# Philipp May - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T16:10:24.571Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 78
- Lots with prices: 54
- First auction date: 2004-09-14
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-29
- Median realised price: $100
- Price range: $10 to $937

## Market Takeaway
Philipp May shows solid auction liquidity with 76 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-29.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($100\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $50 and $225.
- 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: 100% (53 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $40
- Previous 12 months median: $80
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-29
- Days since latest sale: 20
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Sydney Rare Book Auctions: 17 lots
- Bonhams: 13 lots
- Mallams: 7 lots
- Gray's Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Roseberys: 4 lots
- Keys Fine Art Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Leski Auctions Pty Ltd: 3 lots
- Reeman Dansie: 3 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-29 | Phil May \(Philip William\) English Caricaturist 1864\-1903, 'The Phil May Folio', Ltd Ed 67/250, signed by the publisher Thacker & Co London, n/d with signed frontispiece portrait plus four further 'Phil May' folios etc \(quantity\) | Mallams | £40
2. 2026-01-09 | Phil May \(British, 1864\-1903\) | Martel Maides | £20
3. 2025-08-19 | Phil May \(20th century\) | Sworders | N/A
4. 2025-03-18 | PHIL MAY \(1864 \- 1903\) Mr. Justice Windeyer. lithographic print, signed in the plate at right, 37 x 24cm. also, a portrait of a bearded gentlemen in formal dress, reproduction on photographic paper, similarly signed at right, 39 x 25cm. \(2 item | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$10
5. 2025-02-27 | PHIL MAY | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$50
6. 2025-02-24 | Phil May \(1864\-1903\), Pencil and ink studies, Musi… | Claydon Auctioneers | £90
7. 2024-11-17 | PHIL MAY \(1864\-1903\), caricaturist for Punch Magazine, autograph on Devonshire Club card, St James's Street, London. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | N/A
8. 2024-09-12 | Phil May in Australia book together with others | Lawsons | N/A
9. 2024-09-11 | PHIL MAY \(1864\-1903\) A MUSICAL EVENING | Elstob Auctioneers | £280
10. 2024-03-22 | Phil May | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$80
11. 2023-10-06 | Phil May | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | N/A
12. 2023-09-28 | Phil May \(1864\-1903\) The artist's personal sketchbook contains many caricatures, 22 cm x 14 cm, together with a volume of Thorpe, James, "Phil May, English Master of Black\-And\-White" 1948. | Dawsons Auctioneers | N/A
13. 2023-09-15 | Phil May and Spencer's Flowing Bowl | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$50
14. 2023-09-15 | Phil May Original Drawing | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$160
15. 2023-08-25 | Phil May Original Drawing | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | N/A
16. 2023-08-25 | Phil May | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | N/A
17. 2023-06-23 | PHIL MAY 1903 | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$120 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-phil-may-1903-17-c-c30401cbac
18. 2023-04-10 | Phil May 1904 | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | N/A
19. 2023-03-29 | PHIL MAY, RI RP NEAC,  BRITISH 1864\-1903\-  SEVEN CHARACTER SKETCHES;  TWO PENCIL, PEN AND BLACK IN | Roseberys | £360
20. 2023-03-29 | PHIL MAY, RI RP NEAC,  BRITISH 1864\-1903\-  FOURTEEN CHARACTER SKETCHES;  EACH PENCIL ON PAPER, FIV | Roseberys | £750
21. 2023-01-27 | PHIL \(PHILIPPE AYER\) SAWYER \(Florida/Illinois/France, 1877\-1949\), Four landscape sketches., Oils on board, approx. 6.5" x 8.75". Unframed. | Eldred's | $225
22. 2022-07-26 | PHIL \(PHILIPPE AYER\) SAWYER \(Florida/Illinois/France, 1877\-1949\), Three figural studies., Oils on board, the largest 9.25" x 7.5". Unframed. | Eldred's | N/A
23. 2022-04-08 | PHIL MAY | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | N/A
24. 2021-12-10 | PHIL MAY | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$50

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