# Dorothy Thornhill - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T20:35:37.738Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 18
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2004-08-23
- Latest auction date: 2024-06-26
- Median realised price: $400
- Price range: $40 to $28,000

## Market Takeaway
Dorothy Thornhill has 18 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. 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 \($400\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($180 to $1,200\) 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: 73.3% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6.7% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-06-26
- Days since latest sale: 688
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 3 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Raffan Kelaher & Thomas: 2 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Vickers & Hoad: 2 lots
- Bay East Auctions: 1 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Lawsons: 1 lots
- Ozbid Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-06-26 | DOROTHY THORNHILL \(1910\-1987\) Recumbent Nude pencil and pastel on paper 19.5 x 24.5cm \(47 x 37cm framed\) | Leonard Joel | A$200
2. 2023-04-23 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-1987\) Neoclassical Nudes, 1932 | Bonhams | A$28,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-dorothy-thornhill-1910-1987-neoclassical-nudes-1932-11-c-e804eafb6b
3. 2023-04-23 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-1987\) Phlox, 1940 | Bonhams | A$3,000
4. 2022-12-13 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-87\) Australia, "Australian Country Road, 1942", oil on canvas on panel, approx 19cm x 39cm | Vickers & Hoad | A$460
5. 2020-08-27 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910 \- 1987\) \- Linear Nude, 1975 26 x 20 cm \(frame: 40 x 33 x 3 cm\) | Lawsons | A$240
6. 2018-07-15 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-1987\) Female Nude Study Pencil | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$180
7. 2018-07-15 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-1987\) Male Nude Pencil | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$325
8. 2018-05-12 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-1987\) Australian, oil on board, "San Gimignano". SLR. Society of Artist label to reverse, approx 39cm x 28cm | Vickers & Hoad | A$1,200
9. 2018-04-10 | DOROTHY THORNHILL \(1910\-87\), Peter Sleeping, pencil on paper, 15 x 24 cm, signed lower right | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$40
10. 2017-10-12 | DOROTHY THORNHILL \(1910\-1987\) \(LOCATION SYDNEY OFFICE \- all enquiries phone 02 9362 9045\) Pair of Nude Studies pencil on paper \(2\) | Leonard Joel | N/A
11. 2015-08-19 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-1987\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$480
12. 2015-08-19 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-1987\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$1,320
13. 2014-08-31 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-1987\) Resting Nude 1969 Conte on tinted paper | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$100
14. 2014-08-31 | DOROTHY THORNHILL \(Wife of Douglas Dundas\) "Camping Under the Trees" Oil on board | Ozbid Auctions | A$400
15. 2011-11-27 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-1987\) \(Untitled\) oil on card | Bay East Auctions | N/A
16. 2010-09-19 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-1987\) Canberra Landscape oil on canvas | Leonard Joel | A$780
17. 2010-09-13 | Dorothy Thornhill \(1910\-1987\) Nude | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$60
18. 2004-08-23 | DOROTHY THORNHILL \(1910\-1987\) | Christie's | N/A

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