# Merton Daniel Simpson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T19:14:26.773Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 14
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2010-10-31
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-17
- Median realised price: $90
- Price range: $50 to $5,080

## Market Takeaway
Merton Daniel Simpson shows thin auction liquidity with 14 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $90. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-17.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($90\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $60 and $550.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 85.7% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 14.3% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $5,080
- Previous 12 months median: $850
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-17
- Days since latest sale: 246
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Quinn's Auction Galleries: 10 lots
- Alex Cooper: 1 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 1 lots
- Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals: 1 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-17 | Merton Daniel Simpson \(1928\-2013\), "Confrontation," circa late 1960s | John Moran Auctioneers | $5,080 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-merton-daniel-simpson-1928-2013-confrontation-circa-late-1960s-110-c-3214afa81c
2. 2024-11-21 | MERTON DANIEL SIMPSON \- UNTITLED | Capsule Gallery Auction | $850
3. 2024-01-27 | Merton Daniel Simpson, O/B Abstract Expressionist Painting | Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals | $1,900
4. 2018-02-22 | Portrait of "The Lees". | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $50
5. 2018-02-22 | Portrait of Unknown couple and child. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $100
6. 2018-02-22 | Portrait of "La Reine". | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $50
7. 2018-02-22 | Portrait of "The Music Man". | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $80
8. 2018-02-22 | Portrait of "Sophisticated Lady". | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $100
9. 2018-02-22 | Portrait of "The Man". | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $70
10. 2018-02-22 | Portrait of "Lady Paulta". | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $50
11. 2018-02-22 | Abstract portraits of men in grey. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $140
12. 2018-02-22 | Portrait of "Lady Lee". | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $90
13. 2018-02-22 | Two portraits of Women. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $60
14. 2010-10-31 | Merton Daniel Simpson, American, 1928\-1999, Three Heads, oil on masonite, 20 x 16 in., framed | Alex Cooper | $550

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