# William Alister Macdonald - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T15:02:37.463Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 37
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2005-12-04
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-20
- Median realised price: $260
- Price range: $25 to $2,500

## Market Takeaway
William Alister Macdonald has 37 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $260. 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 \($260\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($140 to $715\) 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: 80% (20 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $715
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-20
- Days since latest sale: 163
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 10 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 3 lots
- Mallams: 3 lots
- Arader Galleries: 1 lots
- Audap & Associés: 1 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- Elstob Auctioneers: 1 lots
- FW Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-20 | William Alister MacDonald, British 1861\-1948, "Tahiti", 3 watercolors on paper | Neal Auction Company | $715
2. 2024-09-21 | WILLIAM ALISTER MACDONALD WATERCOLOR FROM "FLOWER POINT" TAHITI | Arader Galleries | N/A
3. 2024-06-21 | William Alister MacDonald \(1861 \- 1948, British\) Watercolour "Westminster". Signed with initials and dated 1911. Frame 32cm x 25.5cm, Picture 14.5cm x 7.5cm. Watercolourist of landscapes, especially of French Polynesia, Europe, Britain and London sce | Hannam's Auctioneers | N/A
4. 2024-03-13 | WILLIAM ALISTER MACDONALD \(1861\-1948\) THREE VIEWS OF LONDON FROM THE THAMES | Elstob Auctioneers | £250
5. 2024-01-24 | William Alister Macdonald \(1861\-1948\), a pair of watercolour scenes of London views, signed with initials and | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
6. 2023-11-29 | William Alister Macdonald \(1861\-1948\), a pair of watercolour scenes of London views, signed with initials and | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
7. 2023-07-19 | William Alister MacDonald \(1860\-1956\) British, 'Derwentwater from Friars Cragg', watercolour, inscribed, signe | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £25
8. 2023-06-08 | William Alister MacDonald \(British, 1861\-1948\) Papeete, Tahiti | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2023-04-14 | WILLIAM ALISTER MACDONALD \(BRITISH 1861\-1948\), SUNSET IN TAHITI, WITH FISHERMEN IN A BOAT | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £180
10. 2022-12-09 | William Alister MacDonald \(British 1860\-1956\), View of Tahiti, Watercolor on paper, circa 1920s, Sight size: 5\-1/2 x 8\-3/4 in \(14 x 22.2 cm\) | Weschler's | $400
11. 2022-07-12 | William Alister MacDonald \(British, 1861\-1948\) Four views of Tahiti various sizes \(Painted in 1921, 1928, 1937 and circa 1920s, respectively.\) | Bonhams | $2,500
12. 2022-03-02 | William Alister MacDonald \(British, 1861\-1948\) Tahiti mounted but unframed | Bonhams | £600
13. 2021-12-14 | William Alister MacDonald \(British 1861\-1948\), Fishing, Tahiti | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £1,200
14. 2021-12-14 | William Alister MacDonald \(British 1861\-1948\), View of Mount Tohiea from Opunohu Bay | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £1,400
15. 2021-04-25 | William Alister MACDONALD | FW Auction | €1,200
16. 2020-11-17 | William Alister MACDONALD \(1861\-1948\). Tahiti, Moorea. | Audap & Associés | N/A
17. 2020-11-04 | William Alister MacDonald \(1861\-1948\) British, a scene of boats on a shoreline, watercolour, signed, 5" x 9", | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £45
18. 2020-10-17 | WILLIAM ALISTER MACDONALD \(BRITISH, 1861\-1948\) LANDSCAPE PAINTING | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $187
19. 2020-06-12 | William Alister Macdonald \(1861\-1948\) British. St Paul's Cathedral from the Thames, Watercolour, Signed and Da | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
20. 2019-07-10 | William Alister MacDonald \(British, 1861\-1948\) Magdalen College, Oxford | Bonhams | £573
21. 2019-04-12 | William Alister Macdonald \(1860 \-1956\) Untitled Watercolour On Paper Depict | Gerrards Auction Rooms | £260
22. 2018-10-31 | William Alister MacDonald \(1861\-1948\) British. "Bankside", Boating on the Thames with St Paul's in the Distance, Watercolour, Signed, Inscribed and Dated 1904, 6.25" x 4". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £75
23. 2018-10-03 | William Alister MacDonald \(1861\-1948\) British. "San Francesco Assisi", with Monks in the foreground, Watercolour, Signed, Inscribed and Dated 1910, 9.75" x 12.5". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £90
24. 2018-10-03 | William Alister MacDonald \(1861\-1948\) British. A Thames Scene with Figures in Boats, Watercolour, Signed and Dated 1908, 4.5" x 8". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £140

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