# Bessie Nakamarra Sims - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:39:35.770Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 26
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 2009-10-25
- Latest auction date: 2024-07-23
- Median realised price: $420
- Price range: $30 to $2,200

## Market Takeaway
Bessie Nakamarra Sims has 26 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $420. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($420\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($200 to $950\) 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: 78.9% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 21.1% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $420
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-07-23
- Days since latest sale: 644
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Aalders Auctions: 6 lots
- Leonard Joel: 5 lots
- Abell Auction: 2 lots
- Art Invest: 2 lots
- GAIA SAS: 2 lots
- Lawsons: 2 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 2 lots
- Bargain Hunt Auctions: 1 lots
- Gibson's: 1 lots
- Lawson~Menzies: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-07-23 | BESSIE SIMS NAKAMARRA \(1932\-2012\), Ngalarjiyi Jukurrpa \(Bush Carrot\) 1998 | Gibson's | A$420
2. 2023-06-22 | Bessie Sims Nakamarra \(1932\-2012\): Two Works | Abell Auction | $300
3. 2023-06-22 | Bessie Sims Nakamarra \(1932\-2012\): Two Works | Abell Auction | $550
4. 2022-08-24 | Bessie Nakamarra Sims \(Aboriginal, c.1930's\-2012\), | Aalders Auctions | A$30
5. 2022-05-22 | Bessie Nakamarra Sims \(Aboriginal, c.1930's\-2012\), | Aalders Auctions | A$90
6. 2022-05-22 | Bessie Nakamarra Sims \(Aboriginal, c.1930's\-2012\), | Aalders Auctions | A$140
7. 2022-05-22 | Bessie Nakamarra Sims \(Aboriginal, c.1930's\-2012\), | Aalders Auctions | N/A
8. 2022-05-22 | Bessie Nakamarra Sims \(Aboriginal, c.1930's\-2012\), | Aalders Auctions | A$900
9. 2022-05-22 | Bessie Nakamarra Sims \(Aboriginal, c.1930's\-2012\), | Aalders Auctions | A$240
10. 2022-04-11 | BESSIE NAKAMARRA SIMS \(1932\-2012\) Yarla Jukurrpa \(Bush Potato Dreaming\) 2005 synthetic polymer paint on linen | Leonard Joel | A$2,200
11. 2022-04-11 | BESSIE NAKAMARRA SIMS \(1932\-2012\) Bush Berries and Bush Carrot Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Leonard Joel | A$950
12. 2018-02-28 | BESSIE SIMS NAKAMARRA \(born 1932\) Water, Possum and Spotted Nightjar Dreaming 2004 acrylic on linen | Leonard Joel | A$900
13. 2017-08-12 | Bessie Nakamarra Sims, untitled, aboriginal | Bargain Hunt Auctions | A$30
14. 2017-02-26 | BESSIE SIMS NAKAMARRA \(BORN 1932\) Pamapardu \-Flying Ant Hill Dreaming 2003 acrylic on canvas | Leonard Joel | A$400
15. 2016-05-19 | BESSIE SIMS NAKAMARRA \(BORN 1932\) Janganpa \-Possum Dreaming 2003 acrylic on linen | Leonard Joel | A$950
16. 2016-03-20 | Bessie Nakamarra Sims \(b.c.1932\) Warlu Jukurrpa \(Fire Dreaming\) Acrylic on canvas | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$200
17. 2016-03-20 | Bessie Nakamarra Sims \(b.c.1932\) Warlu Jukurrpa \(Fire Dreaming\) Acrylic on canvas | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$200
18. 2015-07-26 | BESSIE NAKAMARRA SIMS \(Aboriginal\), Medium: Original Acrylic Painting \- SUPPORTING ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES, Title: \`Bush Carrot Dreaming\` | Art Invest | N/A
19. 2015-06-06 | Bessie Sims Nakamarra \(c. 1935 \- \) Sans titre Acrylique sur toile | Millon & Associes | N/A
20. 2015-04-26 | BESSIE NAKAMARRA SIMS \(Aboriginal\), Medium: Original Acrylic Painting \- SUPPORTING ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES, Title: \`Flying Ant Dreaming\` | Art Invest | N/A
21. 2013-02-13 | BESSIE SIMS NAKAMARRA born 1932 Women Water 1991 | Lawson~Menzies | A$1,000
22. 2011-03-25 | BESSIE SIMS NAKAMARRA \- Untitled 75 x 120cm | Lawsons | A$1,100
23. 2011-02-25 | BESSIE SIMS NAKAMARRA \- Untitled 75 x 120cm | Lawsons | N/A
24. 2010-07-27 | Bessie Nakamarra Sims, born 1932, WAPITI JUKURRPA | Smith & Singer | N/A

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