# May Gibbs - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T06:36:51.559Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 20
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2018-02-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-20
- Median realised price: $130
- Price range: $20 to $32,000

## Market Takeaway
May Gibbs has 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $130. 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 \($130\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($60 to $360\) 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: 82.4% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 11.8% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5.9% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $20
- Previous 12 months median: $50
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-20
- Days since latest sale: 161
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Sydney Rare Book Auctions: 14 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Accademia Fine Art: 1 lots
- Lawsons: 1 lots
- Leski Auctions Pty Ltd: 1 lots
- McKenzies Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-20 | May Gibbs: Fairytale | Lawsons | A$20
2. 2025-02-27 | MAY GIBBS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | N/A
3. 2024-05-05 | MAY GIBBS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$130
4. 2024-05-05 | MAY GIBBS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$50
5. 2023-11-29 | CECILIA MAY GIBBS 1877\-1969 | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$2,200
6. 2023-10-06 | May Gibbs | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | N/A
7. 2023-07-13 | CECILIA MAY GIBBS \(1877\-1969\) | Accademia Fine Art | €60
8. 2023-04-10 | May Gibbs | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$130
9. 2022-12-16 | May Gibbs | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | N/A
10. 2022-11-04 | MAY GIBBS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$200
11. 2022-09-16 | MAY GIBBS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$120
12. 2022-06-24 | May Gibbs | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$40
13. 2022-05-20 | MAY GIBBS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$30
14. 2022-03-04 | MAY GIBBS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$160
15. 2021-08-24 | May Gibbs \(1877\-1969\) Chrysanthemums, 1894 | Bonhams | A$32,000
16. 2021-08-24 | May Gibbs \(1877\-1969\) Almond Blossoms, 1892 | Bonhams | A$6,000
17. 2021-02-13 | MAY GIBBS | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$100
18. 2019-12-14 | May Gibbs Poster | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$800
19. 2019-11-24 | May GIBBS \(1877 \- 1969\) Hullo! Sporty Boy! Three letterpress calendar cards | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$360
20. 2018-02-17 | May Gibbs | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$170

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