# Rowley Walter Murphy - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T23:58:10.629Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2010-01-26
- Latest auction date: 2024-06-20
- Median realised price: $200
- Price range: $60 to $900

## Market Takeaway
Rowley Walter Murphy has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $200. 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 \($200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($84 to $360\) 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: 100% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $62
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-06-20
- Days since latest sale: 680
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 23 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-06-20 | Rowley Walter Murphy \(1891\-1975\), TWO VIEWS OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER, 1936 | Waddington's | CA$200
2. 2024-06-20 | Rowley Walter Murphy \(1891\-1975\), 32 SKETCHES OF SHIPS AND SAILORS | Waddington's | CA$62
3. 2024-06-20 | Rowley Walter Murphy \(1891\-1975\), 28 MARITIME SCENES | Waddington's | CA$62
4. 2024-06-20 | Rowley Walter Murphy \(1891\-1975\), 28 MARITIME, SHORELINE AND LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS | Waddington's | CA$62
5. 2018-08-30 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), VARIOUS SUBJECTS, GROUP LOT OF UNFRAMED SKETCHES; MAJORITY WITH ESTATE STAMP \(Various sizes, 12.8” x 16” and smaller\) | Waddington's | CA$60
6. 2018-08-30 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), BOATS IN DRYDOCK, WATERCOLOUR; UNSIGNED; TITLED TO LABEL VERSO \(Sight, 21.3” x 14.3”\) | Waddington's | N/A
7. 2017-02-02 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\) VARIOUS STUDIESGROUP LOT OF NINE SKETCHES \(PENCIL, INK, MARKER\); EACH WITH ESTATE STAMP SIGNED BY IAN GILLEN, ADMINISTRATOR \- ALL UNFRAMED \(Each sheet, \- 12.3” x 9.5” and smaller\)Estimate: $80—120 | Waddington's | CA$120
8. 2016-09-29 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), BOAT & SHIP STUDIES, GROUP LOT OF NINE DRAWINGS \(PENCIL & CHARCOAL\) VARIOUS SHEET SIZES \(9” x 12” and smaller\); EACH WITH ESTATE STAMP SIGNED BY IAN GILLEN, ADMINISTRATOR \- ALL UNFRAMED | Waddington's | CA$84
9. 2016-08-25 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), UNTITLED \(STORE FRONTS\), PENCIL DRAWING \(FOLDED\) ESTATE STAMP LOWER LEFT \- UNFRAMED, SHRINK WRAPPED \(Sheet, 13” x 20”\) | Waddington's | N/A
10. 2016-08-25 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), PHILADELPHIA DELAWARE RIVER, PASTEL; ESTATE STAMPED, TITLED AND DATED OCT 3, 1911 TWICE VERSO \(Sheet, 5” x 6.5”\) UNFRAMED \- Together with: FOUR PENCIL SKETCHES “SHIPS” ESTATE STAMPED \(Each sheet, | Waddington's | N/A
11. 2016-08-25 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), SS ASSYRIA LOADING FOR GERMANY; SHIP WM P. FRYE UNLOADING CARGO OF SUGAR FROM HONOLULU AT PHILADELPHIA, PAIR OF PASTELS; EACH TITLED AND DATED OCT 3 \- 11 & OCT 21 \- 1911 VERSO \(Former sheet, 8.3” x | Waddington's | N/A
12. 2015-03-10 | Rowley Walter Murphy \(1891\-1975\), OLD QUEEN'S WHARF, 1837; GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY; TORONTO'S FIRST CUSTOM HOUSE AND POST OFFICE FREDERICK STREET, 1801 \(WITH HISTORIC DATES\), Three handcoloured engraved prints; the first, titled and dated 1837 in the | Waddington's | N/A
13. 2015-01-29 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), BOATS IN DRYDOCK \(DOCKED BOATS\), DOUBLE\-SIDED WATERCOLOUR; UNSIGNED; TITLED TO LABEL VERSO, Sight 14" x 21" \- 35.6 x 53.3 cm. | Waddington's | CA$180
14. 2014-10-28 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), WHALERS, INK DRAWING; INITIALED AND DATED 1936 LOWER RIGHT \(Image, 11" x 8.3"\) | Waddington's | CA$240
15. 2014-08-26 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), YARMOUTH HARBOUR, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT; TITLED TO LABEL VERSO \(Sight, 21.5" x 29.5"\) | Waddington's | CA$360
16. 2014-06-26 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), CLOUDY DAY, OIL ON BOARD; UNSIGNED, 8" x 10" \- 20.3 x 25.4 cm. | Waddington's | CA$324
17. 2014-04-17 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), NORWEGIAN WHALING FACTORY, S.S. "PEGAGOS" ON HALIFAX DRY DOCK, PASTEL; SIGNED AND DATED 1940 LOWER LEFT; TITLED SEVERAL TIMES VERSO \(Sight, 19.3" x 26.8"\) | Waddington's | CA$480
18. 2014-04-17 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\), UNLOADING A HURRICANE AT HALIFAX DOCKYARD, CONTE AND WASH; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; TITLED TO LABEL VERSO \(Sight, 18.5" x 24.8"\) | Waddington's | CA$576
19. 2013-11-14 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\) | Waddington's | N/A
20. 2013-11-14 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\) | Waddington's | CA$96
21. 2013-11-14 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\) | Waddington's | CA$360
22. 2013-02-28 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(CANADIAN, 1891\-1975\) | Waddington's | CA$900
23. 2010-06-24 | ROWLEY WALTER MURPHY \(1891\-1975\) CANADIAN | Waddington's | CA$408
24. 2010-01-26 | Rowley Walter Murphy \(Canadian, 1891\-1975\) Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club Regatta, "B" Scows 24 x 15.3/4 in. \( cm.\) | Bonhams | N/A

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