# Michael McCarthy - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T10:03:12.443Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 94
- Lots with prices: 79
- First auction date: 2009-11-22
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-31
- Median realised price: $220
- Price range: $50 to $1,500

## Market Takeaway
Michael McCarthy shows solid auction liquidity with 94 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $220. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-07-31.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($220\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $140 and $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: 96.2% (76 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 3.8% (3 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $180
- Previous 12 months median: $175
- Median shift: 2.9%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-31
- Days since latest sale: 202
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Lawsons: 34 lots
- Gibson's: 17 lots
- Leonard Joel: 12 lots
- Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers: 3 lots
- Bargain Hunt Auctions: 2 lots
- Bay East Auctions: 2 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 2 lots
- Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals: 2 lots
- Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Aalders Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-31 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY, LAKE LANDSCAPE, | Leonard Joel | A$400
2. 2025-06-26 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY, AYERS ROCK, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, | Leonard Joel | A$80
3. 2025-06-23 | MICHAEL McCARTHY \(BORN 1940\), Roadside Gums, Wee Jasper Country | Gibson's | A$180
4. 2025-06-18 | Michael McCarthy \(Ireland, Australia, born 1940\), | Aalders Auctions | A$260 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-michael-mccarthy-ireland-australia-born-1940-1137-c-a9847c799c
5. 2025-05-29 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY, AYERS ROCK, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, | Leonard Joel | N/A
6. 2025-04-17 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY, AYERS ROCK, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, | Leonard Joel | N/A
7. 2025-03-18 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY \(BORN 1940\), Summer Sky, Donegal, Ireland 1997 | Gibson's | A$140
8. 2025-02-16 | Michael McCarthy Ireland/Australia 1940\-\) "Loch Ma… | Amanda Addams Auctions | A$50
9. 2024-10-06 | MICHAEL McCARTHY "FIGURES IN LANDSCAPE" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$325
10. 2024-07-21 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY \(BORN 1940\), Yea Homestead, Victoria 1979 | Gibson's | A$160
11. 2024-07-21 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY \(BORN 1940\), Summer at Jindabyne 1988 | Gibson's | N/A
12. 2024-04-21 | Michael McCarthy \- Stone Table | Barton's Auction | $700
13. 2024-03-23 | Michael McCarthy Painting | Tuckerbox Auctions | A$120
14. 2024-02-28 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY \- SIDE TABLE | Capsule Gallery Auction | $175
15. 2024-02-28 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY \- COFFEE TABLE | Capsule Gallery Auction | $650
16. 2023-08-26 | Michael McCarthy, "Evening at Half Dome" | Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC | $1,000
17. 2023-07-27 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY, MORNING DRAMA 1984, OIL ON CANVASBOARD, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 29 X 59.5CM, FRAME SIZE: 46 X 77CM | Leonard Joel | N/A
18. 2023-06-28 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY \(BORN 1940\), The Gentle Maarm Turks, Connemara, Ireland 1983 | Gibson's | A$200
19. 2023-06-28 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY \(BORN 1940\), Yea Homestead, Victoria 1979 | Gibson's | N/A
20. 2023-06-28 | MICHAEL MCCARTHY \(BORN 1940\), The Tumut Road | Gibson's | A$200
21. 2023-05-28 | MICHAEL McCARTHY \(1940 \- \), \(untitled river scene landscape\), oil on board, signed lower right "Michael McCarthy, 1988", 65 x 95cm, 84 x 115cm overall | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$340
22. 2023-04-18 | Michael McCarthy \(1940\) "Light \- Middle Lake Killarney," 41cms x 51cms \(16 | Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers | €660
23. 2023-02-20 | Michael McCarthy \(born 1940\) Summer Granite Flat Northern Victoria oil on board signed lower left, titled and dated 1984 to verso | Artvisory | A$220
24. 2022-11-27 | Michael McCarthy “Distant You\-Yangs” Oil | Kerleys Auctions | A$600

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