# Desmond Digby - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:56:47.071Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 15
- Lots with prices: 13
- First auction date: 2005-09-17
- Latest auction date: 2022-08-08
- Median realised price: $116
- Price range: $15 to $800

## Market Takeaway
Desmond Digby has 15 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $116. 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 \($116\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($75 to $180\) 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: 100% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2022-08-08
- Days since latest sale: 1,359
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Lawsons: 6 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- John Williams Auctions: 2 lots
- Gibson's: 1 lots
- STAIR: 1 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-08-08 | DESMOND DIGBY \(1933\-2015\) Midnight | Gibson's | A$180
2. 2018-09-23 | Desmond Digby \(b.1933\) Landscape Oil on board | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$90
3. 2018-04-29 | Desmond Digby \(b.1933\) Blow, Winds & Crack Your Cheeks! Rage! Blow! Ink on board | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$15
4. 2017-06-08 | Desmond Digby \(1933 \- \) \- Bowling Ladies 36 x 51.5cm | Lawsons | A$800
5. 2017-05-14 | Desmond Digby \(New Zealand, 1933\-2015\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$420
6. 2016-12-22 | Desmond Digby \(1933 \- \) \- Cockatoos in Treehouse 41.5 x 31.5cm | Lawsons | A$140
7. 2016-07-24 | Desmond Digby \(b.1933\) Joan Sutherland in Lakme plus Kobbe's Complete Opera Book, Bravo & The Golden Encyclapedia of music Limited e.. | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$40
8. 2016-05-13 | Desmond Ward Digby \(1933 \- \) \- Aunt Flo 22 x 17cm | Lawsons | N/A
9. 2014-08-28 | Desmond Digby \(1933 \-\) \- Caliban 25 x 37.5cm | Lawsons | N/A
10. 2014-02-27 | Desmond Ward Digby \(1933 \- \) \- Fresh Set 45 x 30cm | Lawsons | A$220
11. 2013-11-28 | Desmond ward Digby \(1933 \-\) \- Aunt Flo c.1986 22 x 17cm | Lawsons | A$60
12. 2012-12-02 | Desmond Digby \(b.1933\) Cockatoos Oil on board | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$108
13. 2012-09-02 | DESMOND DIGBY oil on board 'Clown' signed lower | John Williams Auctions | A$75
14. 2012-09-02 | DESMOND DIGBY oil on board 'Clown' signed lower | John Williams Auctions | A$116
15. 2005-09-17 | DESMOND DIGBY \(B.1933\), "LAST HOUSE \- LAST CLOWN" | STAIR | $175

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