# Peter Upward - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T03:20:58.230Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 39
- Lots with prices: 27
- First auction date: 2002-05-02
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-20
- Median realised price: $1,200
- Price range: $100 to $270,000

## Market Takeaway
Peter Upward has 39 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. 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 \($1,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($220 to $8,000\) 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: 40.7% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 37% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 22.2% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $17,000
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-20
- Days since latest sale: 277
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 8 lots
- Lawsons: 7 lots
- Leonard Joel: 7 lots
- Bonhams: 5 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 2 lots
- Smith & Singer: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Cooee Art: 1 lots
- Leski Auctions Pty Ltd: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-08-20 | PETER UPWARD \(1932\-1983\), \(Untitled\) 1960 | Menzies | A$17,000
2. 2023-11-15 | Peter Upward \(Australian, 1932\-1983\) 'Leo with sun' | Bonhams | £8,000
3. 2023-08-23 | § PETER UPWARD 1932\-1983 Untitled 1961 synthetic polymer paint on board 98.5 x 101.5 cm | Smith & Singer | N/A
4. 2023-04-18 | Peter Upward \(1932\-1984\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$200
5. 2023-03-21 | Peter Upward \(1932\-1984\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2023-03-21 | PETER UPWARD \(1932\-1984\) Abstract 1959 oil on board | Leonard Joel | A$13,000
7. 2022-07-27 | PETER UPWARD, ORANGE ACCENT II, 1960 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$50,000
8. 2022-03-30 | Peter Upward \(1932\-1984\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | N/A
9. 2022-03-30 | Peter Upward \(1932\-1984\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | N/A
10. 2021-07-25 | Peter Upward \(Australian, 1932\-1984\), "Taurus with Venus" | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $7,500
11. 2021-06-24 | Peter Upward \- Trace | Cooee Art | A$4,800
12. 2020-11-29 | PETER UPWARD \(1932 \- 1984\), \(Nude\), pastel, signed and dated "1972" at centre base, 52 x 37cm. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$160
13. 2020-11-11 | PETER UPWARD, JANUARY SEVENTH, 1961 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-peter-upward-january-seventh-1961-6-c-6984685b06
14. 2019-11-26 | PETER UPWARD \(1932\-1984\) Abstract 1959 mixed media on card | Leonard Joel | A$13,000
15. 2019-09-11 | PETER UPWARD \(1932\-1984\) Monkey Savouring the Moment before Eating the Louse Found on the Barong 1974 screenprint 10/20 | Leonard Joel | A$220
16. 2018-05-16 | PETER UPWARD 1932\-1983 Crown Street Indigo 1960 oil and synthetic polymer paint on board 173 x 134 cm | Smith & Singer | A$270,000
17. 2018-05-14 | Peter Upward \(1932\-1984\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$6,600
18. 2018-04-19 | PETER UPWARD, PARTY COLOURS, LITHOGRAPH, EDITIONED, TITLED AND SIGNED BELOW IMAGE, 86 X 58 CM | Leonard Joel | A$550
19. 2017-08-29 | Peter Upward \(1932\-84\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$2,280
20. 2017-07-25 | Peter Upward \(1932\-1984\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$1,920
21. 2016-06-30 | PETER UPWARD, JUNGLE NEAR THE ELEPHANT CAVES, FROM THE SANDURA SUITE, COLOUR SCREENPRINT, 2/20, 89 X 62 CM, | Leonard Joel | A$200
22. 2016-06-23 | PETER UPWARD, BRONTE BEACH\- SYDNEY, WOODBLOCK 11/20, 87 X 62 CM | Leonard Joel | A$220
23. 2016-05-13 | Peter Upward \(1932 \- 1984\) \- Garuda Bird, 1974 89 x 62cm | Lawsons | N/A
24. 2015-05-14 | Peter Upward \(1932 \- 1984\) \- Reclining Nude 70.5 x 47cm | Lawsons | A$100

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