# Robert Herdman\-Smith - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T10:31:01.947Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 20
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2004-07-23
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-04
- Median realised price: $96
- Price range: $10 to $1,904

## Market Takeaway
Robert Herdman-Smith has 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $96. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. 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 \($96\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($45 to $180\) 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: 87.5% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 12.5% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $80
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-04
- Days since latest sale: 58
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Crescent City Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Waddington's: 2 lots
- Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers: 1 lots
- Barsby Auctions: 1 lots
- Ewbank's: 1 lots
- Hartleys Auctioneers and Valuers: 1 lots
- Kinghams Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-04 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(British, 1879\-1945 | Kinghams Auctioneers | £80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-robert-herdman-smith-british-1879-1945-173-c-a81d288a37
2. 2026-01-17 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(1872\-1945\) | Barsby Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-robert-herdman-smith-1872-1945-94-c-f3637ed94f
3. 2024-03-01 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(British, 1879\-1945\), Group of Three Geishas Color Etchings, consisting of: "The Little Shrine," "The Ferry," "... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | N/A
4. 2023-06-23 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(British, 1879\-1945\), Group of Three Geishas Color Etchings, consisting of: "The Little Shrine," "The Ferry," "... | Crescent City Auction Gallery | $125
5. 2023-03-18 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(1879\-1945\) 'In the Grampion Mountains, c.1930' | Peterborough Auctions | $30
6. 2021-06-23 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(1879\-1945\) British, Two views of Chester, coloured etchings, signed and inscribed in pen | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £45
7. 2021-04-21 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(1879\-1945\) British, Two views of Chester, coloured etching, signed and inscribed in penc | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
8. 2020-07-23 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(British, 1879\-1945\). 'The Pu | Ewbank's | £60
9. 2018-12-19 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(1879\-1945\) British. "The Butterfly", Etching in Colours, Limited Edition of 150, Signed and Inscribed in Pencil, and Inscribed on a label on reverse, in a painted frame, 7" x 5", and the companion piece, "Almond Blossom", a pair \(2\). Provenance: John Mathieson & Co, Edinburgh. | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £200
10. 2017-08-31 | ROBERT HERDMAN\-SMITH \(BRITISH, 1879\-1945\), THE FERRY, COLOUR AQUATINT; SIGNED, TITLED AND NUMBERED 50/100 IN PENCIL \(Plate, 6.8” x 10”\) | Waddington's | CA$96
11. 2017-08-13 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(British 1879 \- ?\) 2 x Coloured Etchings, "St. Pauls from Bankside" & "Lincoln Cathedral", Signed & Titled in Pencil, 27 x 19 each | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,904
12. 2016-10-12 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(1879\-1945\) British. "A Gateway, Tangier", Etching in Colours, Signed, Inscribed and numbered 57/75 in Pencil, Unframed, 6" x 8.5", together with a very large folio of Prints, Engravings and Etchings \(Q\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £180
13. 2016-10-02 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(British 1879 \- ?\) Coloured Etching, "Land's End", Signed & Titled in Pencil, 17 x 22 plus E.M.K.R. \(SA 20th C\) Ink, Oxwagon, Signed with Initials & Dated 1944, 24 x 33 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
14. 2011-09-14 | ROBERT HERDMAN\-SMITH \(1879\- ?\), Interior Scene | Hartleys Auctioneers and Valuers | £200
15. 2011-06-11 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(1879\-1945\) \- Four hand | Lacy Scott & Knight | £60
16. 2010-11-03 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(British, born 1879\) A Continental hilltop town | Bonhams | £24
17. 2010-04-20 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(British, born 1879\) 'Burning Incense', a young Japanese lady wearing a green kimono holding a pot of incense, together with, 'The Blue Parakeet' and 'The Peacock Screen', | Bonhams | £114 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-robert-herdman-smith-british-born-1879-burning-incense-a-young-japanese-lady-wearing-a-green-kimono-holding-a-pot-of-incense-together-with-the-blue-parakeet-and-the-peacock-screen-334-c-8b4ccde35c
18. 2009-09-10 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(1879\-1945\) STREET IN TUNIS; | Waddington's | CA$1,140
19. 2009-07-09 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(1879\-1945\); limited edition | Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers | £10
20. 2004-07-23 | Robert Herdman\-Smith \(b.1879\) "ON THE MOORS AT STOBOROUGH, DORSET" Signed, also inscribed with the title and the artist's name on the original frame, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, \{24.5cm by 34.5cm \(9.75in by 13.75in\)\} Estimate \- | Tennants | £160

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