# James Northfield - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T23:45:44.200Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 106
- Lots with prices: 78
- First auction date: 2001-01-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-09
- Median realised price: $1,600
- Price range: $60 to $8,400

## Market Takeaway
James Northfield shows solid auction liquidity with 106 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-09.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $780 and $2,500.
- 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: 33.3% (26 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 66.7% (52 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $420
- Previous 12 months median: $1,400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-09
- Days since latest sale: 132
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 59 lots
- Leonard Joel: 25 lots
- Leski Auctions Pty Ltd: 8 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Lawsons: 3 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 2 lots
- Amanda Addams Auctions: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Kerleys Auctions: 1 lots
- Poster Auctions International Inc: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-09 | JAMES NORTHFIELD, MELBOURNE, | Leonard Joel | A$420
2. 2024-10-30 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\) | Lyon & Turnbull | N/A
3. 2024-09-08 | James Northfield \(Australian 1887\-1973\) "Mt Roland Tasmania" oil on board | Amanda Addams Auctions | A$1,400
4. 2024-08-08 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\). AUSTRALIA / AUSTRALIAN PARROTS. Circa 1935. 39¾x25 inches, 99x63½ cm. F.W. Niven Pty. Ltd., Melbourne. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
5. 2023-11-09 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\). AUSTRALIA / AUSTRALIAN PARROTS. Circa 1935. 39¾x25 inches, 99x63½ cm. F.W. Niven Pty. Ltd., Melbourne. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,500
6. 2022-11-10 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\). AUSTRALIA / KOALA \(NATIVE BEAR\). 1931. 39¾x24½ inches, 101x62¼ cm. J.E. Hackett, Melbourne. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000
7. 2022-05-29 | James Northfield “Valley Landscape” Oil | Kerleys Auctions | A$2,400
8. 2021-11-23 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\). AUSTRALIA / LYRE \- BIRD / PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS. Circa 1930s. 39¾x25 inches, 101x63½ cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,000
9. 2021-09-05 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\), Eildon, Small Harbour, oil on board, signed lower right "James Northfield", titled verso with 165 guinea price tag, 59 x 71cm | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$3,200
10. 2020-08-27 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\). AUSTRALIA / GREAT BARRIER REEF / QUEENSLAND. Circa 1930s. 39x25 inches, 100x63 cm. McLarens, Melbourne. | Swann Auction Galleries | $468
11. 2020-06-13 | James NORTHFIELD \(Australian, 1887\-1973\). The North\-West TASMANIA For Your Next Holiday c1950s colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, 99 x 64cm. Linen\-backed. Text in lower margin identifies the printer: “Mercury \- Hobart.” | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | N/A
12. 2020-06-13 | James NORTHFIELD \(Australian, 1887 \- 1973\) "Cattle of the Inland, AUSTRALIA" c1930s colour lithograph, signed in the image lower right, 101 x 63cm. Linen backed. Text continues "Particulars at Government, Shipping & Travel Offices. Australian Natio | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$1,600
13. 2020-06-13 | James NORTHFIELD \(Australian, 1887\-1973\). The River Derwent \- Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 1930s colour process lithograph, signed in image lower left, 101 x 62.5cm. Linen\-backed. Text includes “Australian National Travel Assoc., Railway Building, Flinder | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$1,250
14. 2019-11-24 | James NORTHFIELD \(Australian, 1887\-1973\). The Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia c1930s colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, 101 x 63.5cm. Linen\-backed. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | N/A
15. 2019-11-24 | James NORTHFIELD \(Australian, 1887\-1973\) Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia \[Great Ocean Road\] c1930s colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, 100.5 x 64.3cm. Linen\-backed. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$2,000
16. 2019-11-24 | James NORTHFIELD \(Australian, 1887\-1973\) Australia \[Hunting Kangaroos\], c1930s Colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, 102 x 64.5cm. Linen\-backed. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$2,300
17. 2019-11-14 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\). TRAVEL BY \- TRAIN / WINTER IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. Circa 1950s. 40x24 inches, 101x63 cm. A.C. Brooks, Gover | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
18. 2019-11-14 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\). AUSTRALIA / THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. Circa 1930s. 39x25 inches, 101x63 cm. F.W. Niven Ltd., Melbourne. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,750
19. 2019-11-14 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\). WATTLE TIME / TRAVEL BY TRAIN. Circa 1925. 40x25 inches, 102x64 cm. Syd Day Ltd., Sydney. | Swann Auction Galleries | $7,250
20. 2019-09-11 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\) HEALESVILLE 40 x 25 in. \(102 x 64 cm.\) | Christie's | £3,250
21. 2019-08-08 | JAMES NORTHFIELD, BOGONG MT. BEAUTY AND TOWNSHIP, OIL ON BOARD, 49 X 60CM | Leonard Joel | A$220
22. 2019-08-07 | JAMES NORTHFIELD \(1887\-1973\). AUSTRALIA / FAUNA. 40x24 inches, 101x63 cm. | Swann Auction Galleries | $875
23. 2019-08-01 | JAMES NORTHFIELD, BOGONG MT. BEAUTY AND TOWNSHIP, OIL ON BOARD, 49 X 60CM | Leonard Joel | N/A
24. 2019-07-25 | JAMES NORTHFIELD, BOGONG MT. BEAUTY AND TOWNSHIP, OIL ON BOARD, 49 X 60CM | Leonard Joel | N/A

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