# George Milpurrurru - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T14:13:46.689Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 34
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2004-07-26
- Latest auction date: 2024-04-21
- Median realised price: $1,100
- Price range: $200 to $7,200

## Market Takeaway
George Milpurrurru has 34 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,100. 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 \($1,100\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($700 to $2,400\) 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: 48% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 52% (13 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: 2024-04-21
- Days since latest sale: 738
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 8 lots
- Vickers & Hoad: 6 lots
- Lawsons: 5 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 3 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 2 lots
- Bay East Auctions: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers: 1 lots
- Gibson's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-08-19 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU \(1934\-98\) Untitled, Ganalbingu, Raangining, Central Arnhemland. Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. In 1993, Milpurrurru was the first Aboriginal artist to be given a retrospective… | Vickers & Hoad | A$750
2. 2023-08-19 | George Milpurrurru \(1934\-98\) Gunungu the Black Headed Python. Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. In 1993, Milpurrurru was the first Aboriginal artist to be given a retrospective exhibition at the National… | Vickers & Hoad | A$600
3. 2023-08-19 | George Milpurrurru \(1934\-98\) Untitled. Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. In 1993, Milpurrurru was the first Aboriginal artist to be given a retrospective exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia… | Vickers & Hoad | A$340
4. 2023-03-18 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU \(1934\-98\) UNTITLED, GANALBINGU, RAANGINING, CENTRAL ARNHEMLAND | Vickers & Hoad | A$600
5. 2023-03-18 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU \(1934\-98\) GUNUNGU THE BLACK HEADED PYTHON | Vickers & Hoad | A$1,100
6. 2023-03-18 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU \(1934\-98\) UNTITLED | Vickers & Hoad | A$750
7. 2020-08-19 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU, DUPAN, c.1980 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$2,600
8. 2020-08-19 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU, BLACK HEADED PYTHON, 1988 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$3,200
9. 2017-08-03 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU, GOOSE EGG HUNTING, SCREENPRINT A/P, 44 X 64CM | Leonard Joel | A$200
10. 2017-02-26 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU \(1934\-1998\) Untitled \-Men and Canoes acrylic on canvas | Leonard Joel | A$2,200
11. 2016-06-09 | George Milpurrurru \(1934 \- 1998\) \- Untitled \(Long Necked Turtles and a Snake\) 100 x 45cm | Lawsons | N/A
12. 2016-04-14 | George Milpurrurru \(1934 \- 1998\) \- Untitled \(Long Necked Turtles and a Snake\) 100 x 45cm | Lawsons | N/A
13. 2013-11-18 | George Milpurrurru \(1934\-1998\) GOOSE EGG HUNTING Color screenprint | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | N/A
14. 2006-11-22 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU \(1934 \- 1998\) \- Marsupial Rat Woman, 1978 | Lawsons | N/A
15. 2006-11-22 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU \(1934 \- 1998\) \- Wangurra Bandicoot, 1993 | Lawsons | A$2,160
16. 2006-11-22 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU \(1934 \- 1998\) \- Snake, 1986 | Lawsons | A$3,120
17. 2006-10-31 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU | Sotheby's | A$2,400
18. 2024-04-21 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU \(1934\-1998\), Crocodiles 1996 | Gibson's | A$1,800
19. 2023-06-04 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU "DUPAN" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$2,500
20. 2023-03-20 | George Milpurrurru, , Long Neck Tortoise and Rainbow Snake | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$700
21. 2021-04-22 | George Milpurrurru \(1934\-1998\) Herons catching fish, 1993 | Bonhams | A$1,500
22. 2020-09-14 | George Milpurrurru \(1934\-1998\) Lightning Snakes at Ngurrgarrnyarr c.1980 Earth pigments on Eucalyptus bark | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$2,200
23. 2020-02-20 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU, MAGPIE GEESE C.1990, SCREENPRINT 67/99, 75 X 105CM | Leonard Joel | A$280
24. 2018-11-08 | GEORGE MILPURRURRU, FOUR CANOES, NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON ON PAPER, 100 X 140CM | Leonard Joel | A$850

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