# Matthew Flinders - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T05:45:12.314Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 19
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2005-09-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-07-20
- Median realised price: $340
- Price range: $50 to $20,400

## Market Takeaway
Matthew Flinders has 19 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $340. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($340\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $800\) 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: 80% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 6.7% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 13.3% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $120
- Previous 12 months median: $150
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-07-20
- Days since latest sale: 5
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Sydney Rare Book Auctions: 10 lots
- Leski Auctions Pty Ltd: 4 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Adam's: 1 lots
- Gibson's: 1 lots
- McKenzies Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-12-02 | Matthew Flinders 1806 | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-matthew-flinders-1806-37-c-ac74d4dbbc
2. 2026-07-20 | Matthew Flinders, Matthew Flinders' Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1946 | Gibson's | A$260 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-matthew-flinders-matthew-flinders-narrative-of-his-voyage-in-the-schooner-francis-1798-the-golden-cockerel-press-1946-278-c-d40b40fab0
3. 2026-04-12 | MATTHEW FLINDERS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-matthew-flinders-37-c-448c66da39
4. 2026-02-22 | MATTHEW FLINDERS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$120 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-matthew-flinders-43-c-0db17d2e0c
5. 2025-05-04 | MATTHEW FLINDERS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-matthew-flinders-374-c-bcd4ed7ace
6. 2025-02-02 | MATTHEW FLINDERS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-matthew-flinders-368-c-493496ba29
7. 2024-05-26 | MATTHEW FLINDERS \(1774 \- 1814\), "A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS : A voyage to Terra Australis undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Inves | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$340
8. 2024-05-26 | MATTHEW FLINDERS \(1774 \- 1814\), Chart of Terra Australis: by M. Flinders, Comm'r of H.M. SLOOP INVESTIGATOR, 1802 \-3., North Coast, Sheet II. \(Gulf of Carpentaria and surrounding islands\) copper engraving, 1814, 95 x 70cm \(image\); framed 117 x 91cm | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-matthew-flinders-1774-1814-chart-of-terra-australis-by-m-flinders-comm-r-of-h-m-sloop-investigator-1802-3-north-coast-sheet-ii-gulf-of-carpentaria-and-surrounding-islands-copper-engraving-1814-95-x-70cm-image-framed-117-x-91cm-880-c-2594e758ab
9. 2024-05-26 | MATTHEW FLINDERS \(1774 \- 1814\), Chart of Terra Australis: by M. Flinders, 1798\-9, South Coast, Sheet VI, \(with inset of approaches to Hobart Town\), copper engraving, 1814, 66 x 46cm \(image\); framed88 x 67cm \(overall\). From Flinders' A Voyage to Ter | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$1,800
10. 2024-05-26 | MATTHEW FLINDERS \(1774 \- 1814\), Timor and some neighbouring Islands: by M. Flinders, Commr. of H.M.S. Investigator 1803., copper engraving with attractive hand colouring, 48 x 63cm \(image\); framed 68 x 85cm \(overall\). From Flinders' A Voyage to Te | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$480 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-matthew-flinders-1774-1814-timor-and-some-neighbouring-islands-by-m-flinders-commr-of-h-m-s-investigator-1803-copper-engraving-with-attractive-hand-colouring-48-x-63cm-image-framed-68-x-85cm-overall-from-flinders-a-voyage-to-te-878-c-5a54e72b7c
11. 2023-09-15 | Matthew Flinders | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$180 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-matthew-flinders-97-c-e6d41a6b00
12. 2023-07-14 | Matthew Flinders | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | N/A
13. 2023-04-24 | Matthew Flinders | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$225
14. 2023-01-16 | Matthew Flinders | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$110
15. 2022-12-02 | Matthew Flinders 1814 | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$650
16. 2022-08-10 | Matthew Flinders : Navigator and Chart Maker & | McKenzies Auctioneers | N/A
17. 2020-10-13 | MATTHEW FLINDERS \(BRITISH 1774 \- 1814\) A Voyage to Terra Australis, showing the parts explored between 1798 and 1803 by M. Flinders Comm of H.M.S Investigator, bound volume of charts, coastal observations and floral studies Terra Australis Incogni | Adam's | €16,500
18. 2006-09-27 | MATTHEW FLINDERS \(1774\-1814\) | Christie's | £20,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-matthew-flinders-1774-1814-30-c-zag7d791ga
19. 2005-09-21 | MATTHEW FLINDERS \(1774\-1814\) | Christie's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-matthew-flinders-1774-1814-59-c-jzq5ui1xo1

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