# Michael Kempson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T09:51:26.898Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 17
- First auction date: 2010-06-21
- Latest auction date: 2024-02-14
- Median realised price: $80
- Price range: $10 to $240

## Market Takeaway
Michael Kempson has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $80. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($80\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($60 to $180\) 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: 100% (17 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2024-02-14
- Days since latest sale: 806
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Lawsons: 15 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- Leonard Joel: 2 lots
- Raffan Kelaher & Thomas: 2 lots
- Ozbid Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-02-14 | MICHAEL KEMPSON \(1961 \- \) \- Banksia Spiral, 1998 etching and aquatint, ed. 43/80 63 x 50 cm \(frame: 108 x 94 x 3 cm\) | Lawsons | A$60
2. 2024-01-31 | MICHAEL KEMPSON \(1961 \- \) \- Banksia Spiral, 1998 etching and aquatint, ed. 43/80 63 x 50 cm \(frame: 108 x 94 x 3 cm\) | Lawsons | A$10
3. 2019-12-15 | MICHAEL KEMPSON "Persistence" | Ozbid Auctions | A$175
4. 2019-12-01 | Michael Kempson \(b.1961\) Absense of Stellar Paralax? 1987 Colour etching/aquatint ed. 2/30 | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$60
5. 2019-09-29 | Michael Kempson \(b.1961\) Grave & Gravity 1990 Etching/aquatint ed. 7/15 | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$45
6. 2019-08-08 | Michael Kempson \(1961 \- \) \- 'Red Rose, 1998' etching, ed. 3/5, 47 x 47cm, signed and dated lower right \- | Lawsons | A$80
7. 2019-08-01 | Michael Kempson \(1961 \- \) \- 'Red Rose, 1998' etching, ed. 3/5, 47 x 47cm, signed and dated lower right \- | Lawsons | N/A
8. 2019-07-25 | Michael Kempson \(1961 \- \) \- Red Rose, 1998 47 x 47cm | Lawsons | N/A
9. 2018-11-22 | Michael Kempson \(1961 \- \) \- Rose, 1998 d. 37.5cm | Lawsons | A$80
10. 2016-05-13 | Michael Kempson \(1961\- \) \- Freestanding Figure 39 x 50cm | Lawsons | N/A
11. 2015-04-09 | Michael Kempson \(1961\- \) \- Freestanding Figure 39 x 50cm | Lawsons | N/A
12. 2015-04-09 | Michael Kempson \(1961\- \) \- Out of the Blue 39 x 50cm | Lawsons | A$160
13. 2015-03-13 | Michael Kempson, "Freestanding Figure", etching printers proof, signed and dated '85 lower right, 39 x 50. | Lawsons | N/A
14. 2015-03-13 | Michael Kempson, "Out Of The Blue", etching printers proof, signed and dated '85 lower right, 39 x 50. | Lawsons | N/A
15. 2014-03-13 | Michael Kempson \- 'Marini Compostion' 50 x 50cm unframed | Lawsons | A$30
16. 2014-01-16 | Michael Kempson \(1961 \-\) \- The Tree of Souls 50 x 38.5cm | Lawsons | A$80
17. 2013-12-05 | Michael Kempson \(1961 \-\) \- Colonial Architecture in an Ancient Land 17.5 x 12cm each | Lawsons | A$180
18. 2013-08-18 | Michael Kempson \(b.1961\) Mid\-Afternoon Facade 1984 Colour etching ed. A/P | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$12
19. 2013-04-07 | Michael Kempson \(b.1961\) The Watcher 1987 Colour etching/aquatint ed.3/30 | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | A$183
20. 2011-03-27 | Michael Kempson \(born 1961\) Golgotha 1991 etching | Leonard Joel | A$180
21. 2011-03-27 | Michael Kempson \(born 1961\) Dreaming 2000 etching | Leonard Joel | N/A
22. 2011-01-28 | MICHAEL KEMPSON \- The Tree 47 x 74cm | Lawsons | A$240
23. 2010-06-21 | Michael Kempson \(b.1961\) The Classic Literati of Windswept Style 1990 | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$240
24. 2010-06-21 | Michael Kempson \(b.1961\) Sandstone Facade on Bondi 1984 | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$130

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