# Dale Frank - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-08-28T16:57:53.947Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 99
- Lots with prices: 65
- First auction date: 2004-11-29
- Latest auction date: 2026-06-15
- Median realised price: $24,000
- Price range: $460 to $62,400

## Market Takeaway
Dale Frank shows solid auction liquidity with 96 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $24,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($24,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $6,600 and $34,364.
- 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: 11.1% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 15.9% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 73% (46 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $24,000
- Previous 12 months median: $20,000
- Median shift: 20%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-03
- Days since latest sale: 77
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 14 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 13 lots
- Bonhams: 12 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 12 lots
- Menzies: 11 lots
- Lawsons: 9 lots
- Smith & Singer: 8 lots
- Lawson~Menzies: 7 lots
- Yarra Valley Auctions: 3 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-03 | Dale Frank \(born 1959\) Jonny Bravo, 2004 | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-jonny-bravo-2004-283-c-0f5d105909
2. 2025-10-21 | DALE FRANK \(born 1959\) Untitled 2019 tinted varnish, epoxy glass on iridescent perspex 120 x 200cm | Leonard Joel | A$24,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-untitled-2019-tinted-varnish-epoxy-glass-on-iridescent-perspex-120-x-200cm-25-c-b651a3b159
3. 2025-08-26 | Dale Frank \(born 1959\) His boyfriend used to fart uncontrollably after eating cheese, 2012 | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-his-boyfriend-used-to-fart-uncontrollably-after-eating-cheese-2012-15-c-c1046a7acc
4. 2024-09-22 | Dale Frank \(b\-1959\) signed "Day 8" 2019 | Yarra Valley Auctions | A$15,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-b-1959-signed-day-8-2019-210-c-7764dc2b94
5. 2024-09-10 | Dale Frank \(born 1959\) I was sent off to find an 18th Century Diamond Brooch..., 2005 | Bonhams | A$45,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-i-was-sent-off-to-find-an-18th-century-diamond-brooch-2005-19-c-a7a4b8fa59
6. 2024-08-21 | DALE FRANK born 1959 His deterioration mediated through countless other mediocre meaningless ailments that in reality only signaled the | Smith & Singer | A$40,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-his-deterioration-mediated-through-countless-other-mediocre-meaningless-ailments-that-in-reality-only-signaled-the-49-c-e3e45fab1d
7. 2023-11-22 | DALE FRANK, I WAS SENT OFF TO FIND AN 18TH CENTURY DIAMOND BROOCH..., 2005 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-i-was-sent-off-to-find-an-18th-century-diamond-brooch-2005-42-c-f734364852
8. 2021-09-21 | DALE FRANK \(b. 1959\) The End Of The Honeymoon \(Roslyn’s Recession\) 1992 mixed media on paper | Leonard Joel | A$5,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-b-1959-the-end-of-the-honeymoon-roslyn-s-recession-1992-mixed-media-on-paper-34-c-56748fbacb
9. 2019-11-27 | DALE FRANK, born 1959, A ONE POINT TWO FIVE LITRE BOTTLE…,2009, varnish and synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Deutscher and Hackett | A$55,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-a-one-point-two-five-litre-bottle-2009-varnish-and-synthetic-polymer-paint-on-canvas-16-c-bdb4f918cc
10. 2019-08-28 | DALE FRANK , born 1959 , WHEN ASKED HOW HE ACQUIRED HIS FINE COLLECTION OF FRENCH EMPIRE CLOCKS..., 2005, varnish and synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Deutscher and Hackett | A$48,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-when-asked-how-he-acquired-his-fine-collection-of-french-empire-clocks-2005-varnish-and-synthetic-polymer-paint-on-canvas-50-c-47c4827987
11. 2019-04-10 | DALE FRANK, born 1959, JEREMY HUGENOT, 2000, varnish on synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Deutscher and Hackett | A$50,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-jeremy-hugenot-2000-varnish-on-synthetic-polymer-paint-on-canvas-7-c-3e044749df
12. 2018-04-18 | DALE FRANK, born 1959, SULPHUR CREEK PENGUIN, 2000 – 05, varnish on synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Deutscher and Hackett | A$45,000
13. 2016-11-30 | DALE FRANK, born 1959, STEPHEN DORFF, 2000, varnish and synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Deutscher and Hackett | A$30,000
14. 2016-05-04 | DALE FRANK \- born 1959, SOUND OF BALLS DROPPING, 1996, aluminium on canvas | Deutscher and Hackett | A$32,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-sound-of-balls-dropping-1996-aluminium-on-canvas-71-c-0ab4f4086e
15. 2015-11-12 | DALE FRANK \(born 1959\) Untitled \(a.k.a. Blue on Red\) 1990 two\-colour hand\-pressed screenprint a/p | Leonard Joel | A$725
16. 2015-08-25 | DALE FRANK born 1959 The Unattended Funeral Coldest before Dawn as the Last 2007 synthetic polymer paint and varnish on canvas | Smith & Singer | A$58,560
17. 2015-08-19 | Dale Frank \(b. 1959\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | N/A
18. 2015-05-06 | DALE FRANK, born 1959, VIEW FROM PRIVATE RICHARD CAPLICK RESERVE FROM THE KILLKIVAN ROAD TURNOFF TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST, 2003, varnish on synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Deutscher and Hackett | A$25,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-view-from-private-richard-caplick-reserve-from-the-killkivan-road-turnoff-towards-the-northwest-2003-varnish-on-synthetic-polymer-paint-on-canvas-10-c-0c9477da17
19. 2015-04-30 | Dale Frank \(b. 1959\) Jonny Bravo 1, 2004 | Shapiro Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2015-03-26 | DALE FRANK born 1959 Untitled 1993 | Menzies | A$5,216
21. 2007-11-26 | DALE FRANK , Australian B. 1959 LUCAS HAAS Synthetic polymer paint and varnish on linen | Sotheby's | N/A
22. 2026-06-15 | DALE FRANK \(BORN 1959\), Untitled \(HASHISHIYYUN & RALPMET STHGINK EHT RAW YLOH EHT Series\), 1992 | Gibson's | A$3,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-untitled-hashishiyyun-ralpmet-sthgink-eht-raw-yloh-eht-series-1992-188-c-eb87078fea
23. 2026-05-18 | DALE FRANK \(born 1959\) Made in India lived in Nepal died in Moone Ponds 2012 varnish on linen 200 x 300cm | Leonard Joel | A$36,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-born-1959-made-in-india-lived-in-nepal-died-in-moone-ponds-2012-varnish-on-linen-200-x-300cm-12-c-4277daee06
24. 2025-06-22 | Dale Frank \( b1959\) \- Abstract painting | Yarra Valley Auctions | A$16,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dale-frank-b1959-abstract-painting-312-c-5a646499a2

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