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Ken Hamilton

Ken Hamilton

Irish · b. 1956 · Painter

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141lots offered2002–2026years recorded79%sold (111)$2.5kSign up free to seemedian price

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Record prices

  1. Ken Hamilton, Girl with an Orange Headscarf, oil on boardGirl with an Orange HeadscarfMorgan O'Driscoll · €8,000≈ $8,506≈ £6,962Sign up to see
  2. THE VEIL or SPANISH GIRLWhyte's · €5,200≈ $6,941≈ £4,463Sign up to see
  3. Ken Hamilton, Girl with Mandolin, oil on boardGirl with MandolinMorgan O'Driscoll · €5,200≈ $6,258≈ £4,490Sign up to see

Ken Hamilton’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
$2.8kSign up free to see
median $2.5kfree account
High
$8.5kSign up free to see
auction record in database
Lots sold
111
of 140 offered · 2002–2026
Sell-through
79%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$316$1k$3k$10k20232024202520262022-01-24 · $2,9392022-03-07 · $2,0702022-03-08 · $3,1592022-04-26 · $2,6692022-06-20 · $2,5242022-08-02 · $1,8402022-09-12 · $1,8282022-11-01 · $3,1832022-11-29 · $3,1102022-11-29 · $1,8662023-01-30 · $3,2712023-03-07 · $1,9202023-04-18 · $1,8652023-05-22 · $1,9482023-06-26 · $2,9482023-07-31 · $2,3152023-09-11 · $2,3592023-10-24 · $8,5062023-11-27 · $1,9712024-01-22 · $1,9602024-01-22 · $3,4852024-02-26 · $3,6902024-04-09 · $5,2162024-05-20 · $2,2812024-06-24 · $2,6832024-07-29 · $2,1632024-07-29 · $1,7312024-09-09 · $3,7552024-09-09 · $2,9822024-09-30 · $2,5752024-10-22 · $5,6272024-10-22 · $3,0302024-11-25 · $4,4082025-01-27 · $3,5802025-01-27 · $1,8952025-03-03 · $2,0932025-03-04 · $1,9002025-03-04 · $1,6892025-03-25 · $1,7322025-04-08 · $4,1612025-04-08 · $2,3002025-05-12 · $5,1092025-05-12 · $2,2212025-06-23 · $2,9832025-07-28 · $4,4292025-07-28 · $3,7292025-09-15 · $2,8242025-09-15 · $9412025-10-21 · $3,7142025-10-21 · $2,6702025-11-24 · $5,0792025-11-25 · $2,1952026-01-12 · $2,4552026-02-23 · $2,4752026-03-09 · $3,6982026-04-21 · $2,4712026-06-02 · $1,9802026-06-09 · $1,3312026-07-20 · $2,5142026-09-07 · $2,3242026-09-14 · $1,0402026-09-22 · $9742026-09-22 · $1,605
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

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings13610779%$2.8kSign up$2.5kSign up$8.5kSign up
Oil13610779%$2.8kSign up$2.5kSign up$8.5kSign up
Works on paper44100%$1.3kSign up$572Sign up$3.7kSign up
Pastel11100%$452Sign up$452Sign up$452Sign up
Drawing22100%$572Sign up$572Sign up$575Sign 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
20261511$2.3kSign up
20252319$2.7kSign up
20241614$3kSign up
2023109$2.3kSign up
20221210$2.6kSign up
20211210$2.5kSign up
20201111$2.2kSign up
20191610$2.4kSign up
201875$2.1kSign up
201733$2.1kSign up
201622$2.9kSign up
201421$4.9kSign up
201321$2.3kSign up
201220—Sign up
201122$5kSign up
200910—Sign up
200811$3.4kSign up
200611$4.7kSign up
200311$1.8kSign up
200210—Sign up

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