# Michael Challen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T15:14:40.591Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 28
- Lots with prices: 26
- First auction date: 2016-11-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-11
- Median realised price: $6,000
- Price range: $550 to $48,000

## Market Takeaway
Michael Challen has 28 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 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 \($6,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,500 to $7,800\) 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: 3.8% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 76.9% (20 sales)
- $10,000\+: 19.2% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $6,200
- Previous 12 months median: $12,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-11
- Days since latest sale: 170
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- GFL Fine Art: 20 lots
- McKenzies Auctioneers: 8 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-11 | Michael Challen b.1957. | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$550
2. 2025-10-14 | MICHAEL CHALLEN 1957\-2011. | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$16,000
3. 2025-08-17 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- MOUTH OF MARGARET RIVER \- OIL ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | A$7,800
4. 2025-08-17 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- CHILDREN PLAYING BY THE CREEK \- OIL ON BOARD | GFL Fine Art | A$6,200
5. 2025-06-24 | Michael Challen b.1957. | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$7,000
6. 2025-06-24 | Michael Challen b.1957. | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$6,000
7. 2024-11-26 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- AUTUMN WILLOW \- OIL ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | A$12,000
8. 2024-08-18 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- INTO THE MULLA MULLA \- OIL ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | A$14,000
9. 2024-05-21 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- PATH THROUGH THE TUART TREES, SPEARWOOD \- OIL ON BOARD | GFL Fine Art | A$7,500
10. 2023-05-23 | MICHAEL CHALLEN 1957\-2011 | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$3,300
11. 2023-05-23 | MICHAEL CHALLEN 1957\-2011 | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$4,200
12. 2022-10-11 | Michael Challen 1957\-2011 | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$7,750
13. 2022-10-11 | Michael Challen 1957\-2011 | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$5,250
14. 2021-11-23 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- KIMBERLEY LANDSCAPE \- Oil on canvas | GFL Fine Art | A$5,500
15. 2021-11-23 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- FIRE ACROSS THE KIMBERLEY \- Oil on board | GFL Fine Art | A$9,000
16. 2021-11-23 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- THE ANCIENT RAMPARTS OF ORMISTON, ORMISTON GORGE, WESTERN MACDONNELL RANGES \- Oil on linen | GFL Fine Art | A$15,000
17. 2021-08-22 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- SERENITY KATHERINE GORGE | GFL Fine Art | A$48,000
18. 2021-08-22 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- CHILDREN FISHING ROTTNEST | GFL Fine Art | A$6,000
19. 2020-03-08 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- THE FITZROY RIVER, EAST KIMBERLY \- Oil on canvas board | GFL Fine Art | N/A
20. 2019-08-18 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- SUNSET \- LAKE PINK, ROTTNEST \- Oil on board | GFL Fine Art | A$2,200
21. 2019-08-18 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- CHILDREN FISHING, ROTTNEST \- Oil on board | GFL Fine Art | A$3,400
22. 2019-05-28 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- A PATH BETWEEN THE GUMS A LITTLE HILL AT SPEARWOOD \- Oil on board | GFL Fine Art | A$3,250
23. 2019-05-28 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- THE STREAM AT SUNRISE \- Oil on board | GFL Fine Art | A$1,300
24. 2018-11-27 | MICHAEL CHALLEN \- MOON RISING UPPER SWAN \- Oil on canvas | GFL Fine Art | A$3,500

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