# Frank Spears - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T11:01:16.801Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 55
- Lots with prices: 32
- First auction date: 2008-02-09
- Latest auction date: 2024-03-24
- Median realised price: $1,200
- Price range: $120 to $39,788

## Market Takeaway
Frank Spears has 55 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. 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 \($1,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($408 to $18,371\) 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: 46.9% (15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 6.3% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 46.9% (15 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: 2024-03-24
- Days since latest sale: 766
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 12 lots
- Stephan Welz & Co: 9 lots
- Weschler's: 8 lots
- Strauss & Co: 7 lots
- Lawsons: 6 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Aspire Art: 2 lots
- McKenzies Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Roseberys: 2 lots
- Addisons Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-03-24 | FRANK SPEARS \(c.1904\-1985\), Mossman Bay, oil on canvas board, signed lower right "Frank Spears", titled verso, 40 x 30cm, 45 x 55cm overall | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$260
2. 2024-02-18 | Frank Spears \(SA 1906 \- 1991\) Oil, Seated Nude, Signed, 56 x 42 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
3. 2023-10-15 | Frank Spears \(SA 1906 \- 1991\) Oil, Seated Nude, Signed, 56 x 42 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
4. 2023-05-23 | FRANK SPEARS 1904\-1985 | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$275
5. 2022-12-06 | Frank Spears 1904\-1985 | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$350
6. 2022-11-28 | FRANK SPEARS \(c.1904\-1985\) Valley Farm \(Near Camden\) oil on board | Leonard Joel | A$150
7. 2022-03-31 | FRANK SPEARS \(1904 \- 1987\) Darling Harbour oil on board 38 x 48 cm \(frame: 55 x 65 x 3 cm\) signed lower right | Lawsons | A$850
8. 2021-05-30 | Frank Spears \(SA 1906 \- 1991\) Oil, North African Street Scene, Signed, 48 x 61 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 8,000
9. 2021-04-29 | FRANK SPEARS \(c1920 \- 1987\) \- Coledale South Coast, NSW 39.5 x 49.5 cm \(frame: 54 x 65 x 4 cm\) | Lawsons | A$550
10. 2021-02-21 | Frank Spears \(SA 1906 \- 1991\) Oil, North African Street Scene, Signed, 48 x 61 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
11. 2021-02-21 | Frank Spears \(SA 1906 \- 1991\) Oil, Clown, Signed, 78 x 58 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 21,000
12. 2021-02-21 | Frank Spears \(SA 1906 \- 1991\) Oil, "Fruits", Signed Titled Verso, 47 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 10,500
13. 2019-12-19 | Frank Spears \(c1920 \- 1987\) \- Thomson Bay, Rottnest Island 40 x 50 cm | Lawsons | A$600
14. 2019-09-01 | Frank Spears \(SA 1906 \- 1991\) Oil, Still Life Flowers, Signed, 62 x 50 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 10,000
15. 2019-09-01 | Frank Spears \(SA 1906 \- 1991\) Oil, Still Life Poppies, Signed, 72 x 57 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 12,000
16. 2019-07-15 | Frank Spears \- Landscape | Strauss & Co | N/A
17. 2019-04-08 | Frank Spears \- Still Life with Sunflowers | Strauss & Co | N/A
18. 2019-04-08 | Frank Spears \- Landscape | Strauss & Co | N/A
19. 2019-03-04 | Frank Spears \- Portrait | Strauss & Co | N/A
20. 2019-03-04 | Frank Spears \- Still Life with Jug and Pot | Strauss & Co | N/A
21. 2019-02-17 | Frank Spears \(SA 1906 \- 1991\) Oil, Pierrot, Signed, 60 x 44 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
22. 2017-03-28 | Frank Sydney Spears \(South African 1906\-1991\) STILL LIFE WITH BOTTLES AND L | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A
23. 2017-03-27 | Clown | Aspire Art | ZAR 11,000
24. 2017-03-27 | Portrait | Aspire Art | ZAR 11,000

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