# Margaret Mellis - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T07:13:34.016Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 41
- Lots with prices: 36
- First auction date: 2006-12-07
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-17
- Median realised price: $4,200
- Price range: $450 to $20,000

## Market Takeaway
Margaret Mellis has 41 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,200. 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 \($4,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,400 to $7,000\) 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: 8.3% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 69.4% (25 sales)
- $10,000\+: 22.2% (8 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $5,000
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-17
- Days since latest sale: 317
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 14 lots
- Sotheby's: 9 lots
- Christie's: 8 lots
- Roseberys: 3 lots
- Cheffins: 2 lots
- Whyte's: 2 lots
- Gaze & Son: 1 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 1 lots
- Lots Road Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-17 | MARGARET MELLIS \(1914\-2009\) Woman and Fish 1 1957' oil on board, 78cm x 59cm | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £7,000
2. 2025-06-03 | Margaret Mellis,  White Oval, c.1970  | Roseberys | £5,000
3. 2023-11-29 | Margaret Mellis,  3 Ovals & 4 Squares;  | Roseberys | £800
4. 2023-09-20 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) The House 56 x 71 cm. \(22 1/8 x 27 7/8 in.\) \(Painted circa the 1930s\) | Bonhams | N/A
5. 2023-09-20 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) The Tree 63.5 x 41 cm. \(25 x 16 1/8 in.\) \(Painted circa 1930\) | Bonhams | £1,000
6. 2023-09-20 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) Still Life with Flowers 54 x 65 cm. \(21 1/4 x 25 1/2 in.\) | Bonhams | £6,000
7. 2023-09-20 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) Red Green and Orange Structure 58.5 x 58.5 cm. \(23 x 23 in.\) \(unframed\) | Bonhams | £1,800
8. 2023-09-20 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) Three Boats VI: Chinese Orange Green Purple White 44 x 68.2 cm. \(17 1/4 x 26 7/8 in.\) \(Executed circa 1977\) | Bonhams | £1,300
9. 2023-09-20 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) Small Imperial 58.5 x 58.5 cm. \(23 x 23 in.\) \(unframed\) | Bonhams | £1,700
10. 2023-09-20 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) Round Table and Lemons 91.6 x 71.1 cm. \(36 x 28 in.\) \(unframed\) \(Painted circa 1949\) | Bonhams | £9,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-margaret-mellis-british-1914-2009-round-table-and-lemons-91-6-x-71-1-cm-36-x-28-in-unframed-painted-circa-1949-25-c-f3142bd86d
11. 2023-09-20 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) Arngask House in the Spring II 45.5 x 61 cm. \(17 7/8 x 24 in.\) \(unframed\) \(Painted in 1937\) | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2023-09-20 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) Mother Playing Piano 35.6 x 74.9 cm. \(14 x 29 1/2 in.\) \(unframed\) \(Painted circa 1929\-33\) | Bonhams | £1,800
13. 2023-09-20 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) Boats Garoupe 54 x 65 cm. \(21 1/4 x 25 1/2 in.\) | Bonhams | £6,500
14. 2023-09-20 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) Margot's Red Lilies 24.6 x 37.7 cm. \(9 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.\) \(Executed in 1989\) | Bonhams | £1,200
15. 2023-09-12 | Margaret Mellis, Small White Relief, 1970 | Roseberys | £11,000
16. 2022-09-28 | Margaret Mellis \(British, 1914\-2009\) Pharos 116.8 x 82.6 cm. \(46 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.\) | Bonhams | £7,000
17. 2020-01-23 | MARGARET MELLIS \(1914\-2009\) \- Rapallo, Italy | Christie's | £15,000
18. 2020-01-23 | MARGARET MELLIS \(1914\-2009\) \- Two Dog Roses | Christie's | £20,000
19. 2020-01-23 | MARGARET MELLIS \(1914\-2009\) \- Houses by Moonlight, St Ives | Christie's | £10,625
20. 2018-03-20 | MARGARET MELLIS \| Boy | Sotheby's | £3,500
21. 2018-03-20 | MARGARET MELLIS \| Half Circle and Shadows | Sotheby's | £450
22. 2018-03-20 | MARGARET MELLIS \| Bottle and Reflection | Sotheby's | £12,000
23. 2018-03-20 | MARGARET MELLIS \| Aldeburgh Boats | Sotheby's | £4,200
24. 2017-06-29 | MARGARET MELLIS \| Scarlet Undercurrent | Sotheby's | £20,000

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