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1573–1631

Donne, John. 1573-1631.

60results on record
71%sell-through
$5,125median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$601,349record in our coverage

Drawn from 60 recorded results (58 sold · 2 passed) across 4 auction houses, 2013–2025. What we cover

Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer method · log scale

$81K$163K$244K2013: $10K median, 2 sold2015: $4.6K median, 50 sold2016: $21K median, 1 sold2018: $301K median, 2 sold2021: $312 median, 1 sold2025: $12K median, 2 sold20132016201920222025

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$5.1K$312$601K

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MediumResultsSell-throughMedian result (USD)
other 58 60% $5,250

Medium is recorded for 58 of 60 results (97%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Locke Donne, John. 1573-1631. Locke

$81K$163K$244K2005: $274 median2012: $1.3K median2013: $1.5K median2014: $3.0K median2015: $2.8K median2016: $21K median2017: $6.0K median2020: $4.7K median2013: $10K median2015: $4.6K median2016: $21K median2018: $301K median2021: $312 median2025: $12K median20052010201520202025
MetricDonne, John. 1573-1631.Locke
Median result$5,125$3,431
Record price $601,349 $157,019
Results on record6026
Years active at auction 2013–2025 2005–2020

Related artists: LockeShakespeare, William. 1564-1616.Jonathan SwiftJohn Harris

Where this artist sells best

HouseResultsSell-throughMedianvs. estimate
Sotheby's 55 100% $5,000 0.93×
Christie's 2 100% $11,551
Heritage Auctions 1 100% $312
Bonhams 2 0%

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Prices realized 60 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 2 passed lots

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
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2025·07 Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes . London: Printed by A[ugustine]. M[athewes] for Thomas Jones, 1624. $5,393–$8,090 Christie's
2025·07 Poems . London: M[iles] F[lesher] for John Marriot, 1633. $9,438–$13,483 Christie's
2021·08 De-Saturate (Metallic) Screenprint on Mirri Silk Metallic Stock paper Heritage Auctions
2018·12 donne, poems, 1669 $1,079–$1,618 Sotheby's
2018·12 donne, highly important manuscript collection of his poetry, c.1630 $269,666–$404,499 Sotheby's
2016·10 poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: printed by m[iles]. f[lesher]. for john marriot, 1633 $15,000–$20,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 Poems, By J.D. With Elegies on the Authors Death. London: printed by M.F. for John Marriot, 1633. $15,000–$20,000 Bonhams
2015·12 paradoxes, problemes, essayes, characters … to which is added a book of epigrams … as also ignatius his conclave, a satyr. … london: printed by t:n: for humphrey moseley at the prince’s armes in st pauls churchyard, 1652 — essayes in divinity … being several disquisitions, interwoven with meditations and prayers: before he entred into holy orders. now made publick by his son j.d. london: printed by t.m. for richard marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstan’s church-yard fleet-street, 1651 $1,500–$2,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 devotions upon emergent occasions, and severall steps in my sicknesse. london: printed by a[ugustine]. m[athewes]. and are to be sold by richard royston in ivie lane, 1638 $2,000–$3,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. to which is added divers copies under his own hand never before in print. london: printed for john marriot, and are to be sold by richard marriot at his shop by chancery lane end over against the inner temple gate, 1650 $3,000–$5,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 devotions upon emergent occasions, and severall steps in my sicknes: digested into 1. meditations upon our humane condition. 2. expostulations, and debatements with god. 3. prayers, upon the severall occasions, to him. london: printed by a[ugustine]. m[athewes]. for thomas jones, 1624 $2,500–$3,500 Sotheby's
2015·12 poems, by j. d. with elegies on the authors death. printed by m[iles]. f[lesher]. for john marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstans church-yard in fleet-street, 1633 $40,000–$60,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 poems, &c. by john donne, late dean of st. pauls. with elegies on the authors death. to which is added divers copies under his own hand, never before printed. [london:] in the savoy, printed by t[homas]. n[ewcomb]. for henry herringman, at the sign of the anchor, in the lower-walk of the new-exchange, 1669 $3,000–$5,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 essayes in divinity … being several disquisitions, interwoven with meditations and prayers: before he entred into holy orders. now made publick by his son j.d. london: printed by t. m. for richard marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstans church-yard fleet-street, 1651 $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 letters to several persons of honour. london: printed by j. flesher, and are to be sold by john sweeting, at the angel in popeshead-alley, 1654 $1,500–$2,500 Sotheby's
2015·12 deaths duell, or, a consolation to the soule, against the dying life, and living death of the body. delivered in a sermon at white hall, before the kings maiesty, in the beginning of lent, 1630. …  being his last sermon, and called by his maiesties houshold the doctors owne funerall sermon. london: printed by thomas harper, for richard redmer and beniamin fisher, and are to be sold at the signe of the talbot in alders-gate street, 1632 $4,000–$6,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: printed by m[iles]. f[lesher]. for john marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstans church-yard in fleet-street, 1649 $10,000–$15,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 ignatius his conclave: or his inthronisation in a late election in hell: wherein many things are mingled by way of satyr. … london: printed [by augustine mathewes] for iohn marriott, and are to be sold by w. sheares at the harrow in britains bursse, 1634 $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 a sermon of commemoration of the lady danvers, late wife of sr. john danvers. preach’d at chilsey, where she was lately buried. … together with other commemorations of her; by her sonne g. herbert. london: printed by i. h[aviland] for philemon stephens, and christopher meredith, and are to be sold at their shop at the golden lion in pauls church-yard, 1627 $1,500–$2,500 Sotheby's
2015·12 essayes in divinity … being several disquisitions, interwoven with meditations and prayers: before he entred into holy orders. now made publick by his son j.d. london: printed by t. m. for richard marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstans church-yard fleet-street, 1651 $2,000–$3,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 three sermons upon speciall occasions. london: printed for thomas jones, and are to be sold at his shop in the strand at the blacke raven neere saint clements church, 1624 $7,000–$10,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 ignatius his conclave: or his inthronisation in a late election in hell: wherein many things are mingled by way of satyr. … london: printed [by augustine mathewes] for iohn marriott, and are to be sold by w. sheares at the harrow in britains bursse, 1635 $1,500–$2,500 Sotheby's
2015·12 biathanatos [first word in greek]. a declaration of that paradoxe, or thesis, that selfe-homicide is not so naturally sinne, that it may never be otherwise. wherein the nature, and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed. london: printed by john dawson, [for henry seile, 1644] $15,000–$20,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 a sermon upon the xv. verse of the xx. chapter of the booke of judges wherein occasion was justly taken for the publication of some reasons, which his sacred maiestie had beene pleased to give, of those directions for preachers, which he had formerly sent forth. preached at the crosse the 15th. of september. 1622. london: printed by william stansby for thomas jones, and are to be sold at his shop in the strand at the blacke raven, neere unto saint clements church, 1622 $6,000–$8,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 fifty sermon. london: printed by ja[mes]. flesher for m[iles]. f[lesher]. j[ohn]. marriot, and r[ichard]. royston, 1649 $2,500–$3,500 Sotheby's
2015·12 juvenilia or certaine paradoxes and problemes. london: printed by e[lizabeth]. p[urslowe]. for henry seyle, and are to be sold at the signe of the tygers head, in st. pauls church-yard, 1633 $2,000–$3,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 poems on several occasions. … with elegies on the author’s death. to this edition is added, some account of the life of the author. london: printed for j. tonson; and sold by w. taylor at the ship in pater-noster-row, 1719 $1,000–$1,500 Sotheby's
2015·12 a sermon upon the xv. verse of the xx. chapter of the booke of judges wherein occasion was justly taken for the publication of some reasons, which his sacred maiestie had beene pleased to give, of those directions for preachers, which he had formerly sent forth. preached at the crosse the 15th. of september. 1622. london: printed by william stansby for thomas jones, and are to be sold at his shop in the strand at the blacke raven, neere unto saint clements church, 1622 $3,000–$5,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 autograph letter signed, ("j: donne"), to lady kingsmill $150,000–$200,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 six sermons upon severall occasions, preached before the king, and elsewhere. cambridge: printed by [thomas buck and roger daniel] the printers to the universitie of cambridge: and are to be sold by nicholas fussell and humphrey mosley, at their shop in pauls church-yard, [london], 1634 $4,000–$6,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 lxxx sermons. london: printed [by miles flesher] for richard royston, in ivie-lane, and richard marriot in s. dunstans church-yard in fleetstreet, 1640 $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 paradoxes, problemes, essayes, characters … to which is added a book of epigrams … as also ignatius his conclave, a satyr. … london: printed by t:n: for humphrey moseley at the prince’s armes in st pauls church-yard, 1652 [i.e., 1653] — essayes in divinity … being several disquisitions, interwoven with meditations and prayers: before he entred into holy orders. now made publick by his son j.d. london: printed by t.m. for richard marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstan’s church-yard fleet-street, 1651 $2,000–$3,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 the poems of john donne from the text of the edition of 1633. new york: (printed at the de vinne press for) the grolier club, 1895 $2,000–$3,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 devotions upon emergent occasions, and severall steps in my sicknes … the third edition. london: printed [by augustine mathewes] for thomas jones, and are to be sold at the signe of the black raven in the strand, 1627 $2,000–$3,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 xxvi. sermons (never before publish’d) preached by that learned and reverend. divine john donne, doctor in divinity, late dean of the cathedral church of st pauls, london. the third volume. london: printed by thomas newcomb, and are to be sold at the several book-sellers-shops in london, and at westminster-hall, 1661 $2,500–$3,500 Sotheby's
2015·12 poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: printed by m[iles]. f[lesher]. for john marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstans church-yard in fleet-street, 1639 $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 the first anniversarie. an anatomie of the world. wherein, by occasion of the untimely death of mistris elizabeth drury, the frailtie and the decay of this whole world is represented (the second anniversarie of the progress of the soule). london: printed by m. bradwood for s. macham, and are to be sold at his shop in pauls church-yard at the signe of the bull-head, 1612 $40,000–$60,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 poems, by j. d. with elegies on the authors death. to which is added divers copies under his own hand never before in print. london: printed by j. flesher, and are to be sold by john sweeting, at the angel in popeshead-alley, 1654 $2,500–$3,500 Sotheby's
2015·12 poems, &c. by john donne, late dean of st. pauls. with elegies on the authors death. to which is added divers copies under his own hand, never before printed. [london:] in the savoy, printed by t[homas]. n[ewcomb]. for harry herringman, at the sign of the anchor, in the lower walk-way of the new-exchange, 1669 $2,000–$3,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 "meditation upon a good friday, ryding from london towards exceter, westward" $7,000–$10,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 xxvi. sermons preached by that learned and reverend divine john donne, doctor in divinity, late dean of the cathedral church of st. pauls, london. the third volume. london: printed by t[homas]. n[ewcomb]. for james magnes in russell-street near the piazza in covent-garden, 1660/1 [i.e., 1661] $3,000–$5,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: printed by m[iles]. f[lesher]. for john marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstans church-yard in fleet-street, 1635 $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 juvenilia: or certaine paradoxes and problemes. london: printed by e[lizabeth]. p[urslowe]. for henry seyle, and are to be sold at the signe of the tygers head, in saint pauls churchyard, 1633 $4,000–$6,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 ignatius his conclave: or his inthronisation in a late election in hell: wherein many things are mingled by way of satyr; concerning the disposition of jesuits, the creation of a new hell, the establishing of a church in the moone. there is also added an apology for jesuites. all dedicated to the two adversary angels, which are protectors of the papall consistory, and of the colledge of sorbon. translated out of latine. london: printed by n[icholas]. o[kes]. for richard moore, and are to be sold at his shop in s. dunstones church-yard, 1611 $20,000–$30,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 [an anatomie of the world. wherein, by occasion of the untimely death of mistris elizabeth drury, the frailtie and the decay of this whole world is represented. the first anniversarie. london: printed by w. stansby for tho. dewe, and are to be sold in s. dunstanes church-yard, 1625] $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 letters to severall persons of honour. london: printed by j. flesher, for richard marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstans church-yard under the dyall, 1651 $1,500–$2,500 Sotheby's
2015·12 five sermons upon speciall occasions. (viz.) 1. a sermon preached at paul's crosse. 2. to the honorable the virginia company 3. at the consecration of lincolnes inne chappell. 4. the first sermon preached to k. charles at st. james, 1625. 5. a sermon preached to his maiestie at white-hall, 24. febr. 1625. london: printed for thomas jones, and are to bee sold at the signe of the blacke rauen in the strand, 1626 $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 devotions upon emergent occasions, and severall steps in my sicknes: digested into 1. meditations upon our humane condition. 2. expostulations, and debatements with god. 3. prayers, upon the severall occasions, to him. … the second edition. london: printed by a[ugustine]. m[athewes]. for thomas jones, 1624 $4,000–$6,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 pseudo-martyr. wherein out of certaine propositions and gradations, this conclusion is evicted. that those which are of the romane religion in this kingdome, may and ought to take the oath of allegeance. london: printed by w. stansby for walter burre, 1610 $150,000–$200,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 biathanatos [first word in greek]. a declaration of that paradoxe, or thesis, that selfe-homicide is not so naturally sinne, that it may never be otherwise. wherein the nature, and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed. london: printed by john dawson, [for henry seile, 1644] $15,000–$20,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 essayes in divinity … being several disquisitions, interwoven with meditations and prayers: before he entred into holy orders. now made publick by his son j.d. london: printed by t. m. for richard marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstans church-yard fleet-street, 1651 $6,000–$8,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 Scribal copies of two letters $1,000–$1,500 Sotheby's
2015·12 five volumes $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 devotions upon emergent occasions, and severall steps in my sicknes … the third edition. london: printed [by augustine mathewes] for thomas jones, and are to be sold at the signe of the black raven in the strand, 1626 (but colophon dated 1627) $2,000–$3,000 Sotheby's
2015·12 polydoron: or a miscellania of morall, philosophicall, and theologicall sentences. london: printed by tho. cotes for george gibbes dwelling in popes-head alley at the signe of the flower de luce, 1631 — the auncient history of the septuagint. written in greeke, by aristeus 1900. yeares since. of his voyage to hierusalem, as ambassador from ptolomeus philadelphus, unto eleazer then pontiffe of the jewes. concerning the first translation of the holy bible, by the 72. interpreters. … newly done into english by j. done. london: printed by n.okes, 1633 $1,200–$1,800 Sotheby's
2015·12 xxvi sermons preached by that learned and reverend divine john donne, doctor in divinity, late dean of the cathedral church of st. pauls, london. the third volume. london: printed at the charge of dr. donne, and are to be sold at his house in covent-garden, neare the fleete-tavern; at the several book sellers-shops in london and at westminster-hall, 1661 $2,500–$3,500 Sotheby's
2015·12 poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. to which is added divers copies under his own hand never before in print. london: printed by j. flesher, and are to be sold by john sweeting, at the angel in popeshead-alley, 1654 $4,000–$6,000 Sotheby's
2015·04 Poems, By J.D. With Elegies on the Authors Death. London: printed by M.F. for John Marriot, 1633. $20,000–$30,000 Bonhams
2013·06 ignatius his conclave: or, his inthronisation in a late election in hell: wherein many things are mingled by way of satyr... translated out of latine. london: printed by m.f. for richard more, 1626 $5,393–$8,090 Sotheby's
2013·06 pseudo-martyr. wherein out of certaine propositions and gradations, this conclusion is euicted. that those which are of the romane religion in this kingdome, may and ought to take the oath of allegeance. london: william stansby for walter burre, 1610 $5,393–$8,090 Sotheby's

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