# William Orpen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T00:26:37.638Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 18
- Lots with prices: 10
- First auction date: 2007-05-10
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-14
- Median realised price: $1,000
- Price range: $75 to $6,875

## Market Takeaway
William Orpen shows developing auction liquidity with 18 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $300 and $2,750.
- 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: 40% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 60% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $750
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-14
- Days since latest sale: 35
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots
- Dawsons Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 1 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales: 1 lots
- Gorringes: 1 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 1 lots
- Mallams: 1 lots
- Sheppards: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-14 | WILLIAM ORPEN \(IRISH 1878\-1931\), A SKETCH OF A MAN ASLEEP: ALONG WITH AN ILLUSTRATED POEM | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £750
2. 2025-04-30 | William Orpen \(Irish 1878\-1931\) Study of a Baby pencil 18 x 16.5 cm, framed and glazed 29 x 26 cm | Dawsons Auctioneers | N/A
3. 2025-02-26 | William Orpen \(Irish 1878\-1931\) Study of a Baby pencil 18 x 16.5 cm, framed and glazed 29 x 26 cm | Dawsons Auctioneers | N/A
4. 2023-05-10 | Walking in the Evening with the Chimpanzee | Sotheby's | N/A
5. 2023-05-10 | Found at Last | Sotheby's | N/A
6. 2023-05-10 | Trying to Draw this Rabbit | Sotheby's | N/A
7. 2022-12-07 | WILLIAM ORPEN | Sheppards | €1,000
8. 2020-12-04 | WILLIAM ORPEN \(IRISH 1878 \- 1931\) | Chiswick Auctions | £6,875
9. 2020-05-13 | William Orpen \(1878\-1931\) Irish. "The Yacht Race", Print, 7.5" x 11". Provenance: R.A. Duke Esq, 1970. | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £75
10. 2017-06-27 | William Orpen \(1878\-1931\) 'Entertainer' 5.5 x 5.5in. | Gorringes | £300
11. 2012-04-21 | 1931: Turning Points in History signed by William Orpen | Whyte's | €100
12. 2010-06-16 | William Orpen \(Irish 1878\-1931\) Study of a boy | Woolley & Wallis | N/A
13. 2009-10-09 | William Orpen \(1878\-1931\) Irish Monochrome print | Claydon Auctioneers | N/A
14. 2008-05-08 | Self\-portrait | Christie's | £2,750
15. 2007-10-12 | WILLIAM ORPEN \(1878\-1931\) 'The scene painters', | Mallams | N/A
16. 2007-05-10 | Study of a female nude | Christie's | £1,800
17. 2007-05-10 | Self portrait in military uniform: 'I'm a bit fed up with this job!/"I want to go home"/1917.' | Christie's | £3,120
18. 2007-05-10 | Study of a ballet dancer | Christie's | £2,640

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