# Justin O'Brien - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T21:50:17.698Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 118
- Lots with prices: 71
- First auction date: 2002-05-02
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-22
- Median realised price: $5,500
- Price range: $20 to $340,000

## Market Takeaway
Justin O'Brien shows solid auction liquidity with 114 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($7,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,400 and $22,000.
- 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: 9% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 47.8% (32 sales)
- $10,000\+: 43.3% (29 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $2,400
- Previous 12 months median: $9,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-12
- Days since latest sale: 68
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 25 lots
- Lawsons: 18 lots
- Menzies: 16 lots
- Christie's: 15 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 10 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 7 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Sydney Rare Book Auctions: 6 lots
- Sotheby's: 3 lots
- Bay East Auctions: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-12 | Justin Maurice O'Brien, The Net Menders | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $4,500
2. 2025-11-19 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN \(1917\-1996\), In the Wings of the Circus 1955 | Menzies | A$50,000
3. 2025-10-14 | Justin O'Brien, The blessing, c.1949 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
4. 2025-08-03 | Justin O'Brien, Australian 1917\-1996, Untitled figures in a room, watercolour and ink on paper, 27 x 17.5cm, frame: 36 x 26cm | Lawsons | A$1,000
5. 2025-05-18 | Justin O'Brien, 1917\-1996, Untitled sheep in a pastoral landscape, oil on board, 29 x 35cm | Lawsons | A$2,400
6. 2024-12-12 | JUSTIN MAURICE O'BRIEN \(1917\-1996\) \(Portrait of a Man\) oil on canvas, double\-sided 61 x 50cm | Leonard Joel | A$2,000
7. 2024-11-14 | JUSTIN MAURICE O'BRIEN \(1917\-1996\) \(Portrait of a Man\) oil on canvas, double\-sided 61 x 50cm | Leonard Joel | N/A
8. 2024-10-22 | JUSTIN MAURICE O'BRIEN \(1917\-1996\) \(Still Life with Flowers\) oil on board 73.5 x 42cm | Leonard Joel | A$14,000
9. 2024-10-22 | JUSTIN MAURICE O'BRIEN \(1917\-1996\) \(Portrait of a Young Man\) oil on board 37.5 x 27.5cm | Leonard Joel | A$9,000
10. 2024-10-22 | JUSTIN MAURICE O'BRIEN \(1917\-1996\) \(Portrait of a Man\) oil on canvas, double\-sided 61 x 50cm | Leonard Joel | N/A
11. 2024-09-17 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN, RESURRECTION, C.1956 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$38,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-justin-o-brien-resurrection-c-1956-17-c-0b14073a87
12. 2024-08-28 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN, RESURRECTION, C.1956 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-justin-o-brien-resurrection-c-1956-40-c-5ff4cd8893
13. 2024-08-04 | Justin O'Brien, 1917\-1996, Untitled sheep in a pastoral landscape, oil on board, 29 x 35cm | Lawsons | N/A
14. 2023-11-29 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN \(1917\-1996\), Study for The Entombment c1986 | Menzies | N/A
15. 2023-11-29 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN \(1917\-1996\), Edgecliff Landscape c1947 | Menzies | A$110,000
16. 2023-07-20 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN \(1917 \- 1996\) Untitled \(Seated Boy\) oil on canvas board 69 x 49 cm \(frame: 89 x 68 x 4 cm\) signed upper right | Lawsons | A$13,000
17. 2023-05-27 | Justin Maurice O'Brien \(1917\-96\), | Aalders Auctions | A$550
18. 2023-05-23 | Justin O'Brien \(1917\-1996\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$3,400
19. 2023-02-23 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN, LANDSCAPE NEAR MOLOS, SKYROS 1967, PENCIL ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 24 X 33CM, FRAME SIZE: 48 X 53CM | Leonard Joel | A$340
20. 2023-01-25 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN, LANDSCAPE NEAR MOLOS, SKYROS 1967, PENCIL ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 24 X 33CM, FRAME SIZE: 48 X 53CM | Leonard Joel | N/A
21. 2022-12-01 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN, LANDSCAPE NEAR MOLOS, SKYROS 1967, PENCIL ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 24 X 33CM, FRAME SIZE: 48 X 53CM | Leonard Joel | N/A
22. 2022-11-23 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN \(1917\-1996\), The Assumption of the Virgin c1952 | Menzies | N/A
23. 2022-11-23 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN \(1917\-1996\), Madonna with Two Donors 1990 | Menzies | N/A
24. 2022-11-04 | JUSTIN O'BRIEN | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$20

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