# Walter Tandy Murch - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T16:20:24.764Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 57
- Lots with prices: 38
- First auction date: 1992-09-23
- Latest auction date: 2024-12-18
- Median realised price: $2,500
- Price range: $170 to $33,000

## Market Takeaway
Walter Tandy Murch has 57 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,500. 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 \($2,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,100 to $10,800\) 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: 21.1% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50% (19 sales)
- $10,000\+: 28.9% (11 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-12-18
- Days since latest sale: 502
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 14 lots
- Freeman's: 6 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 4 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Expertisez Enchères: 3 lots
- Wright: 3 lots
- Donny Malone Auctions: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-18 | Walter Tandy Murch | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $2,500
2. 2024-12-05 | Walter Tandy Murch, oil on canvas, 1949 | Millea Bros Ltd | $13,000
3. 2024-10-24 | WALTER TANDY MURCH \(New York/Canada, 1907\-1967\), Still life with a scientific motif., Oil on canvas, 25" x 37.5" sight. Framed 29.5" x 42.5". | Eldred's | $1,000
4. 2024-09-27 | Walter Murch, Earth in Space | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $900
5. 2024-04-24 | WALTER TANDY MURCH \(New York/Canada, 1907\-1967\), Still life with a scientific motif., Oil on canvas, 25" x 37.5" sight. Framed 29.5" x 42.5". | Eldred's | N/A
6. 2024-04-19 | Walter Tandy Murch \(American, 1907\-1967\) Oil on Panel, Left Right Hand, H 8" W 10.75" | DuMouchelles | $2,750
7. 2022-12-01 | WALTER TANDY MURCH \(1907 \- 1967, AMERICAN\) Abacus, Ticket, Maps. | Swann Auction Galleries | $937
8. 2022-02-17 | Walter MURCH \(1907\-1967\) \- Abraham Lincoln \- Huile sur panneau signé en ba | Expertisez Enchères | N/A
9. 2021-11-18 | Walter Murch \(1907\-1967\) Cylinder and Pear oil on canvasboard 18 x 24 in. \( | Christie's | $5,000
10. 2021-11-18 | Walter Tandy Murch \(1907\-1967\) Study for Products and Processes 7 7/8 x 10 in. \(20 x 25.4 cm.\) | Bonhams | $900
11. 2021-10-28 | Walter MURCH \(1907\-1967\) \- Abraham Lincoln \- Huile sur panneau signé en bas à gauche \- 30 x 25 cm \- | Expertisez Enchères | N/A
12. 2021-06-09 | Walter MURCH | Expertisez Enchères | N/A
13. 2020-11-15 | WALTER TANDY MURCH \(NY/CAN, 1907\-1967\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $1,500
14. 2020-08-07 | Walter Murch \(1907\-1967\) Study for 'Octahedron' | Christie's | $6,875
15. 2020-03-01 | WALTER TANDY MURCH \(NY/CAN, 1907\-1967\) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
16. 2019-10-26 | Walter Murch \(1907\-1967\): Still Life with Ribbon | STAIR | $1,200
17. 2019-01-01 | Walter Murch, Oil/C Surreal Infant on Shore | Donny Malone Auctions | $170
18. 2018-11-26 | WALTER MURCH, Oil/C SURREAL INFANT ON SHORE | Donny Malone Auctions | N/A
19. 2018-04-23 | Walter Murch \(American 1907 \- 1967\) "Sleeping Child," chalk and watercolor drawing on paper, depicts child's head above covers drawn.. | Winter Associates, Inc. | $350
20. 2018-02-12 | Walter Murch \(American 1907 \- 1967\) "Sleeping Child," chalk and watercolor drawing on paper, depicts child's head above covers drawn.. | Winter Associates, Inc. | N/A
21. 2017-10-06 | WALTER TANDY MURCH \| The Uncertainty Principle | Sotheby's | $5,000
22. 2017-10-06 | WALTER TANDY MURCH \| Door Lock | Sotheby's | $10,000
23. 2017-04-07 | WALTER TANDY MURCH \| Motor Part | Sotheby's | $25,000
24. 2017-02-25 | Walter Tandy Murch \(1907\-1967\) Nails and Onion, circa 1947 Oil on board 16 x 20 | Heritage Auctions | $6,250

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