# Margaret Preston - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T16:53:43.942Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 389
- Lots with prices: 307
- First auction date: 2005-11-28
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-26
- Median realised price: $425
- Price range: $10 to $500,000

## Market Takeaway
Margaret Preston shows deep auction liquidity with 388 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $420. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 17 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-26.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($420\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $200 and $15,000.
- 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: 57.8% (177 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 10.1% (31 sales)
- $10,000\+: 32% (98 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 17
- Previous 12 months sales: 38
- Recent 12 months median: $475
- Previous 12 months median: $300
- Median shift: 58.3%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-26
- Days since latest sale: 84
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Lawsons: 94 lots
- Pottle Auctions: 48 lots
- Sydney Rare Book Auctions: 36 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 33 lots
- Menzies: 30 lots
- Ozbid Auctions: 27 lots
- Leonard Joel: 22 lots
- Bonhams: 17 lots
- Smith & Singer: 16 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 13 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-03 | Margaret Preston \(1875\-1963\) Lorikeets, 1925 | Bonhams | A$11,000
2. 2024-11-26 | MARGARET PRESTON, PINEAPPLE PALM, 1925 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$120,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-margaret-preston-pineapple-palm-1925-12-c-a084883a70
3. 2024-08-28 | MARGARET PRESTON, GUM BLOSSOM, 1928 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$60,000
4. 2024-04-24 | MARGARET PRESTON, ANEMONES, 1916 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$500,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-margaret-preston-anemones-1916-12-c-a544b64984
5. 2023-09-18 | MARGARET PRESTON \(1875\-1963\) Mosman Bridge c.1927 hand\-coloured woodcut 25 x 18.5cm | Leonard Joel | A$15,000
6. 2023-07-19 | MARGARET PRESTON \(1875\-1963\) Flowers in Jug c.1929 hand\-coloured woodcut, ed. of 125 28 x 20.5cm \(image\); 31.5 x 25cm \(sheet\) | Leonard Joel | A$16,000
7. 2022-07-27 | MARGARET PRESTON, COASTAL GUMS, also known as AUSTRALIAN GUM BLOSSOM, 1929 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$500,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-margaret-preston-coastal-gums-also-known-as-australian-gum-blossom-1929-21-c-e614cfea32
8. 2021-11-10 | MARGARET PRESTON, AUSTRALIAN GUM BLOSSOMS, 1928 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$41,000
9. 2025-11-26 | Margaret Preston, Native flowers, 1949 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
10. 2025-11-26 | Margaret Preston, River Murray, near Wilcannia, 1946 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
11. 2025-11-26 | Margaret Preston, Sturt's desert pea, 1925 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$30,000
12. 2025-11-19 | MARGARET PRESTON \(1875\-1963\), Flowers in Jug c1929 | Menzies | A$10,000
13. 2025-10-16 | Margaret Preston | Lawsons | A$70
14. 2025-09-28 | Margaret Preston print with gourd & elephant stand | Lugosi Auctioneers & Valuers | A$50
15. 2025-09-22 | MARGARET PRESTON \(1875\-1963\) Sturt's Desert Pea 1925 hand\-coloured woodcut 18.5 x 24.5cm | Leonard Joel | A$15,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-margaret-preston-1875-1963-sturt-s-desert-pea-1925-hand-coloured-woodcut-18-5-x-24-5cm-27-c-7204445a42
16. 2025-08-07 | MARGARET PRESTON, "Indigenous Design", Decorative print, plate art in Australia 1925., Image: 10cm x 15cm Frame: 31cm x 55cm | Ozbid Auctions | A$100
17. 2025-08-07 | MARGARET PRESTON, "Indigenous Design", Decorative print plate Art in Australia 1925., Image: 18cm x 15cm Frame: 36cm x 32cm | Ozbid Auctions | A$100
18. 2025-07-15 | MARGARET PRESTON, Sydney Bridge, c.1932, decorative print after original, frame size 28cm x 30cm | Lawsons | A$475
19. 2025-07-03 | Margaret Preston \- AGNSW | Lawsons | A$80
20. 2025-06-18 | MARGARET PRESTON \(1875\-1963\), Beach Scene, Balmoral 1929 | Menzies | N/A
21. 2025-06-18 | MARGARET PRESTON \(1875\-1963\), Emus c1923 | Menzies | A$10,000
22. 2025-05-06 | Margaret Preston \(1875\-1963\) Elsie Falls, Northern Territory | Bonhams | A$9,000
23. 2025-04-09 | MARGARET PRESTON \(1875 \- 1963\)Overlooking Sydney Heads decorative print after the original20 x 19 cm. \(7.8 x 7.4 in.\), Frame: 44 x 33 x 2 cm. \(17.3 x 12.9 x 0.7 in.\) | Lawsons | A$200
24. 2025-04-09 | MARGARET PRESTON \(1875\-1963\), Hibiscus 1925 | Menzies | A$17,000

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