Barrie Cooke

British · 1931–2014 · Painter, Sculptor

Barrie C. Cooke was an English-born Irish abstract expressionist painter. (Wikipedia)

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299lots offered2001–2026years recorded64%sold (191)$2kSign up free to seemedian price

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UntitleddeVeres · Jun 2014€20,000≈ $27,094≈ £16,150Sign up to see
A TriptychdeVeres · Apr 2023€19,000≈ $20,942≈ £16,842Sign up to see
LYINGWhyte's · Feb 2004€16,000≈ $20,573≈ £10,795Sign up to see

Barrie Cooke’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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$27.1kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

191

of 298 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

64%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

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.

1 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

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	147	110	75%	$4.3kSign up	$3kSign up	$20.9kSign up
Oil	139	104	75%	$4.4kSign up	$3.3kSign up	$20.9kSign up
Acrylic	1	1	100%	$238Sign up	$238Sign up	$238Sign up
Mixed media	7	5	71%	$1.6kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$3.5kSign up
Works on paper	80	53	66%	$1.2kSign up	$659Sign up	$7.8kSign up
Watercolor	54	34	63%	$1.1kSign up	$590Sign up	$7.8kSign up
Gouache	3	2	67%	$2.5kSign up	$2.5kSign up	$4.3kSign up
Drawing	13	10	77%	$901Sign up	$731Sign up	$2kSign up
Prints & multiples	14	9	64%	$626Sign up	$526Sign up	$1.6kSign up
Etching	3	2	67%	$496Sign up	$496Sign up	$630Sign up
Lithograph	3	2	67%	$510Sign up	$510Sign up	$526Sign up
Screenprint	1	0	0%	—Sign up	—Sign up	—
Print (other)	7	5	71%	$725Sign up	$543Sign up	$1.6kSign up
Sculpture	1	1	100%	$508Sign up	$508Sign up	$508Sign up
Other	56	18	32%	$5.2kSign up	$2.6kSign up	$27.1kSign up

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

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	31	21	$740Sign up
2025	37	26	$550Sign up
2024	23	13	$630Sign up
2023	48	31	$2.6kSign up
2022	13	12	$1.3kSign up
2021	17	13	$2.2kSign up
2020	20	11	$2.2kSign up
2019	14	6	$1.2kSign up
2018	9	4	$3.8kSign up
2017	14	7	$3.4kSign up
2016	8	5	$2.6kSign up
2015	6	5	$2.1kSign up
2014	6	4	$8.5kSign up
2013	6	4	$3.9kSign up
2012	4	3	$972Sign up
2011	5	1	$4.3kSign up
2010	4	3	$3.6kSign up
2009	5	3	$2.1kSign up
2008	2	1	$7.8kSign up
2007	1	1	$2.5kSign up
2006	5	4	$5.2kSign up
2005	7	5	$4kSign up
2004	7	5	$4.1kSign up
2003	4	2	$3.8kSign up
2002	1	1	$1.4kSign up
2001	1	0	—Sign up