Michael Shepherd: career timeline

British · b. 1948 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 12 of 20 lots (58% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Michael Shepherd: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1970s	2	1	$682Sign up	Oil
1980s	6	5	$1.5kSign up	Oil
1990s	3	1	$2.4kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $682Sign up
Average: $682Sign up
Typical size: 14 × 25.5 in (35 × 65 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1977 No. 87 and No. 88Unsold
1978 No. 78$682Sign up

1980s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 21 in (31 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (1), Markets & villages (1)

1980 Untitled – Still Life$688Sign up
1980 Still Life with Large Adze and Pukeko Head$4.8kSign up
1985 Untitled – Auckland Street Scene$1.5kSign up
1985 Cleveland Wetlands I$2.8kSign up
1986 MaungapohatuUnsold
1986 Study for ‘Still Life for the Year of the Comet’$1.3kSign up

1990s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 23.5 in (45 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

8 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 16 in (29 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2009 VI$1.1kSign up
sold 2009 Untitled, still life with LP recordUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $3.2kSign up
Typical size: 25.5 × 30 in (65 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2)

sold 2010 The Model Motorcycle$2.6kSign up
sold 2010 Still Life$2.5kSign up
sold 2012 Who Do We Think We Are?$4.7kSign up
sold 2015 Still Life in the Year of the CometUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 22.5 in (54 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2023 Holyoake (The Search for the Golden Fleece)$2.8kSign up
sold 2026 Haka$726Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Michael Shepherd auction results →