "Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia"., Watercolor on paper, 10.5" x 14" sight. Framed 18.5" x 22". | Eldred's | $80
11. 2020-01-24 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL, Canada, 1927\-2015, "Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia",, Watercolor on paper, 10.5" x 14" sight. Framed 18.5" x 22". | Eldred's | N/A
12. 2020-01-24 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL, Canada, 1927\-2015, "Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia"., Watercolor on paper, 10.5" x 14" sight. Framed 18.5" x 22". | Eldred's | N/A
13. 2018-05-10 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(CANADIAN, 1927\-2017\), UNTITLED \(FISHING HUTS\), OIL ON BOARD; SIGNED LOWER LEFT, 12 x 16 in — 30.5 x 40.6 cm | Waddington's | CA$840
14. 2017-08-31 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(CANADIAN, 1927\-\), UNTITLED \(SETTING SUN, NOVA SCOTIA\), WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT \(Sight, 9.5” x 13”\) | Waddington's | CA$216
15. 2017-04-27 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(CANADIAN, 1927\-\), UNTITLED \(EAST COAST STUDY\), OIL ON MASONITE; SIGNED LOWER LEFT, 15.5" x 24" — 39.4 x 61 cm. | Waddington's | CA$900
16. 2017-02-02 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(CANADIAN, 1927\-\) THE OLD ACADEMY ON THE HILL, LUNENBERG, N.S.OIL ON CANVAS; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; TITLED TO FRONT PLAQUE24" x 48" — 61 x 121.9 cm.Estimate: $800—1,000 | Waddington's | CA$720
17. 2016-02-25 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(CANADIAN, 1927\-\), BEACHED DORY WITH GULLS, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT \(Sight, 8.5” x 8”\) No glass. | Waddington's | CA$96
18. 2015-08-27 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(CANADIAN, 1927\-\), UNTITLED \(FISHING SHED\), OIL ON MASONITE; SIGNED LOWER LEFT, 22" x 30" — 55.9 x 76.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$720
19. 2012-07-12 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(CANADIAN, 1927\-\) QUIET | Waddington's | CA$420
20. 2012-06-21 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(CANADIAN, 1927\-\) WET DAY | Waddington's | CA$132
21. 2012-06-21 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(CANADIAN, 1927\-\) MY DREAM | Waddington's | CA$156
22. 2012-04-17 | Joseph Douglas Purcell \(CANADIAN, 20th Century\) | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | N/A
23. 2010-06-24 | JOSEPH DOUGLAS PURCELL \(1927\-\); RON HAZELL \(20TH | Waddington's | CA$138

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