# Dora Toovey - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T20:34:44.496Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 36
- Lots with prices: 29
- First auction date: 2002-10-29
- Latest auction date: 2023-06-28
- Median realised price: $260
- Price range: $20 to $1,140

## Market Takeaway
Dora Toovey shows developing auction liquidity with 36 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $260. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2023-06-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($260\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $132 and $390.
- 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: 93.1% (27 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 6.9% (2 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: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2023-06-28
- Days since latest sale: 966
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Lawsons: 26 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 3 lots
- Adam's: 1 lots
- Barsby Auctions: 1 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Gibson's: 1 lots
- Leonard Joel: 1 lots
- Raffan Kelaher & Thomas: 1 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-06-28 | DORA TOOVEY \(1898\-1986\), Landscape 1967 | Gibson's | A$600
2. 2023-04-20 | DORA TOOVEY \(1898 \- 1986\) \- Over the Hawkesbury from Wiseman's Ferry, 1968 oil on canvas on board 39 x 44 cm \(frame: 58 x 63 x 5 cm\) | Lawsons | N/A
3. 2023-04-20 | DORA TOOVEY \(1898 \- 1986\) \- Seagulls and Ships, 1968 oil on canvas on board 38 x 43 cm \(frame: 53 x 58 x 3 cm\) | Lawsons | A$375
4. 2022-07-28 | DORA TOOVEY \(1898 \- 1986\) A Country Scene with Houses oil on canvas on board 30.5 x 40.5 cm \(frame: 44 x 54 x 3 cm\) signed lower right | Lawsons | A$1,000
5. 2022-02-24 | DORA TOOVEY \(1898 \- 1986\) The Surf, Manly oil on canvas on board 24.5 x 34.5 cm \(frame: 32 x 42 x 2 cm\) inscribed and titled verso | Lawsons | A$280
6. 2020-11-04 | Dora Toovey \(1898\-1990\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$1,140
7. 2020-04-09 | Dora Toovey \(1898 \- 1986\) \- Bennelong 32 x 24 cm \(frame: 51 x 46 x 4 cm\) | Lawsons | A$425
8. 2019-12-15 | DORA TOOVEY \(AUSTRALIAN 1898 \- 1900\)Mountain landscapeOil on board, 20 x 32cm Signed | Adam's | €200
9. 2019-12-05 | Dora Toovey \(1898 \- 1986\) \- Morning Light, Woolloomooloo from Forbes Street, 1969 39 x 42 cm | Lawsons | A$150
10. 2019-03-14 | Dora Toovey \(1898 \- 1986\) \- Mount Canobolas, Orange, 1962 48 x 58.5cm | Lawsons | A$550
11. 2018-04-12 | Dora Toovey \(1898 \- 1986\) \- Golden Light Goulbourn Valley Vic, 1968 22.5 x 28cm | Lawsons | A$100
12. 2018-04-12 | Dora Toovey \(1898 \- 1986\) \- Avalon Beach NSW, 1969 38 x 43cm | Lawsons | A$160
13. 2017-11-12 | Dora Toovey \(1898\-1986\) Joshua Smith, Outdoor Sketch Oil on canvas board | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$425
14. 2017-10-19 | Dora Toovey \(1898 \- 1986\), 'Ann Waring Saxton', oil on canvas, 90 x 70cm, signed lower left | Lawsons | A$100
15. 2017-05-25 | Dora Toovey \(1898 \- 1986\) \- Storm over Vaucluse 31 x 45cm | Lawsons | A$260
16. 2016-12-08 | Dora Toovey \(1898 \- 1986\) \- Country Cottage on the Hills 21.5 x 29cm | Lawsons | N/A
17. 2016-05-26 | Dora Toovey \(1898 \- 1986\) \- Green Seas Narooma, NSW 20 x 27.5cm | Lawsons | A$130
18. 2016-03-19 | Dora Toovey \(1898\-1986\) on the valley road oil on board, signed lower left, 33cm x 28cm approx. | Barsby Auctions | A$170
19. 2015-08-16 | Dora Toovey, Dobroyd POint toward South Head, OIl on Board, 34 x 38cm SLR | Lawsons | N/A
20. 2015-06-28 | Dora Toovey \(1898\-1990\) The Deserted Mill, Malmsbury 1971 Oil on canvas | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$260
21. 2014-11-13 | Dora Toovey \(1898 \- 1986\) \- Low Tide, Rushcutters Bay 24 x 29cm | Lawsons | A$325
22. 2014-05-29 | Dora Toovey \(1898 \- 1986\) \- City Celebrations \- Macquarie St Near of Mitchell Library 41 x 35.5cm | Lawsons | A$280
23. 2013-01-25 | Dora Toovey \- Batemans Bay 20 x 24cm | Lawsons | N/A
24. 2013-01-25 | Dora Toovey \- Summer Glare\- Batemans Bay 26 x 30cm | Lawsons | N/A

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