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Donald McGill Works on Paper: Auction Prices

1875–1962

Donald McGill works on paper have appeared at auction 41 times in ArtSell’s records between 2011 and 2025; 41 sold, a sell-through rate of 100%. The median price realised is $203Sign up free to see across 41 priced sales; the middle half sold for $140Sign up free to see–$379Sign up free to see. The auction record in our data is Untitled, sold at Sworders in October 2024 for $2.5kSign up free to see. The houses with the most results are Toovey's (36) and Sworders (5).

£1,900≈ $2,532≈ €2,284Sign uprecord priceUntitledSworders41auction results2011–2025years recorded100%sold$203Sign up free to seemedian price

Donald McGill works on paper: key figures

Auction results
41
Sold rate
100%
Active at auction
2011–2025
Median price
$203Sign up free to see
Record price
$2.5kSign up free to see Untitled, Sworders, Oct 2024

Top auction houses: Toovey's (36), Sworders (5)

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  1. Untitled by Donald McGill, watercolour and gouache 22.5 x 17cm, sold Dec 2025
    Untitled
    Watercolor
    Sworders · · Lot 231
    £380≈ $502≈ €432HammerSign up free to seeEst. £150–250View at Sworders ↗
  2. You know, Girls, these ultra-violet rays do fly to your nose!’: A squiffy woman drinking Guinness on the beach by Donald McGill, watercolour, sold Nov 2024
    You know, Girls, these ultra-violet rays do fly to your nose!’: A squiffy woman drinking Guinness on the beach
    Watercolor
    20cm x 14.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 131
    £400≈ $505≈ €480HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  3. YES, an’ his wife’s a skinny little woman – flat as a pancake! by Donald McGill, watercolour, sold Nov 2024
    YES, an’ his wife’s a skinny little woman – flat as a pancake!
    Watercolor
    20cm x 14.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 130
    £170≈ $215≈ €204HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  4. Untitled by Donald McGill, watercolour and bodycolour, sold Oct 2024
    Untitled
    Watercolor
    Sworders · · Lot 133
    £1,900≈ $2,532≈ €2,284HammerSign up free to seeEst. £800–1,200View at Sworders ↗
  5. I'm sure they don't wear 'em! by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache, sold May 2024
    I'm sure they don't wear 'em!
    Watercolor
    26.5cm x 19cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 299
    £90≈ $114≈ €105HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  6. But he’s very kind to his mother… by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache, sold May 2024
    But he’s very kind to his mother…
    Watercolor
    28cm x 19cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 298
    £90≈ $114≈ €105HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  7. What do you do when you go on reconnaissance? by Donald McGill, 1940, watercolour with gouache, sold May 2024
    What do you do when you go on reconnaissance?, 1940
    Watercolor
    28cm x 18cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 297
    £90≈ $114≈ €105HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  8. The boys and girls have the same curriculum by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache, sold May 2024
    The boys and girls have the same curriculum
    Watercolor
    24.5cm x 19cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 296
    £120≈ $151≈ €140HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  9. To wish you many happy returns by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Feb 2024
    To wish you many happy returns
    Watercolor · Board
    25.5cm x 16cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 88
    £130≈ $164≈ €152HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  10. What’s that word mean? Please, it’s what mother says father makes to his typist! by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Feb 2024
    What’s that word mean? Please, it’s what mother says father makes to his typist!
    Watercolor · Board
    27cm x 20cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 86
    £95≈ $120≈ €111HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  11. With no school or homework we’ve time on our hands to play or to swim or just loll on the sands by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Feb 2024
    With no school or homework we’ve time on our hands to play or to swim or just loll on the sands
    Watercolor · Board
    19cm x 26.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 85
    £120≈ $152≈ €140HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  12. And now, dear friends, I want a committee of ladies to sit on the supply of eggs! by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Feb 2024
    And now, dear friends, I want a committee of ladies to sit on the supply of eggs!
    Watercolor · Board
    14.5cm x 27.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 84
    £220≈ $278≈ €257HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  13. Lodger or no lodger you can’t knock my wife about by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Feb 2024
    Lodger or no lodger you can’t knock my wife about
    Watercolor · Board
    23cm x 18cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 83
    £100≈ $126≈ €117HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  14. In the Asylum by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Feb 2024
    In the Asylum
    Watercolor · Board
    16cm x 10cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 82
    £300≈ $379≈ €350HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  15. Now you see what the sea air is doing to us! by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache, sold Feb 2024
    Now you see what the sea air is doing to us!
    Watercolor
    29cm x 18.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 81
    £200≈ $253≈ €234HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  16. Did you say the day I led you to the altar? Ha! Ha! by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache, sold Feb 2024
    Did you say the day I led you to the altar? Ha! Ha!
    Watercolor
    26.5cm x 19cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 80
    £90≈ $114≈ €105HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  17. The office boy asked for a rise today… by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache, sold Feb 2024
    The office boy asked for a rise today…
    Watercolor
    29cm x 18.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 79
    £130≈ $164≈ €152HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  18. Though far apart I’m always thinking of you! by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache, sold Feb 2024
    Though far apart I’m always thinking of you!
    Watercolor
    29cm x 18.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 78
    £130≈ $164≈ €152HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  19. I was going to send a letter, but I think a postcard’s better… by Donald McGill, two 20th century watercolours with gouache on card, sold Feb 2024
    I was going to send a letter, but I think a postcard’s better…
    Watercolor · Board
    each 20.5cm x 15.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 75
    £380≈ $480≈ €444HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  20. With just a line to say, if you want to live in peace, this is the only way! by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Feb 2024
    With just a line to say, if you want to live in peace, this is the only way!
    Watercolor · Board
    22.5cm x 15cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 74
    £150≈ $189≈ €175HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  21. It’s lovely when it’s high tied by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Jan 2024
    It’s lovely when it’s high tied
    Watercolor · Board
    28cm x 17.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 178
    £240≈ $306≈ €281HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  22. With love from me and my boyfriend by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Jan 2024
    With love from me and my boyfriend
    Watercolor · Board
    25cm x 16cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 177
    £150≈ $191≈ €175HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  23. I don’t want to leave… by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Jan 2024
    I don’t want to leave…
    Watercolor · Board
    28cm x 18cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 176
    £120≈ $153≈ €140HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  24. Any time you’re not busy just think of me! by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Jan 2024
    Any time you’re not busy just think of me!
    Watercolor · Board
    24cm x 15cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 175
    £110≈ $140≈ €129HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  25. The wedding bells ring… by Donald McGill, watercolour with gouache on card, sold Jan 2024
    The wedding bells ring…
    Watercolor · Board
    28cm x 18cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 174
    £110≈ $140≈ €129HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  26. What's the good of knowing a thing or two if you can't prove it? by Donald McGill, gouache on card, sold Nov 2023
    What's the good of knowing a thing or two if you can't prove it?
    Gouache · Board
    28.5cm x 18.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 63
    £440≈ $559≈ €509HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  27. Now what is it that elephants have that no other animal has? Please Miss, baby elephants! by Donald McGill, gouache on card, sold Nov 2023
    Now what is it that elephants have that no other animal has? Please Miss, baby elephants!
    Gouache · Board
    27cm x 18.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 62
    £650≈ $825≈ €751HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  28. If you were a gentleman, you'd at least wipe your nose! by Donald McGill, gouache on card, sold Nov 2023
    If you were a gentleman, you'd at least wipe your nose!
    Gouache · Board
    18.5cm x 29cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 61
    £90≈ $114≈ €104HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  29. Dear Sir, Plees let Tommy off School tomorrow. I av just died an I want im to attend my funeril, yours trulely, is Granmother by Donald McGill, gouache on card, sold Nov 2023
    Dear Sir, Plees let Tommy off School tomorrow. I av just died an I want im to attend my funeril, yours trulely, is Granmother
    Gouache · Board
    27cm x 18cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 60
    £500≈ $635≈ €578HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  30. I wish auntie would write plainer; it looks as though uncle had got drunk and shot himself! by Donald McGill, gouache on card, sold Nov 2023
    I wish auntie would write plainer; it looks as though uncle had got drunk and shot himself!
    Gouache · Board
    27cm x 19cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 59
    £90≈ $114≈ €104HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  31. There's twenty-seven pubs in this town and I ain't been in one of 'em! Fancy now! Which one is that? by Donald McGill, gouache on card, sold Nov 2023
    There's twenty-seven pubs in this town and I ain't been in one of 'em! Fancy now! Which one is that?
    Gouache · Board
    29cm x 18.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 58
    £90≈ $114≈ €104HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  32. The trouble is I never get a proposal now, that hasn't got a hiccup in it! by Donald McGill, gouache on card, sold Nov 2023
    The trouble is I never get a proposal now, that hasn't got a hiccup in it!
    Gouache · Board
    27cm x 19cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 57
    £160≈ $203≈ €185HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  33. If you're feeling down in the mouth, remember Jonah, he came out all right! by Donald McGill, gouache on card, sold Nov 2023
    If you're feeling down in the mouth, remember Jonah, he came out all right!
    Gouache · Board
    28.5cm x 18.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 56
    £200≈ $254≈ €231HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  34. MacNab's Old Scots Whisky by Donald McGill, gouache on card, sold Nov 2023
    MacNab's Old Scots Whisky
    Gouache · Board
    23.5cm x 18cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 55
    £360≈ $457≈ €416HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  35. Of course I remember our wedding day, there wasn't a happier man in England than your father! by Donald McGill, gouache on card, sold Nov 2023
    Of course I remember our wedding day, there wasn't a happier man in England than your father!
    Gouache · Board
    19cm x 26.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 54
    £110≈ $140≈ €127HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  36. I can't swim, but I'm not afraid, I've got a floating Kidney by Donald McGill, gouache on card, sold Nov 2023
    I can't swim, but I'm not afraid, I've got a floating Kidney
    Gouache · Board
    28cm x 17.5cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 53
    £180≈ $229≈ €208HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  37. Untitled by Donald McGill, watercolour 24 x 17.5cm, sold Feb 2022
    Untitled
    Watercolor
    Sworders · · Lot 114
    £220≈ $299≈ €264HammerSign up free to seeEst. £200–300View at Sworders ↗
  38. Untitled by Donald McGill, watercolour and bodycolour 12.5 x 26cm, sold Jul 2019
    Untitled
    Watercolor
    Sworders · · Lot 91
    £260≈ $324≈ €289HammerSign up free to seeEst. £200–400View at Sworders ↗
  39. Untitled by Donald McGill, watercolour and bodycolour 20.5 x 15.5cm together with a copy of the postcard 14 x 9cm, sold Jul 2019
    Untitled
    Watercolor · Board
    Sworders · · Lot 90
    £200≈ $249≈ €222HammerSign up free to seeEst. £200–400View at Sworders ↗
  40. Blimey, Vicar, it's you that's tight! Why, you've got your collar round the wrong way! by Donald McGill, watercolour, sold Jun 2015
    Blimey, Vicar, it's you that's tight! Why, you've got your collar round the wrong way!
    Watercolor
    20cm x 15cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 96
    £360≈ $566≈ €502HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗
  41. I'm no motorist, but you can't tell me anything about 'Built-up-Areas'! by Donald McGill, watercolour and gouache, sold Mar 2011
    I'm no motorist, but you can't tell me anything about 'Built-up-Areas'!
    Watercolor
    21.5cm x 16cm
    Toovey's · · Lot 62
    £400≈ $650≈ €460HammerSign up free to seeView at Toovey's ↗

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