# Len Castle - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T15:38:39.071Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 18
- First auction date: 2016-06-20
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-11
- Median realised price: $550
- Price range: $80 to $15,000

## Market Takeaway
Len Castle has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $550. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. 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 \($550\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($400 to $900\) 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: 77.8% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 11.1% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 11.1% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $375
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-11
- Days since latest sale: 231
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- International Art Centre: 9 lots
- Raffan Kelaher & Thomas: 6 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 5 lots
- Albion Antique Auction Centre: 2 lots
- Vendu Rotterdam: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-03-26 | LEN CASTLE \(New Zealand 1924\-2011\), two graduated stoneware brush pots, with incised bands of decoration and olive green glaze over... | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | N/A
2. 2025-09-11 | LEN CASTLE \(NEW ZEALAND 1924\-2011\), SLAB BUILT STONE WARE VASE, BLUE BROWN DRIP GLAZE, APPROX. 20CM HIGH, IMPRESSED MARK TO BASE | Albion Antique Auction Centre | A$400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-len-castle-new-zealand-1924-2011-slab-built-stone-ware-vase-blue-brown-drip-glaze-approx-20cm-high-impressed-mark-to-base-100-c-ea34e2b991
3. 2025-09-11 | LEN CASTLE \(NEW ZEALAND 1924\-2011\), SLAB BUILT STONE WARE VASE, HAND PAINTED IN GLAZE ASIATIC STYLE DECORATION, APPROX. 20CM HIGH, IMPRESSED MARK TO BASE | Albion Antique Auction Centre | A$375 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-len-castle-new-zealand-1924-2011-slab-built-stone-ware-vase-hand-painted-in-glaze-asiatic-style-decoration-approx-20cm-high-impressed-mark-to-base-90-c-93748e0b37
4. 2025-07-23 | Len Castle \(New Zealand, 1924\-2011\) Two Small Globular Vases, height 8 cm \(each\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$550
5. 2025-07-23 | Len Castle \(New Zealand, 1924\-2011\) Two Pieces, height 11.5 cm \(taller jug\), 12.5 cm \(vase\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$80
6. 2024-03-26 | LEN CASTLE \(New Zealand 1924\-2011\), a pair of stoneware 'Sedge Grass' vases, impressed mark to base. Height: 16 cm. \(2\) | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | N/A
7. 2024-03-26 | LEN CASTLE \(New Zealand 1924\-2011\), a stoneware disc wall vase, radiating incised design to centre, impressed maker's mark to back.... | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | N/A
8. 2024-03-26 | LEN CASTLE \(New Zealand 1924\- 2011\), a large stoneware bowl with slightly ribbed sides, maker's mark above footring. Diameter: 38.5 cm | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | N/A
9. 2024-03-26 | LEN CASTLE \(New Zealand 1924\-2011\), a stoneware wall vase, of leaf form, impressed maker's mark to back. Length: 17 cm. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$180
10. 2024-03-26 | LEN CASTLE \(New Zealand 1924\-2011\), a stoneware 'Sedge' vase, with incised curved line front and back, maker's mark to base. Height: | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$160
11. 2021-08-31 | Len Castle \(New Zealand, 1924\-2011\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | N/A
12. 2021-08-31 | Len Castle \(New Zealand, 1924\-2011\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$400
13. 2020-06-30 | LEN CASTLE \(1924 \- 2011\), Platter | International Art Centre | NZ$900
14. 2020-06-30 | LEN CASTLE \(1924 \- 2011\), Vase | International Art Centre | NZ$600
15. 2020-06-30 | LEN CASTLE \(1924 \- 2011\), Small Incense Vase | International Art Centre | NZ$700
16. 2020-06-30 | LEN CASTLE \(1924 \- 2011\), Bowl | International Art Centre | NZ$700
17. 2020-06-30 | LEN CASTLE \(1924 \- 2011\), Vessel Wall Hanging | International Art Centre | NZ$1,200
18. 2020-05-19 | LEN CASTLE \(New Zealand 1924 \- 2011\) Crater Lake Bowl | International Art Centre | NZ$15,000
19. 2020-05-19 | LEN CASTLE \(New Zealand 1924 \- 2011\) Large Inverted Volcano \(Red\) | International Art Centre | NZ$14,250
20. 2019-11-27 | LEN CASTLE \(1924 \- 2011\) \- Pouring Bowl | International Art Centre | NZ$650
21. 2019-10-23 | Len Castle \- Large Crater Lake Bowl | International Art Centre | NZ$9,000
22. 2017-09-19 | Len Castle \(New Zealand, 1924\-2011\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$528
23. 2016-06-20 | Len Castle \(1924\-2011\) A ceramic flask, signed to the body with artist | Vendu Rotterdam | N/A
24. 2016-06-20 | Len Castle \(1924\-2011\) Acompressed circular shaped ceramic vase with i | Vendu Rotterdam | €550

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