# Lydia Balbal - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T23:32:46.163Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 31
- Lots with prices: 20
- First auction date: 2012-05-28
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-25
- Median realised price: $1,080
- Price range: $280 to $6,000

## Market Takeaway
Lydia Balbal has 31 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,080. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($1,080\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($440 to $2,800\) 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: 45% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 55% (11 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $500
- Previous 12 months median: $1,250
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-25
- Days since latest sale: 309
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- GFL Fine Art: 18 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 6 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Leonard Joel: 2 lots
- Art Leven \(formerly Cooee Art\): 1 lots
- Cooee Art: 1 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-25 | LYDIA BALBAL \- SUMMER WATERHOLE \- ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | A$500
2. 2025-04-10 | LYDIA BALBAL \- SUMMER WATERHOLE \- ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | A$460
3. 2024-11-12 | LYDIA BALBAL, MARTAKULU, 2022 | Art Leven \(formerly Cooee Art\) | A$3,000
4. 2024-10-16 | LYDIA BALBAL \- UNTITLED \- ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | N/A
5. 2024-10-16 | LYDIA BALBAL \- UNTITLED \- ACRYLIC ON CANCAS | GFL Fine Art | A$440
6. 2024-10-16 | LYDIA BALBAL \- UNTITLED \- ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | A$500
7. 2024-08-18 | LYDIA BALBAL \- UNTITLED \- ACRYLIC ON LINEN | GFL Fine Art | A$1,250
8. 2024-07-30 | LYDIA BALBAL, MARTUKULU, 2012 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$1,300
9. 2024-06-30 | LYDIA BALBAL, MARTAKULU, 2022 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$2,600
10. 2024-04-23 | LYDIA BALBAL \- WATERHOLE \- ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | A$280
11. 2024-03-10 | LYDIA BALBAL \- DRY WATERHOLE \- ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | N/A
12. 2024-03-10 | LYDIA BALBAL \- WATERHOLE \- ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | N/A
13. 2023-09-14 | LYDIA BALBAL \- WATERHOLE \- Acrylic on canvas | GFL Fine Art | N/A
14. 2023-08-28 | LYDIA BALBAL \(born 1958\) \(Language group: Yulparija\) Untitled 2012 synthetic polymer paint on linen 100.5 x 100.5cm | Leonard Joel | A$3,000
15. 2023-08-13 | LYDIA BALBAL \- UNTITLED \- ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | A$800
16. 2023-06-29 | LYDIA BALBAL \- WATER RUNNING \- Acrylic on canvas | GFL Fine Art | N/A
17. 2023-06-29 | LYDIA BALBAL \- WATER HOLE \- Acrylic on canvas | GFL Fine Art | N/A
18. 2023-04-27 | LYDIA BALBAL \- UNTITLED \- Acrylic on canvas | GFL Fine Art | A$340
19. 2023-03-12 | LYDIA BALBAL \- UNTITLED \- Acrylic on canvas | GFL Fine Art | A$2,200
20. 2022-12-13 | LYDIA BALBAL, PIKARONG, 2009 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$2,800
21. 2022-10-26 | LYDIA BALBAL \- UNTITLED \- Acrylic on canvas | GFL Fine Art | A$300
22. 2022-10-26 | LYDIA BALBAL \- UNTITLED \- Acrylic on canvas | GFL Fine Art | N/A
23. 2022-10-26 | LYDIA BALBAL \- UNTITLED \- Acrylic on canvas | GFL Fine Art | A$400
24. 2022-08-22 | LYDIA BALBAL \(born c.1958\) \(Yulparija Language Group\) Wingal 2008 synthetic polymer paint on linen | Leonard Joel | A$3,800

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