# Michael  Parsons - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T08:27:56.778Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 118
- Lots with prices: 74
- First auction date: 2013-04-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-18
- Median realised price: $3,200
- Price range: $90 to $9,000

## Market Takeaway
Michael  Parsons shows solid auction liquidity with 118 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-05-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,400 and $4,400.
- 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: 2.7% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 97.3% (72 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $2,400
- Previous 12 months median: $2,400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-18
- Days since latest sale: 276
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 114 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2014-06-08 | Mike Parsons \(SA, born 1941\) Oil, Fish Market, | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 4,000
2. 2014-06-08 | Mike Parsons \(SA, born 1941\) Oil, Artist at Work, | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 5,000
3. 2014-06-08 | Mike Parsons \(SA, born 1941\) Oil, Dinner Time, | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 7,800
4. 2025-05-18 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Waiting for the Catch, Signed, 60 x 90 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 3,600
5. 2025-04-16 | Mike Parsons \(SA, born 1941\) Oil, "Will You Marry Me", Signed Titled Verso, 50 x 35 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2025-04-06 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Lady with a Rose, Signed, 49 x 33 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,400
7. 2025-04-06 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Harbour Scene with Figures, Signed, 34 x 50 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,100
8. 2025-04-06 | Mike Parsons \(SA, born 1941\) Oil, "Will You Marry Me", Signed Titled Verso, 50 x 35 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
9. 2025-03-05 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Waiting for the Catch, Signed, 60 x 90 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
10. 2025-03-05 | Mike Parsons \(SA, born 1941\) Oil, The Artist's Studio, Signed, 59 x 59 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
11. 2025-02-23 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Waiting for the Catch, Signed, 60 x 90 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
12. 2025-02-23 | Mike Parsons \(SA, born 1941\) Oil, The Artist's Studio, Signed, 59 x 59 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
13. 2024-12-08 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Lady with a Rose, Signed, 49 x 33 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
14. 2024-09-15 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Harbour Scene with Figures, Signed, 34 x 50 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,800
15. 2024-09-15 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, quayside Conversations, Signed, 54 x 72 Unframed | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
16. 2024-09-15 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Lady with a Rose, Signed, 49 x 33 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
17. 2024-08-04 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, At the Beach, Signed, 60 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,400
18. 2024-04-14 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Scene with Figures, Signed, 54 x 70 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,400
19. 2024-03-25 | Mike Parsons \(SA, born 1941\) Oil, "Will You Marry Me", Signed Titled Verso, 50 x 35 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2024-03-25 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Lady with a Rose, Signed, 49 x 33 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
21. 2024-03-04 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Lake with Water Lillies, Signed, 60 x 45 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 9,000
22. 2024-03-04 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Camp Fire Gathering, Signed, 54 x 70 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,400
23. 2023-11-26 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Quayside Conversations, Signed, 54 x 70 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,800
24. 2023-11-06 | Mike Parsons \(SA 1941 \- 2017\) Oil, Camp Fire Gathering, Signed, 54 X 70 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A

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