# David Preston - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T22:40:34.199Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 86
- Lots with prices: 64
- First auction date: 2010-03-29
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-11
- Median realised price: $280
- Price range: $30 to $3,200

## Market Takeaway
David Preston shows solid auction liquidity with 86 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $280. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($280\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $190 and $475.
- 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: 87.5% (56 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 12.5% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $180
- Previous 12 months median: $220
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-11
- Days since latest sale: 160
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 26 lots
- Lawsons: 25 lots
- RoGallery: 5 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 4 lots
- Ozbid Auctions: 4 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- Art Invest: 3 lots
- Bargain Hunt Auctions: 3 lots
- Raffan Kelaher & Thomas: 3 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-11 | DAVID PRESTON, SUNFLOWERS 1987, | Leonard Joel | A$220
2. 2025-09-11 | DAVID PRESTON, MOONRISE 1990, | Leonard Joel | A$180
3. 2025-08-07 | DAVID PRESTON, DAISIES IN THE SUN 1992, | Leonard Joel | A$300
4. 2025-07-31 | DAVID PRESTON, UNFRAMED LTD ED. SCREEN PRINT 31/50, "MT KEIRA", SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, APPROX. 45CM X 45CM | Albion Antique Auction Centre | A$140
5. 2025-03-20 | DAVID PRESTON \(born 1948\) Landscape 1974 oil on board 72 x 82cm; 83 x 93.5cm \(frame size\) | Leonard Joel | A$70
6. 2025-03-08 | DAVID PRESTON, SOMETHING AMERICAN, WOODCUT | RoGallery | N/A
7. 2024-11-29 | DAVID PRESTON \(born 1948\) Landscape 1974 oil on board 72 x 82cm; 83 x 93.5cm \(frame size\) | Leonard Joel | A$220
8. 2024-07-01 | DAVID PRESTON, SOMETHING AMERICAN, WOODCUT | RoGallery | N/A
9. 2024-03-11 | David Preston \(1948\-\) Australia \- \(Bridge\) | Colville Auctions | A$400
10. 2023-11-28 | DAVID PRESTON \(Australia 1948\-\), Study for 'Where the Border Meets the Nightcap', 1993, oil on canvas \(triptych\), signed lower right. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | N/A
11. 2023-09-19 | DAVID PRESTON \(born 1948\) Untitled \(Sandy Cove\) oil on canvas 122 x 183cm \(128.5 x 190cm framed\) | Leonard Joel | A$1,000
12. 2023-07-01 | DAVID PRESTON, SOMETHING AMERICAN , WOODCUT | RoGallery | N/A
13. 2022-09-22 | David Preston, Something American , Woodcut | RoGallery | N/A
14. 2022-05-22 | DAVID PRESTON | WA Art Auctions | A$100
15. 2021-08-22 | DAVID PRESTON \- LANDSCAPE | GFL Fine Art | N/A
16. 2020-07-14 | David Preston, Something American, Woodcut | RoGallery | N/A
17. 2020-04-23 | DAVID PRESTON \(born 1948\) COCKATOO etching 48/60 | Leonard Joel | A$340
18. 2019-08-18 | DAVID PRESTON \- RIVER LANDSCAPE \- Oil on canvas | GFL Fine Art | A$300
19. 2019-07-09 | David Preston \(b. 1948\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2019-05-02 | David Preston \(1948 \- \) \- Sunflowers, 1987 60.5 x 45cm | Lawsons | A$110
21. 2019-04-26 | David Preston \(1948 \- \) \- Sunflowers, 1987 60.5 x 45cm | Lawsons | N/A
22. 2019-04-04 | DAVID PRESTON, NORFOLK ISLAND PINES, LINOCUT, 46/50, 30 X 30.5CM | Leonard Joel | A$220
23. 2019-03-07 | DAVID PRESTON, NORFOLK ISLAND PINES, LINOCUT, 46/50, 30 X 30.5CMR | Leonard Joel | N/A
24. 2018-10-25 | DAVID PRESTON, GARDEN AND BALCONY, OIL ON CAVAS, 56 X 59CM | Leonard Joel | A$200

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