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Alan Davie

Alan Davie

British · 1920–2014 · Painter, Printmaker

James Alan Davie was a Scottish painter and musician. (Wikipedia)

233lots offered2000–2026years recorded91%sold (210)$2.2kSign up free to seemedian price

2 works by Alan Davie coming up at auction · bid with the house ↓

Record prices

  1. Alan Davie, THOUGHTS FOR A GIANT BIRD, OPUS 0.526B, 1963, oil on canvas, diptychTHOUGHTS FOR A GIANT BIRD, OPUS 0.526BLyon & Turnbull · £40,200≈ $51,163≈ €46,647Sign up to see
  2. Alan Davie, Flutter By Night, 1962, oil on canvasFlutter By Night, 1962Lyon & Turnbull · £35,200≈ $42,560≈ €40,380Sign up to see
  3. Alan Davie, Angel's Hiding Place, Opus O.592A, 1968, oil on canvasAngel's Hiding Place, Opus O.592A, 1968Lyon & Turnbull · £35,200≈ $40,674≈ €40,874Sign up to see

Alan Davie’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price
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median $2.2kfree account
High
$51.2kSign up free to see
auction record in database
Lots sold
210
of 231 offered · 2000–2026
Sell-through
91%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k$100k20232024202520262022-01-19 · $1,5352022-01-19 · $4,4332022-01-19 · $6822022-01-19 · $6142022-01-19 · $8182022-01-19 · $6482022-01-19 · $5122022-01-19 · $4432022-01-19 · $2,5582022-01-19 · $7,8442022-04-05 · $1,9712022-04-05 · $9852022-04-06 · $7,8522022-04-06 · $2,2902022-04-06 · $1,6362022-04-29 · $13,3462022-04-29 · $11,7762022-04-29 · $10,9912022-04-29 · $1,8842022-04-29 · $1,4132022-04-29 · $1,1782022-04-29 · $2,8262022-06-29 · $2782022-07-20 · $3252022-08-10 · $8,5502022-08-10 · $7,4812022-08-10 · $3,0532022-08-10 · $2,7482022-08-10 · $4582022-08-10 · $5802022-08-10 · $2,4432022-08-10 · $5,3442022-08-10 · $4272022-10-04 · $1,7002022-10-04 · $6802022-10-04 · $5672022-10-05 · $1,9312022-10-05 · $1,8592022-10-12 · $9752022-10-28 · $40,6742022-10-28 · $3,7852022-11-09 · $6,8752022-11-16 · $3442022-11-22 · $3812023-01-11 · $7,0252023-01-11 · $2,5962023-01-11 · $6,4142023-01-11 · $24,4342023-01-11 · $3,3602023-01-11 · $4,8872023-01-17 · $4,6512023-02-01 · $3,3072023-02-22 · $4,7882023-03-07 · $4692023-04-04 · $1,2582023-04-25 · $16,1642023-04-25 · $5602023-04-27 · $18,8802023-04-28 · $6,2852023-05-23 · $7552023-06-08 · $21,2102023-06-26 · $4592023-06-30 · $2,0902023-06-30 · $6,4312023-08-09 · $51,1632023-08-09 · $8022023-08-09 · $6092023-08-09 · $4492023-08-09 · $1,4432023-09-13 · $1,2802023-09-27 · $1,2702023-10-18 · $5532023-10-26 · $42,5602023-10-27 · $12,9732023-11-21 · $1,2552023-11-21 · $1,2552024-01-10 · $9622024-01-22 · $1,6342024-02-13 · $7352024-03-21 · $1092024-04-25 · $10,2472024-04-30 · $30,0182024-05-01 · $4742024-06-26 · $4782024-08-13 · $8,8642024-08-13 · $2,4182024-08-13 · $2,1742024-08-13 · $6452024-08-13 · $3872024-08-13 · $5162024-08-13 · $1,0482024-09-04 · $2892024-09-12 · $4,6812024-10-02 · $4352024-10-02 · $3722024-10-22 · $2,0012024-10-31 · $12,2782024-10-31 · $8,1862024-10-31 · $11,4602024-10-31 · $1952024-11-27 · $1772024-12-05 · $25,6622025-01-22 · $17,1372025-01-22 · $7792025-01-22 · $1,2462025-03-26 · $6992025-04-02 · $7,5032025-04-02 · $8162025-04-02 · $10,6022025-04-02 · $1,7942025-04-15 · $2382025-04-18 · $6002025-05-01 · $12,8232025-05-01 · $5,3842025-05-01 · $4,3742025-07-30 · $6,3502025-08-13 · $1,4532025-08-13 · $4,1032025-10-07 · $2012025-10-30 · $14,8832025-10-30 · $1,9842025-10-30 · $5,9532025-12-02 · $2112025-12-04 · $1872026-01-14 · $4,4382026-01-14 · $1,8782026-01-14 · $3,0732026-01-14 · $1,1102026-03-18 · $2132026-03-18 · $5322026-03-18 · $4532026-03-31 · $1,6822026-03-31 · $8072026-03-31 · $4372026-03-31 · $5052026-03-31 · $4042026-03-31 · $3972026-05-01 · $8,5782026-05-01 · $6,5192026-06-04 · $11,964
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

2 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings817998%$10.1kSign up$6.5kSign up$51.2kSign up
Oil807898%$10.2kSign up$6.6kSign up$51.2kSign up
Mixed media11100%$2.2kSign up$2.2kSign up$2.2kSign up
Works on paper978487%$2.6kSign up$1.8kSign up$15kSign up
Watercolor66100%$2kSign up$1.1kSign up$7.2kSign up
Gouache453680%$2.7kSign up$2.3kSign up$10.6kSign up
Drawing33100%$629Sign up$381Sign up$1.3kSign up
Prints & multiples464189%$563Sign up$512Sign up$1.7kSign up
Etching55100%$930Sign up$580Sign up$1.7kSign up
Lithograph252184%$431Sign up$443Sign up$802Sign up
Screenprint151493%$636Sign up$623Sign up$1.4kSign up
Print (other)11100%$478Sign up$478Sign up$478Sign up
Other7686%$3.3kSign up$3.5kSign up$4.7kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
20261616$958Sign up
20252622$1.9kSign up
20242826$1kSign up
20234132$3kSign up
20224544$1.8kSign up
20212626$3.1kSign up
20202321$3.3kSign up
201822$948Sign up
201775$3.3kSign up
201621$5kSign up
201577$1.9kSign up
201433$2.2kSign up
201311$3.6kSign up
201011$15kSign up
200522$7.8kSign up
200011$75Sign up

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