Oliver Messel
British · 1904–1978 · Painter
Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel was an English artist and one of the foremost stage designers of the 20th century. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Eight costume designs, to include three from GigiBonhams · £10,240≈ $13,821≈ €12,139Sign up to see
Seven costume designs for opera and ballet, to include examples for The Sleeping Beauty, 1946 and The Marriage of FigaroBonhams · £7,040≈ $9,502≈ €8,345Sign up to see
Set Design for The Country WifeBonhams · $7,680≈ £5,917≈ €7,110Sign up to see
Oliver Messel’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).
Lots sold
36
of 38 offered · 2015–2026
Sell-through
95%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 5 | 4 | 80% | $3.9kSign up | $3.1kSign up | $7.7kSign up |
| Oil | 4 | 4 | 100% | $3.9kSign up | $3.1kSign up | $7.7kSign up |
| Mixed media | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Works on paper | 29 | 28 | 97% | $2.4kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $13.8kSign up |
| Watercolor | 20 | 19 | 95% | $2.6kSign up | $1.7kSign up | $13.8kSign up |
| Gouache | 5 | 5 | 100% | $1.8kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $2.8kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 1 | 100% | $398Sign up | $398Sign up | $398Sign up |
| Drawing | 2 | 2 | 100% | $2.7kSign up | $2.7kSign up | $4.8kSign up |
| Other | 4 | 4 | 100% | $4.3kSign up | $3.4kSign up | $9.5kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.