# William Alexander \(1921\) Burns - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T13:34:22.873Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 6
- Lots with prices: 6
- First auction date: 2008-04-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-09
- Median realised price: $150
- Price range: $25 to $400

## Market Takeaway
William Alexander (1921) Burns has 6 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $150. 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 \($150\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($45 to $400\) 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% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $45
- Previous 12 months median: $25
- Median shift: 80%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-09
- Days since latest sale: 297
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd: 1 lots
- Gorringes: 1 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 1 lots
- Mallams: 1 lots
- Tennants: 1 lots
- Wilson55: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-09 | William Burns \(1923\-2010\) 'The Clough, Near Sheffield', signed, oil on board, 22 x 28cm | Mallams | £45
2. 2024-11-12 | William Burns \(1923\-2010\), swans on a river with a church spire beyond, oil on canvas laid down, signed, 9" x | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £25
3. 2024-08-08 | William Burns \(1923\-2010\) The Ice Pond, Chatsworth Horse Trials, signed, oil on board, 37.5cm x 50cm William Burns FRSA FSAI \(1923\-2010\) was a painter and architect, born Cecil William Burns in Sheffield. He studied briefly at Sheffield College of A | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £150
4. 2016-08-23 | William Burns \(1923\-\) 'Scarboro' Beach' and 'A Paddle with Grandma' 6 x 8in. | Gorringes | £220
5. 2010-03-27 | William Burns \(1921\-1972\) "The Hard: Brancaster | Tennants | £400
6. 2008-04-23 | William Burns \(1921\-1972\) "Scarborough Beach, Low | Wilson55 | £400

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