# Max Dupain - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T16:32:35.994Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 398
- Lots with prices: 257
- First auction date: 2002-08-27
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-22
- Median realised price: $2,400
- Price range: $20 to $65,000

## Market Takeaway
Max Dupain shows deep auction liquidity with 396 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-22.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,400\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,000 and $4,400.
- 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: 24.7% (63 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 63.9% (163 sales)
- $10,000\+: 11.4% (29 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 24
- Recent 12 months median: $4,800
- Previous 12 months median: $1,300
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-22
- Days since latest sale: 27
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 83 lots
- Menzies: 71 lots
- Lawsons: 69 lots
- Sotheby's: 25 lots
- Christie's: 23 lots
- Aalders Auctions: 20 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 20 lots
- Gibson's: 14 lots
- Sydney Rare Book Auctions: 13 lots
- Bay East Auctions: 11 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-26 | MAX DUPAIN, SUNBAKER, 1937, PRINTED LATER | Deutscher and Hackett | A$32,000
2. 2024-11-20 | MAX DUPAIN \(1911\-1992\), At Newport 1952; printed 1970s | Menzies | A$16,500
3. 2024-11-20 | MAX DUPAIN \(1911\-1992\), The Sunbaker 1937; printed 1980s | Menzies | A$26,000
4. 2026-01-22 | MAX DUPAIN, SUNBAKER 1937, | Leonard Joel | A$7,000
5. 2025-12-03 | MAX DUPAIN \(1911\-1992\) Sunbaker 1937 silver gelatin print printed c.1980s 36 x 45.5cm \(image\); 40.5 x 51cm \(sheet\); 44 x 53.5cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | A$7,500
6. 2025-12-03 | MAX DUPAIN \(1911\-1992\) Form at Bondi 1939 silver gelatin print printed c.1980s 38 x 38cm \(image\); 50.5 x 40.5cm \(sheet\); 65 x 53cm \(... | Leonard Joel | N/A
7. 2025-12-03 | MAX DUPAIN \(1911\-1992\) Rhythmic Form c.1935 silver gelatin print printed c.1980s 34 x 47.5cm \(image\); 40.5 x 50.5cm \(sheet\); 53 x 65... | Leonard Joel | A$3,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-max-dupain-1911-1992-rhythmic-form-c-1935-silver-gelatin-print-printed-c-1980s-34-x-47-5cm-image-40-5-x-50-5cm-sheet-53-x-65-117-c-f98f4fdb73
8. 2025-11-28 | Max Dupain \(1911\-92\) Australia \- The Sunbaker | Colville Auctions | A$6,000
9. 2025-10-14 | Max Dupain, Jean with wire mesh, 1938 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$12,000
10. 2025-10-14 | Max Dupain, Little nude, 1938 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$2,600
11. 2025-10-14 | Max Dupain, Moira in mirror, 1940 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$4,800
12. 2025-09-17 | Max Dupain, Nude, 1937 | Roseberys | £700
13. 2025-05-25 | MAXWELL SPENCER DUPAIN \(1911 \- 1992\), Moonlight, Circular Quay, circa 1947, original photograph, with Dupain's handstamp, Camera Press Ltd, London, and TV Times handstamps verso. image 22 x 29cm. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$650
14. 2025-04-16 | MAX DUPAIN \(1911\-1992\) Storm at Toowoon Bay 1951 silver gelatin print printed 1991 39.5 x 39cm \(image, reveal\); 58.5 x 58cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | A$2,000
15. 2025-02-11 | MAX DUPAIN \(1911\-1992\), Birth of Venus, 1930 \(later print\) | Gibson's | A$3,000
16. 2024-11-28 | Max Dupain, , gelatin silver print, 25x20 | Lawsons | N/A
17. 2024-11-28 | Max Dupain, , gelatin silver print, 25x20 | Lawsons | N/A
18. 2024-11-28 | Max Dupain, , gelatin silver print, 14x26 | Lawsons | N/A
19. 2024-11-28 | Max Dupain, , gelatin silver print, 22x25 | Lawsons | N/A
20. 2024-11-13 | MAX DUPAIN \(1911\-1992\) At Newport 1952 silver gelatin print, ed. 26/90 printed 2000 36 x 42.5cm \(image\); 62.5 x 66.5cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | A$3,200
21. 2024-11-09 | MAX DUPAIN \(AUSTRALIAN 1911\-1992\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $1,200
22. 2024-10-17 | Max Dupain, A house designed by architect Bruce Rickard at Wahroonga, 1965, gelatin silver print, 30x22 | Lawsons | A$550
23. 2024-10-17 | Max Dupain, Shipping Newspapers Ltd's building in North Sydney, 1963, gelatin silver print, 26x22 | Lawsons | A$500
24. 2024-10-17 | Max Dupain, Architect Sydney Ancher's house at Neutral Bay, 1958, gelatin silver print, 29x17 | Lawsons | A$500

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