# Sydney Lee - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T22:56:43.192Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 26
- Lots with prices: 21
- First auction date: 2002-12-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-26
- Median realised price: $160
- Price range: $30 to $10,755

## Market Takeaway
Sydney Lee has 26 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $160. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($160\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($100 to $300\) 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: 90.5% (19 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 4.8% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.8% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $200
- Previous 12 months median: $160
- Median shift: 25%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-26
- Days since latest sale: 35
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd: 3 lots
- Mallams: 3 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 2 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 2 lots
- Bellmans Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Dawsons Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-26 | Sydney Lee \(British, 1866 \- 1949\) St Ives boats at low tide signed 'Syndey Lee' in pencil \(lower left\), monogrammed in the plate colour woodcut plate 28.5 x 40.5, sheet 31 x 43 cm, unframed200 | Dawsons Auctioneers | £200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sydney-lee-british-1866-1949-st-ives-boats-at-low-tide-signed-syndey-lee-in-pencil-lower-left-monogrammed-in-the-plate-colour-woodcut-plate-28-5-x-40-5-sheet-31-x-43-cm-unframed200-19-c-fb9e358f67
2. 2012-02-10 | Sydney Lee \(1866\-1949\) Manchester Grisaille and | Claydon Auctioneers | N/A
3. 2011-12-02 | Sydney Lee \(1866\-1949\) Manchester Grisaille and | Claydon Auctioneers | N/A
4. 2025-04-30 | SYDNEY LEE \(1866–1949\) | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A
5. 2025-04-29 | Sydney Lee \(British 1866\-1949\), 'Venetian Merchant', Woodcut, 1928, Signed l.r., Unframed: 18 x 23 in. \(45.7 x 58.4 cm.\) | Weschler's | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sydney-lee-british-1866-1949-venetian-merchant-woodcut-1928-signed-l-r-unframed-18-x-23-in-45-7-x-58-4-cm-558-c-4f6428baab
6. 2024-09-26 | Sydney Lee \(1866\-1949\) Wet Morning on Segovia Market signed, dated 1908, zinc etching, 42cm x 49cm | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £160
7. 2024-09-26 | Sydney Lee \(1866\-1949\) Spanish Courtyard signed, dated 1926, wood engraving, 32.5cm x 39cm | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £420
8. 2024-09-26 | Sydney Lee \(1866\-1949\) Limestone Rock signed, dated 1904\-1905, wood engraving, 36cm x 45cm | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £550
9. 2024-01-29 | SYDNEY LEE \(United Kingdom, 1866\-1949\), "Venetian Merchant", 1928., Wood engraving, 12" x 15.25". Matted 16.75" x 19.75". | Eldred's | $100
10. 2022-04-21 | SYDNEY LEE \(1866\-1949\) | Olympia Auctions | £100
11. 2021-06-23 | Sydney Lee \(1866\-1949\) Boats moored in a canal with Italian buildings beyond, oil on canvas, signed 20" x 30". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
12. 2020-03-29 | Sydney Lee "On the Meditteranean" Woodcut on Paper | Auctions at Showplace | $30
13. 2019-07-14 | Sydney Lee "On the Meditteranean" Woodcut on Paper | Auctions at Showplace | N/A
14. 2018-10-29 | Sydney Lee \(English, 1866\-1949\), aquatint "Entrance to Cathedral", pencil signed, 13\-1/2" x 9\-1/4" pl, 20" x 14\-3/4" sheet, very goo... | William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals | $140
15. 2018-05-18 | Sydney Lee \(1866\-1949\) Venetian Merchant, 1928 | Mallams | £280
16. 2018-01-31 | Sydney Lee \(1866\-1949\) British. Buildings by a Stone Bridge, Etching in Colours, Signed in Pencil, 5" x 5". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £75
17. 2017-08-13 | Sydney Lee \(United Kingdom, 1866 \- 1949\) | Sarasota Estate Auction | $50
18. 2016-02-20 | Sydney Lee wood engraving | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $90
19. 2015-07-08 | SYDNEY LEE \(1866\-1949\) A French peasant woman, wood engravi | Mallams | £100
20. 2013-07-31 | Sydney Lee \(British, 1866\-1949\) | Bonhams | £137
21. 2013-05-22 | Sydney Lee \(British, 1866\-1949\) | Mallams | £180
22. 2012-05-18 | Sydney Lee \(British, 1866\-1949\) The Harbour Signed and dated "SYDNEY LEE 34" l.r., titled, signed "...Sydney Lee," and identifie on ... | Skinner | $1,659
23. 2012-04-18 | Sydney Lee \(1866\-1949\), The Hospice \- Moncenisio | Bellmans Auctioneers | £800
24. 2008-06-12 | Sydney Lee \(1866\-1949\) 'Rushing Water' 20 x 30in. | Gorringes | £300

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