# Oliver Messel - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T13:35:51.980Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 87
- Lots with prices: 69
- First auction date: 2003-10-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-03-25
- Median realised price: $1,100
- Price range: $70 to $23,750

## Market Takeaway
Oliver Messel shows solid auction liquidity with 83 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,188. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-03-25.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,188\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $625 and $2,800.
- 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: 40.9% (27 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 53% (35 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6.1% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $1,300
- Previous 12 months median: $1,100
- Median shift: 18.2%
- Latest sale date: 2025-03-25
- Days since latest sale: 330
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 36 lots
- Bonhams: 15 lots
- Olympia Auctions: 4 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 3 lots
- Gorringes: 3 lots
- Bellmans Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Doyle New York: 2 lots
- Leonard Joel: 2 lots
- Roseberys: 2 lots
- Wilkinson's Auctioneers: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-04-23 | Oliver Messel \(1904\-1978\). An Edwardian Satinwood Pole\-Screen. The glazed canted rectangular screen | Wilkinson's Auctioneers | £110
2. 2023-04-18 | AN ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF FLAXLEY ABBEY, BY OLIVER MESSEL | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-an-architectural-model-of-flaxley-abbey-by-oliver-messel-172-c-9bf44c7bbf
3. 2022-10-03 | A MACHINE WOVEN CARPET OF AUBUSSON STYLE, DESIGNED BY OLIVER MESSEL | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £13,000
4. 2022-10-03 | AN ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF FLAXLEY ABBEY, BY OLIVER MESSEL | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £320 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-an-architectural-model-of-flaxley-abbey-by-oliver-messel-4-c-d9a4f2d803
5. 2025-03-25 | Oliver Messel,  British 1904\-1978 \-  Costume design 'The Countess at the Ball';  watercolour and p | Roseberys | £1,300
6. 2024-10-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Portrait of Katharine Cornell as The Countess, circa 1955 sight 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. \(26.7 x 18.7 cm\) | Bonhams | $2,200
7. 2024-10-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Portrait of a Young Barbadian Man, circa 1963 approximately 12 x 9 in. \(30.5 x 22.9 cm\) | Bonhams | $500
8. 2024-10-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Set Design for Alexander Pushkin's Pique Dame \(The Queen of Spades\), 1949 sight 15 x 21 in. \(38.1 x 53.3 cm\) | Bonhams | $1,100
9. 2024-10-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Costume design for Le Nozze di Figaro \(The Marriage of Figaro\), 1955 15 x 9 3/4 in. \(38.1 x 24.8 cm\) | Bonhams | $650
10. 2024-10-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Fantaisies Oceanographiques Set Model 9 7/8 x 16 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. \(25.1 x 42.5 x 6.3 cm\) | Bonhams | $2,800
11. 2024-10-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Set Design for The Country Wife, 1936 22 1/2 x 29 in. \(57.1 x 73.7 cm\) | Bonhams | $6,000
12. 2023-04-20 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\): Bedroom Set Design | STAIR | $1,000
13. 2022-12-13 | Oliver Messel \(British, 1904\-1978\), Portrait of a black man in military uniform, oil on board, 53 x 39cm | Gorringes | N/A
14. 2022-12-13 | Oliver Messel \(British, 1904\-1978\), 'The Count, Dressing Gown', pencil and watercolour on paper, 45 x 32cm | Gorringes | £700
15. 2022-10-12 | OLIVER MESSEL \(1904\-1978\) CEILING LIGHT, CIRCA 1960 | Lyon & Turnbull | £650
16. 2021-12-07 | Oliver Messel \(1904\-1978\) | Sworders | £300
17. 2021-04-28 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(British, 1904\-1978\) Portrait of a Woman | Bonhams | £2,200
18. 2020-09-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Portrait of Nadia Nerina as Prin | Christie's | £1,000
19. 2020-09-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Costume design for Princess Auro | Christie's | £3,250
20. 2020-09-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Portrait of a young man playing | Christie's | £625
21. 2020-09-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Portrait of Lloyd signed 'Messe | Christie's | £5,250
22. 2020-09-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Boy in a red shirt signed 'Messe | Christie's | £3,750
23. 2020-09-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Portrait a young man signed 'O. | Christie's | £2,000
24. 2020-09-24 | Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel \(1904\-1978\) Portrait of Sir Peter Moores C.B | Christie's | £1,250

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