# Nicholas May - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T13:34:10.138Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 9
- Lots with prices: 3
- First auction date: 2001-02-09
- Latest auction date: 2016-07-19
- Median realised price: $744
- Price range: $150 to $25,556

## Market Takeaway
Nicholas May has 9 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $744. 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 \($744\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $25,556\) 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: 66.7% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 33.3% (1 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: 2016-07-19
- Days since latest sale: 3,573
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Roseberys: 2 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 1 lots
- Locke\-England: 1 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2016-07-19 | NICHOLAS MAY \(BRITISH / IRISH b.1962\), untitled, 1993, large scale abstract composition in bands of red and gold, oil and bitumen with gold dust on canvas, from the liminal series, signed and dated to verso, \(244 x 213cm\) \(ARTISTS RE\-SALE RIGHTS MAY APPLY\) NOTE: One of the brightest art stars of the early nineties with shows at PS1, New York, the Serpentine, ICA, London, Nicholas May was a part of the Victoria Miro stable along with Chris Ofili and Peter Doig. May was the subject of a great deal of early critical acclaim which led to sell\-out shows with his work being bought by the Tate, the Arts Council, the Saatchi Collection, the Contemporary Art Society and the European Parliament. | Chiswick Auctions | £744
2. 2013-01-19 | Nicholas May, British b.1962\- "Arabatic Print"; | Roseberys | £150
3. 2012-10-20 | Nicholas May, British b.1962\- "Arabatic Print"; | Roseberys | N/A
4. 2010-03-17 | Nicholas May \(British, 1962\) 'Lamina' | Bonhams | N/A
5. 2009-10-21 | Nicholas May \(British, 1962\) Untitled, 1989 | Bonhams | N/A
6. 2008-07-24 | NICHOLAS MAY \(b.1962\) From The London Portfolio | Locke\-England | N/A
7. 2008-04-16 | NICHOLAS MAY \(BRITISH B. 1962\) ACRABATIC PRINT | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A
8. 2007-02-28 | Untitled 1989 | Christie's | N/A
9. 2001-02-09 | Nicholas May \(B.1962\) | Christie's | $25,556

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