# Lin Onus - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T21:46:24.072Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 202
- Lots with prices: 137
- First auction date: 2008-08-24
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-19
- Median realised price: $4,400
- Price range: $20 to $512,400

## Market Takeaway
Lin Onus shows deep auction liquidity with 202 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 15 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-19.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,400\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,800 and $31,200.
- 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: 13.9% (19 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 49.6% (68 sales)
- $10,000\+: 36.5% (50 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 15
- Previous 12 months sales: 19
- Recent 12 months median: $4,400
- Previous 12 months median: $8,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 91
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 61 lots
- Menzies: 45 lots
- Lawsons: 21 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 11 lots
- Gibson's: 11 lots
- Ozbid Auctions: 11 lots
- Cooee Art: 8 lots
- Lawson~Menzies: 5 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-03-18 | LIN ONUS \(1948\-1996\) Wax Dogs on Lake Eyre 1989 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 61 x 114cm | Leonard Joel | A$50,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lin-onus-1948-1996-wax-dogs-on-lake-eyre-1989-synthetic-polymer-paint-on-canvas-61-x-114cm-21-c-926441e83c
2. 2024-11-26 | LIN ONUS, LIGHTNING WEED AND RIPPLE, 1996 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lin-onus-lightning-weed-and-ripple-1996-18-c-c3c427990f
3. 2024-11-13 | LIN ONUS \(1948\-1996\) Gumiring Garkman 1994 screenprint, ed. A/P 50 x 74.5cm \(image\); 77 x 99cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | A$3,800
4. 2024-11-12 | LIN ONUS, FROGS IN RIVERGRASS, 1996 | Art Leven \(formerly Cooee Art\) | A$28,000
5. 2021-03-17 | LIN ONUS, FROG AT BULLITA CREEK, 1996 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$35,000
6. 2025-11-19 | LIN ONUS, Kicking Around the Claypan | Gibson's | A$180
7. 2025-11-19 | LIN ONUS, Kicking Around the Claypan | Gibson's | A$240
8. 2025-11-19 | LIN ONUS, Fish and Lillies, Dingo Springs | Gibson's | A$2,200
9. 2025-08-26 | Lin Onus \(1948\-1996\) Wamut and Warru, 1989 | Bonhams | N/A
10. 2025-06-24 | LIN ONUS, Kicking Around the Claypan | Gibson's | N/A
11. 2025-06-24 | LIN ONUS, Kicking Around the Claypan | Gibson's | N/A
12. 2025-06-24 | LIN ONUS, Fish and Lillies, Dingo Springs | Gibson's | N/A
13. 2025-06-18 | LIN ONUS \(1948\-1996\), Gumbirri Garginingi 1996 | Menzies | N/A
14. 2025-06-17 | LIN ONUS, Motionless Fish, 1995 | Art Leven \(formerly Cooee Art\) | A$14,000
15. 2025-05-25 | LIN ONUS \(1948\-1996\), untitled seascape, oil on board, signed lower right "Lin Onus", with exhibition invitation verso, opened by Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls at the Aborigines Advancement League Hall in Northcote, November 30th, 1975. 30 x 45cm, 40 | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$4,400
16. 2025-03-26 | LIN ONUS \(1948 \- 1996\), Leftfoot Practice with Best Friend, 1996, archival pigment print, ed. 10/499 \(unframed/cellophane wrapped with corflute backing\), 76.5 x 89.5 cm, facsimile signature lower right; certificate verso | Lawsons | A$750
17. 2025-03-26 | LIN ONUS, ARAFURA SWAMP IV, 1996 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$300,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-lin-onus-arafura-swamp-iv-1996-12-c-29646f6a3e
18. 2025-03-26 | LIN ONUS, GARKMAN, 1995 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$55,000
19. 2025-03-12 | LIN ONUS \(1948 \- 1996\), Leftfoot Practice with Best Friend, 1996, archival pigment print, ed. 10/499 \(unframed/cellophane wrapped with corflute backing\), 76.5 x 89.5 cm, facsimile signature lower right; certificate verso | Lawsons | N/A
20. 2025-02-16 | LIN ONUS \(1948 \- 1996\), Leftfoot Practice with Best Friend, 1996, archival pigment print, ed. 10/499 \(unframed/cellophane wrapped with corflute backing\), 76.5 x 89.5 cm, facsimile signature lower right; certificate verso | Lawsons | N/A
21. 2025-02-11 | LIN ONUS, Kicking Around the Claypan | Gibson's | A$300
22. 2025-02-11 | LIN ONUS, Kicking Around the Claypan | Gibson's | N/A
23. 2025-01-12 | LIN ONUS \(1948 \- 1996\), Leftfoot Practice with Best Friend, 1996, archival pigment print, ed. 10/499 \(unframed/cellophane wrapped with corflute backing\), 76.5 x 89.5 cm, facsimile signature lower right; certificate verso | Lawsons | N/A
24. 2024-11-20 | LIN ONUS \(1948\-1996\), On the Snowline | Menzies | A$8,500

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