# John Mawurndjul - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-16T06:35:08.519Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 99
- Lots with prices: 68
- First auction date: 2006-10-31
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-02
- Median realised price: $10,000
- Price range: $35 to $120,000

## Market Takeaway
John Mawurndjul shows solid auction liquidity with 99 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-02.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($10,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $5,760 and $22,800.
- 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: 8.8% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 38.2% (26 sales)
- $10,000\+: 52.9% (36 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $35
- Previous 12 months median: $18,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-02
- Days since latest sale: 139
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Deutscher and Hackett: 33 lots
- Bonhams: 22 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 11 lots
- Sotheby's: 10 lots
- Cooee Art: 9 lots
- Lawsons: 6 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 3 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 2 lots
- Colville Auctions: 1 lots
- GAIA SAS: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-02 | John Mawurndjul: I am the Old and the New | Lawsons | A$35
2. 2024-09-10 | John Mawurndjul \(born 1952\) Milmilngkan, 2012 | Bonhams | N/A
3. 2024-05-07 | John Mawurndjul \(born 1952\) Milmilngkan, 2012 | Bonhams | N/A
4. 2024-03-26 | JOHN MAWURNDJUL, MARDAYIN AT KAKODBEBULDI, 2002 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$18,000
5. 2024-03-26 | JOHN MAWURNDJUL, BULUWANA AT DILEBANG, 2011 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$40,000
6. 2024-03-05 | John Mawurndjul \- Bilmu\-Barramundi, 1987 | Cooee Art | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-mawurndjul-bilmu-barramundi-1987-1-c-ae14652a08
7. 2023-11-13 | John Mawurndjul \(1952\-\) Australia \- Untitled | Colville Auctions | N/A
8. 2023-08-29 | John Mawurndjul \(born 1952\) Rainbow Serpent, 1985 | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2023-04-27 | John Mawurndjul \(born 1952\) | Bonhams | N/A
10. 2023-03-22 | JOHN MAWURNDJUL, FROGS, 1994 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
11. 2023-03-22 | JOHN MAWURNDJUL, MARDAYIN AT MANKARRARD, 2004 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$45,000
12. 2023-03-22 | JOHN MAWURNDJUL, NGALYOD, RAINBOW SERPENT, 1999 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$92,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-mawurndjul-ngalyod-rainbow-serpent-1999-20-c-62e4c9b801
13. 2022-11-22 | John Mawurndjul \(b. 1952\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$19,000
14. 2022-10-11 | John Mawurndjul \- Stingray, 2008 | Cooee Art | A$8,500
15. 2022-08-23 | John Mawurndjul \(born 1952\) Milmilngkan, 2009 | Bonhams | N/A
16. 2022-08-23 | John Mawurndjul \(born 1952\) Njaljod \(Rainbow Serpent\) at Godanyal, 1988 | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2022-07-28 | John Mawurndjul \(b. 1952\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | N/A
18. 2022-03-30 | JOHN MAWURNDJUL, LIGHTNING SPIRIT NAMARRKON, C.1980 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$20,000
19. 2022-03-30 | JOHN MAWURNDJUL, NGALYOD RAINBOW SERPENT, 2004 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$100,000
20. 2022-03-30 | JOHN MAWURNDJUL, MILMILNGKAN SITE, 2008 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$40,000
21. 2022-03-30 | JOHN MAWURNDJUL, MILMILNGKAN SITE, 2007 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
22. 2022-03-08 | John Mawurndjul \- Rainbow Serpent of the Dreamtime, 2003 | Cooee Art | A$7,000
23. 2021-08-31 | JOHN MAWURNDJUL, MARDAYIN DESIGNS, 2005 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$10,000
24. 2021-08-24 | John Mawurndjul \(born 1952\) Mimih Spirit, c.1997 height: 213.0cm \(83 7/8in\). | Bonhams | A$19,000

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