# Tom Merrifield - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-28T23:54:53.926Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 112
- Lots with prices: 70
- First auction date: 2009-09-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-09
- Median realised price: $300
- Price range: $20 to $22,100

## Market Takeaway
Tom Merrifield shows solid auction liquidity with 112 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-09.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($300\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $150 and $575.
- 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: 90% (63 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 8.6% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 1.4% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 12
- Recent 12 months median: $320
- Previous 12 months median: $450
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-09
- Days since latest sale: 162
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Mallams: 20 lots
- Bonhams: 15 lots
- Lots Road Auctions: 13 lots
- Catherine Southon Auctioneers & Valuers: 12 lots
- Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd: 9 lots
- Roseberys: 6 lots
- Elstob Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Gorringes: 4 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-29 | Tom Merrifield, Bronze Female Nude, Signed | Lion and Unicorn | $225 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-merrifield-bronze-female-nude-signed-180-c-af04812bad
2. 2024-03-26 | Tom Merrifield \(Australian/British, born 1932\) "Natalia Markova" Bronze \- Patinated bronze sculpture of a ballet dancer, 15 inches tall. Titled, signed and numbered 1/10 on base. Purchased 1976 from The Ballet Shop in NYC | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-merrifield-australian-british-born-1932-natalia-markova-bronze-patinated-bronze-sculpture-of-a-ballet-dancer-15-inches-tall-titled-signed-and-numbered-1-10-on-base-purchased-1976-from-the-ballet-shop-in-nyc-148-c-c15490f838
3. 2024-03-26 | Tom Merrifield \(Australian/British, born 1932\) "Belinda Wright" Bronze \- Patinated bronze sculpture of a ballet dancer in a costume with wings. Signed and numbered 5/9 at base of sculpture. Mounted on a round marble base. 20 1/4" h. | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-merrifield-australian-british-born-1932-belinda-wright-bronze-patinated-bronze-sculpture-of-a-ballet-dancer-in-a-costume-with-wings-signed-and-numbered-5-9-at-base-of-sculpture-mounted-on-a-round-marble-base-20-1-4-h-149-c-e4e4160af6
4. 2025-09-09 | Tom Merrifield,  Ballerina performing Swan Lake  | Roseberys | £750
5. 2025-09-09 | Tom Merrifield,  Ballerina  | Roseberys | £320 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-merrifield-ballerina-385-c-89245e8838
6. 2025-06-02 | Tom Merrifield \(Australian 1932\-2021\) | Mallams | £300
7. 2024-11-22 | Tom Merrifield \(Bn. 1932\), Cressida, dark patinated bronze, nude female dan | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £700
8. 2024-10-11 | Tom Merrifield \(1932\-2021\), a bronze figure of a ballerina, Giselle, numbered 1/8, fluted column on a stepped circular base, signed in the maquette, 55.5cm high overall | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £350
9. 2024-08-12 | Tom Merrifield \(1932\-2021\), a bronze figure of a ballerina, Prince, marble effect base, signed in the maquette, 57.5cm high overall; vendor's original receipt for item, dated 4/7/10 \(2\) | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £850
10. 2024-08-12 | Tom Merrifield \(1932\-2021\), a bronze figure of a ballerina, Giselle, numbered 1/8, fluted column on a stepped circular base, signed in the maquette, 55.5cm high overall | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £550
11. 2024-08-12 | Tom Merrifield \(1932\-2021\), a bronze figure of a ballerina, Giselle, marble fluted column on a stepped circular base, 27.5cm high overall | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-merrifield-1932-2021-a-bronze-figure-of-a-ballerina-giselle-marble-fluted-column-on-a-stepped-circular-base-27-5cm-high-overall-1934-c-46c43b796f
12. 2024-05-03 | Tom Merrifield \(1932\-2021\), a bronze figure, Troilus, numbered 3/75, 14cm high | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £150
13. 2024-05-03 | Tom Merrifield \(1932\-2021\), a bronze figure, Romeo with Sword, numbered 23/95, 20cm high, certificate of authenticity en suite | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £380
14. 2024-05-03 | Tom Merrifield \(1932\-2021\), a bronze figure, Janie, numbered A/C/25, 36cm wide, certificate of authenticity en suite | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £550
15. 2024-05-03 | Tom Merrifield \(1932\-2021\), a bronze figure, Janie, numbered 1/75, 17cm wide | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £260
16. 2023-10-11 | TOM MERRIFIELD \(BRITISH 1932\-2021\) | Olympia Auctions | N/A
17. 2023-10-11 | TOM MERRIFIELD \(BRITISH 1932\-2021\) | Olympia Auctions | N/A
18. 2023-10-05 | Tom Merrifield \(British, 1932\-2021\), Con | Kinghams Auctioneers | £110
19. 2023-06-06 | TOM MERRIFIELD,  BRITISH 1932\-2021 \-  JOHN CURRY;  BRONZE ON A MARBLE BASE, SIGNED AND NUMBERED ON | Roseberys | £320
20. 2023-05-25 | TOM MERRIFIELD \(BRITISH 1933 \- 1921\) | Chiswick Auctions | £460 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-tom-merrifield-british-1933-1921-270-c-9ad4592bb0
21. 2023-04-25 | Tom Merrifield \(Australian\-British, 1933\-2021\) | Sworders | £300
22. 2023-03-10 | Tom Merrifield \(Australian/British, 1933 | Kinghams Auctioneers | £170
23. 2023-01-18 | TOM MERRIFIELD \(AUSTRALIAN, 1932 \- 2021\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
24. 2022-10-04 | Tom Merrifield \(1932\-2021\) | Sworders | £1,500

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