# Mary Holden Bird - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T08:38:09.981Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 40
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2007-04-25
- Latest auction date: 2023-09-14
- Median realised price: $408
- Price range: $30 to $1,560

## Market Takeaway
Mary Holden Bird has 40 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $408. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($408\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($300 to $550\) 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: 88% (22 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 12% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-09-14
- Days since latest sale: 959
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 13 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 3 lots
- Sarasota Estate Auction: 3 lots
- Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers: 3 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Ewbank's: 2 lots
- Gorringes: 2 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 2 lots
- Keys Fine Art Auctioneers: 2 lots
- McTear's: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2018-11-30 | MARY HOLDEN BIRD PRINT “ISLAND SUNLIGHT” | Converse Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-mary-holden-bird-print-island-sunlight-125-c-3894076918
2. 2023-09-14 | Mary Holden Bird \(British, 1900\-1978\) Between the showers | Bonhams | £300
3. 2023-06-26 | Mary Holden Bird \(1889\-1978\), Watercolour, A beach… | Claydon Auctioneers | £320
4. 2017-11-22 | MARY HOLDEN BIRD \(1900\-1978\) British \(AR\) Coastal Scene Watercolour Signed | Rowley Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers | £300
5. 2017-04-30 | Mary Holden Bird \(1900 \- 1978\) | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A
6. 2017-02-24 | MARY HOLDEN BIRD \(SCOTTISH\), A Framed Print | Hannam's Auctioneers | £190
7. 2017-01-15 | Mary Holden Bird \(1900 \- 1978\) | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A
8. 2016-11-23 | Mary Holden Bird \(1900\-1978\) British. "Evening at Traigh", Watercolour, Signed with Monogram, and Inscribed on the reverse, 10.75" x 14.25". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £380
9. 2016-11-23 | Mary Holden Bird \(1900\-1978\) British. "Golden Glow", Watercolour, Signed with Monogram, and Inscribed on the reverse, 10.75" x 14.25". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £340
10. 2016-09-16 | Mary Holden Bird \(1900 \- 1978\) | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A
11. 2014-02-20 | Mary Holden Bird \(Scottish, 1900\-1978\) Island | Mallams | N/A
12. 2013-06-27 | Mary Holden Bird, The Cuillin Hills in Winter, water\-colour, signed with monogram, 13" x 20" | Ewbank's | £320
13. 2013-06-27 | Mary Holden Bird, Loch Morar, water\-colour signed with monogram, 13" x 20" | Ewbank's | £220
14. 2012-05-01 | MARY HOLDEN BIRD \(SCOTTISH 1920 \- 1978\) THE WEST | McTear's | £280
15. 2011-12-21 | MARY HOLDEN BIRD | McTear's | N/A
16. 2011-11-24 | Mary Holden Bird \(Scottish 1920\-1978\). A | Hampstead Auctions Ltd | £320
17. 2011-10-15 | MARY HOLDEN BIRD \(SCOTTISH FL 1923\-1936\) PEACE OF SUMMER 39cm x 60.5cm \(15.2in x 23.6in\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £820
18. 2010-10-13 | MARY HOLDEN BIRD \(SCOTTISH FL 1923\-1936\) APPROACHING RAIN 24cm x 33cm \(9.5in x 13in\) | Lyon & Turnbull | £300
19. 2010-07-09 | MARY HOLDEN BIRD \(1900\-1978, BRITISH\) Monogrammed | Keys Fine Art Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2009-10-03 | Mary Holden Bird \(1900\-1978\) Clear Morning, | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | £30
21. 2009-07-09 | MARY HOLDEN BIRD \(SCOTTISH FL 1923\-1936\) WHITE CLOUDS 32cm x 43cm \(12.5in x 17in\) | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A
22. 2009-06-04 | Mary Holden Bird \(British, died 1978\) Soft Rain | Bonhams | £504
23. 2009-05-02 | Mary Holden Bird \(1900\-1978\) Cahn, Western Isles, | Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
24. 2009-04-23 | Mary Holden Bird \(British, died 1978\) Soft Rain | Bonhams | N/A

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