# John Cobby - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T08:42:28.203Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 51
- Lots with prices: 49
- First auction date: 2013-03-19
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-26
- Median realised price: $1,800
- Price range: $120 to $4,600

## Market Takeaway
John Cobby shows solid auction liquidity with 51 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-26.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,800\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,000 and $2,900.
- 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: 22.4% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 77.6% (38 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 20
- Recent 12 months median: $800
- Previous 12 months median: $2,400
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-26
- Days since latest sale: 115
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers: 46 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 2 lots
- Gibson's: 1 lots
- Lawsons: 1 lots
- Leonard Joel: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-26 | JOHN COBBY \(1957 \- \) "KIDS PLAYING AT THE DAM" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | N/A
2. 2025-10-26 | JOHN COBBY "BOOKIES AT THE TRACK" GALLERY SIZE OIL PAINTING ON BOARD | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | N/A
3. 2025-08-12 | JOHN COBBY \(BORN 1957\), Surrealist Landscape | Gibson's | A$120
4. 2025-07-20 | JOHN COBBY “OLD BUSH HUT” | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$800
5. 2025-07-20 | JOHN COBBY "BILLYS GANG" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$2,200
6. 2025-07-20 | JOHN COBBY "ASKING FOR TICK" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$3,100
7. 2024-12-01 | JOHN COBBY "PUB POKER" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$3,100
8. 2024-12-01 | JOHN COBBY "FISHING\-BROKEN CREEK" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$3,100
9. 2024-12-01 | JOHN COBBY "THE BETTING RING" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$3,100
10. 2024-10-06 | JOHN COBBY "THE LITTLE VISITOR" FABULOUS GALLERY SIZE OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$4,600
11. 2024-10-06 | JOHN COBBY "THE ROUGHIE COMING HOME" GALLERY SIZE OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$4,600
12. 2024-08-18 | JOHN COBBY \- THERE'S A CHIP GEORGIO \- OIL ON BOARD | GFL Fine Art | A$2,400
13. 2024-08-18 | JOHN COBBY \- LOOK HERE KIDS \- OIL ON BOARD | GFL Fine Art | A$2,200
14. 2024-07-28 | JOHN COBBY \(1957\- \) "FRIDAY ARVO " | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$2,900
15. 2024-07-28 | JOHN COBBY "SPRING RACING CARNIVAL" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$2,900
16. 2024-06-02 | JOHN COBBY \(1957\- \) "BILLABONG IN FLOOD" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$3,100
17. 2024-06-02 | JOHN COBBY \(1957\- \) "WHERES THE RABBIT" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$2,100
18. 2024-06-02 | JOHN COBBY \(1957\- \) "HERE THEY COME" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$4,100
19. 2024-03-17 | JOHN COBBY \(1957 \- \) "HAVING A KICK " | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$2,000
20. 2024-03-17 | JOHN COBBY \(1957 \- \) "THE BEST ODDS" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$1,700
21. 2024-03-17 | JOHN COBBY \(1957 \- \) "BERT'S OLD PLACE" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$2,000
22. 2024-03-17 | JOHN COBBY \(1957 \- \) "COMING OUT THE BEND " | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$3,000
23. 2024-03-17 | JOHN COBBY \(1957 \- \) "THE FENCERS DAYS END " | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$700
24. 2024-03-17 | JOHN COBBY \(1957 \- \) "NETTING SHRIMP" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$600

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