# Barney Ellaga - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T08:50:39.410Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 75
- Lots with prices: 40
- First auction date: 2005-07-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-12
- Median realised price: $900
- Price range: $150 to $15,600

## Market Takeaway
Barney Ellaga shows solid auction liquidity with 75 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $900. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($900\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $500 and $2,200.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 57.5% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (16 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.5% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $700
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 40%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-12
- Days since latest sale: 190
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Lawsons: 23 lots
- Leonard Joel: 19 lots
- Gibson's: 8 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 7 lots
- Ozbid Auctions: 6 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 2 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Bargain Hunt Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-12 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(CIRCA 1941\-2015\), Alawa Country \(My Country\) 2005 | Gibson's | N/A
2. 2025-08-12 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(CIRCA 1941\-2015\), Sugar Bag | Gibson's | A$700
3. 2025-07-30 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(c1941 \- 2015\) \- Sugar Bag Dreaming acrylic on canvas 79 x 59 x 2 cm \(ready to hang\) | Lawsons | N/A
4. 2025-07-10 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(c1941 \- 2015\) \- Sugar Bag Dreaming acrylic on canvas 79 x 59 x 2 cm \(ready to hang\) | Lawsons | N/A
5. 2024-12-02 | Barney Ellaga, , Warla Watjan c. 2003, Synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$500
6. 2024-10-02 | Barney Ellaga, , Warla Watjan c. 2003, Synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
7. 2024-07-29 | Barney Ellaga, , Warla Watjan c. 2003, Synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
8. 2024-03-24 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(c1941 \- 2015\) \- Sugar Bag Dreaming acrylic on canvas 79 x 59 x 2 cm \(ready to hang\) | Lawsons | N/A
9. 2023-10-29 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(1941\-2015\), Alawa Country | Gibson's | A$900
10. 2023-10-10 | BARNEY ELLAGA, QUIET SNAKE, 1998 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
11. 2023-08-27 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(c.1941\-2015\) “Rain Dreaming” | Ozbid Auctions | A$450
12. 2023-08-27 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(c.1941\-2015\) “Iwangurla” | Ozbid Auctions | N/A
13. 2023-04-30 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(c.1941\-2015\) "Iwangurla" | Ozbid Auctions | N/A
14. 2023-04-16 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(BORN CIRCA 1941\-2015\), Wurdoo | Gibson's | A$900
15. 2023-04-16 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(BORN CIRCA 1941\-2015\), Yalmirrirr | Gibson's | A$2,000
16. 2023-03-20 | Barney Ellaga, , My Country 2008, Acrylic on linen | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$2,400
17. 2023-02-09 | BARNEY ELLAGA, ALAWA COUNTRY 1995, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, STAMPED VERSO ALCASTON HOUSE GALLERY, 94 X 192CM PROVENANCE: THE NATIONAL AU... | Leonard Joel | N/A
18. 2023-02-08 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(CIRCA 1941\-2015\), Sugar Bay | Gibson's | A$1,000
19. 2023-02-02 | BARNEY ELLAGA, ALAWA COUNTRY 1995, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, STAMPED VERSO ALCASTON HOUSE GALLERY, 94 X 192CM PROVENANCE: THE NATIONAL AU... | Leonard Joel | N/A
20. 2023-02-02 | BARNEY ELLAGA, MURRUNMUM COUNTRY 1991, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, SIGNED VERSO, 118 X 96CM PROVENANCE: TOLARNO GALLERIES AND ALCASTON GALL... | Leonard Joel | A$2,400
21. 2022-10-16 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(CIRCA 1941\-2015\), Sugar Bay | Gibson's | N/A
22. 2022-06-05 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(CIRCA 1941\-2015\) Snake Egg Dreaming 2006 | Gibson's | N/A
23. 2022-03-20 | BARNEY ELLAGA "Sugarbag Country" | Ozbid Auctions | N/A
24. 2021-11-28 | BARNEY ELLAGA \(c1941\-2015\), Allawa Country, 1999, synthetic polymers on canvas, Alcaston Gallery Cat. No. AK5273 verso, 96 x 102cm. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$800

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