# Basel Rantji - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T19:16:46.625Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 45
- Lots with prices: 35
- First auction date: 2009-04-19
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-30
- Median realised price: $220
- Price range: $60 to $1,020

## Market Takeaway
Basel Rantji has 45 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $220. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($220\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($140 to $400\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 97.1% (34 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 2.9% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $150
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-30
- Days since latest sale: 149
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 13 lots
- Ozbid Auctions: 10 lots
- Lawsons: 4 lots
- Leonard Joel: 3 lots
- Raffan Kelaher & Thomas: 3 lots
- Bay East Auctions: 2 lots
- Colville Auctions: 2 lots
- Leski Auctions Pty Ltd: 2 lots
- Aalders Auctions: 1 lots
- Art Invest: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-30 | BASIL RANTJI \(1936\-1999\), Hermannsburg School landscape, watercolour, signed lower right "Basel Rantji", 27 x 35cm, 56 x 66cm overall. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$60
2. 2025-10-17 | Basil Rantji \(Australian, 1936\-1999\) Watercolor on Artist Board, 'Ghost Gum at the MacDonnell Ranges, Central Australia', H 7.125" W 10.75" | DuMouchelles | $150
3. 2025-09-09 | Basil Rantji \(Australian Aboriginal, 1936\-99\), | Aalders Auctions | A$200
4. 2024-03-26 | BASEL RANTJI \(Australia 1936\-1999\), 'Ghost Gum in McDonnell Ranges', watercolour, signed lower right, 23 x 33 cm, framed 36 x 45 cm. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$400
5. 2023-08-06 | Basil Rantji \(1936\-1999\) Australian, Watercolor | Sarasota Estate Auction | N/A
6. 2023-05-28 | BASIL RANTJI \(1936 \- 1999\), \(Central Australian Landscape\), watercolour on artist's board, Signed "BASEL RANTJIA" lower centre, 36 x 53cm. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$260
7. 2023-03-26 | BASIL RANTJI \(1936 \- 1999\) "Ghost Gums" | Ozbid Auctions | A$425
8. 2022-12-05 | Basil Rantji \(1936 \- 99\) Australia \- \(Gum tree left\) | Colville Auctions | N/A
9. 2022-12-05 | Basil Rantji \(1936 \- 99\) Australia \- \(Gorge and palm trees\) | Colville Auctions | N/A
10. 2022-10-18 | BASIL RANTJI, GHOST GUM | Deutscher and Hackett | A$400
11. 2022-09-27 | BASIL RANTJI \- CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE \- Watercolour | GFL Fine Art | A$90
12. 2020-09-14 | Basil Rantji \(1936\-1999\) Ghost Gum, MacDonnell Ranges Watercolour on paper | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$450
13. 2020-09-14 | Basil Rantji \(1936\-1999\) Ghost Gum & MacDonnell Ranges Watercolour on board | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$300
14. 2020-09-14 | Basil Rantji \(1936\-1999\) West MacDonnell Ranges Watercolour on art board | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$200
15. 2020-05-04 | Basil Rantji \(1936\-1999\) MacDonnell Ranges 1966 Watercolour on Colourmount Fashion Board | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$300
16. 2018-06-17 | Basil Rantji \(1936\-1999\) Ghost Gum in the MacDonnell Ranges Watercolour | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$70
17. 2018-05-31 | Basil Rantji \(1936 \- 1999\) \(2 works\) \- Central Australian Landscapes 38 x 50cm; 25 x 38cm | Lawsons | A$280
18. 2018-02-11 | A Central Australian Water Colour Painting by Basil Rantji | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$160
19. 2018-02-11 | Central Australian Water Colour Painting by Basil Rantji | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$70
20. 2018-02-11 | Central Australian Water Colour Painting by Basil Rantji | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
21. 2017-11-02 | BASIL RANTJI, CENTRAIL AUSTRALIAN LANSCAPE, WATERCOLOUR, 30 X 40CM | Leonard Joel | N/A
22. 2016-07-21 | BASIL RANTJI, LANDSCAPE, WATERCOLOUR, 17 X 24CM | Leonard Joel | A$140
23. 2016-07-21 | Basil Rantji \(1936 \- 1999\) \- Central Australian Landscape 37 x 51cm \(framed & ready to hang\) | Lawsons | A$110
24. 2015-12-01 | BASIL RANTJI \(1936\-1999\) 'CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE' Watercolour. Signed lower left. 24 x 37cm. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$110

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