# Conrad Martens - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T01:15:33.950Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 114
- Lots with prices: 79
- First auction date: 2001-09-26
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-25
- Median realised price: $2,800
- Price range: $30 to $726,000

## Market Takeaway
Conrad Martens shows solid auction liquidity with 114 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-05-25.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,800\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $650 and $19,000.
- 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: 29.1% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 38% (30 sales)
- $10,000\+: 32.9% (26 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $30,000
- Previous 12 months median: $260
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-25
- Days since latest sale: 269
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Lawsons: 19 lots
- Christie's: 15 lots
- Leonard Joel: 12 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 7 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 7 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 6 lots
- Sotheby's: 6 lots
- Aalders Auctions: 5 lots
- Menzies: 4 lots
- Sydney Rare Book Auctions: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-10-29 | CONRAD MARTENS \(1801\-1878\), Exmouth Harbour 1831 | Gibson's | A$3,800
2. 2012-12-06 | Conrad Martens \(1801\-1878\) Bara Creek, near Wollongong, Illawarra District, New South Wales, Australia, 9 x 13.25in. | Gorringes | £2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-conrad-martens-1801-1878-bara-creek-near-wollongong-illawarra-district-new-south-wales-australia-9-x-13-25in-1283-c-9f1ca95891
3. 2009-05-05 | Conrad Martens , Australian 1801\-1878 CAMPBELL'S WHARF Watercolour on paper on panel | Sotheby's | A$576,000
4. 2025-05-25 | CONRAD MARTENS \(1801 \- 1878\), \(One of the falls on the Apsley\), circa 1873, watercolour and bodycolour on board, signed lower right, 27 x 41cm; framed 40.5 x 54cm overall. Provenance: The Joyce Evans estate. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$5,000
5. 2025-05-07 | CONRAD MARTENS, ELIZABETH BAY, SYDNEY, c.1840 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$48,000
6. 2025-05-07 | CONRAD MARTENS, MIDDLE HARBOUR, c.1850 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$30,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-conrad-martens-middle-harbour-c-1850-72-c-66b4abc9c6
7. 2025-05-07 | CONRAD MARTENS, ROAD SCENE APPROACH TO CROWN RIDGE, 1877 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$40,000
8. 2025-02-19 | Conrad Martens \(1801\-1878\) 'Fort St from the Ferry, North Shore' watercolour, 19cm x 15cm, unsigned, | Woodlands Auctions | N/A
9. 2024-11-20 | CONRAD MARTENS \(1801\-1878\), Parsley Bay, Southside, View from the Botanical Gardens, Jan 7th 1840 1840 | Menzies | A$32,000
10. 2024-10-27 | CONRAD MARTENS \(1801\-1878\), Near Exmouth, circa 1832 | Gibson's | N/A
11. 2024-08-28 | Conrad Martens \(Britain, Australia, 1801\-78\), | Aalders Auctions | A$260
12. 2024-08-28 | Conrad Martens \(Britain, Australia, 1801\-78\), | Aalders Auctions | A$380
13. 2024-08-28 | Conrad Martens \(Britain, Australia, 1801\-78\), | Aalders Auctions | N/A
14. 2024-08-25 | Conrad Martens | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$100
15. 2024-08-25 | Conrad Martens \(After\)\- View to the harbour, oil on canvas, 60x90cm, signed lower left. Ex Art Gallery of Qld collection. | Christian McCann Auctions | A$16,000
16. 2024-08-24 | Conrad Martens \(Britain, Australia, 1801\-78\), | Aalders Auctions | N/A
17. 2024-07-07 | Conrad Martens | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$140
18. 2024-05-19 | Conrad Martens | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$130
19. 2023-12-10 | CONRAD MARTENS \(1801\-1878\) "THE APPROACHING STORM" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$2,800
20. 2023-11-28 | Conrad Martens \(1801\-1878\) White Gum, Stringy Bark, 1838 | Bonhams | A$1,200
21. 2023-09-20 | Conrad Martens \(1801\-1878\) Fort Denison | Shapiro Auctioneers | N/A
22. 2023-05-03 | CONRAD MARTENS, GOVETTS LEAP, 1876 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$80,000
23. 2023-03-21 | CONRAD MARTENS \(1801\-1878\) View of Elizabeth Bay House and Government House watercolour and pencil with gum Arabic on paper | Leonard Joel | A$26,000
24. 2023-03-02 | Conrad Martens \(Londra 1801\-Sydney 1878\) \- Along the river | Finarte | N/A

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