# Ralph Balson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T17:35:11.776Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 51
- Lots with prices: 31
- First auction date: 2002-05-02
- Latest auction date: 2025-08-19
- Median realised price: $20,315
- Price range: $3,500 to $360,000

## Market Takeaway
Ralph Balson has 51 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $20,315. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($20,315\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($9,000 to $40,000\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 32.3% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 67.7% (21 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $30,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-08-19
- Days since latest sale: 255
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 9 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 7 lots
- Smith & Singer: 7 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Leonard Joel: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Lawsons: 4 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 3 lots
- Menzies: 3 lots
- Deutscher Menzies: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-26 | RALPH BALSON, CONSTRUCTIVE PAINTING, C.1942 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$65,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ralph-balson-constructive-painting-c-1942-2-c-9064c6e8c6
2. 2025-08-19 | RALPH BALSON 1890\-1964 Constructive Painting 1948 oil on composition board 74 x 100 cm | Smith & Singer | N/A
3. 2025-06-10 | RALPH BALSON, MATTER PAINTING, 1961 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
4. 2024-08-28 | RALPH BALSON, NON\-OBJECTIVE PAINTING, 1964 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$26,000
5. 2024-08-28 | RALPH BALSON, NON\-OBJECTIVE PAINTING, 1956 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$30,000
6. 2024-06-26 | Ralph Balson, Australian 1890\-1964, Constructive Painting\- 1946, oil on board, 91.3cm high, 106cm wide | Artvisory | N/A
7. 2023-10-24 | RALPH BALSON \(1890\-1964\) Matter Painting 1960 enamel on composition board 55.5 x 61cm | Leonard Joel | N/A
8. 2023-09-20 | Ralph Balson \(1890\-1964\) Matter Painting, 1960 | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$16,000
9. 2023-05-23 | Ralph Balson \(1890\-1964\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | N/A
10. 2023-05-02 | RALPH BALSON 1890\-1964 Constructive Painting 1954 oil on composition board | Smith & Singer | A$360,000
11. 2023-03-29 | RALPH BALSON \(1890\-1964\), Matter Painting 1960 | Menzies | A$8,000
12. 2022-11-22 | Ralph Balson \(1890\-1964\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$7,500
13. 2022-08-23 | Ralph Balson \(1890\-1964\) Constructive Painting, c.1940 | Bonhams | N/A
14. 2022-05-24 | RALPH BALSON \- NON OBJECTIVE LANDSCAPE WITH LANDSCAPE VERSO \- Oil on board | GFL Fine Art | N/A
15. 2022-05-17 | RALPH BALSON, UNTITLED, 1951 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$11,000
16. 2022-02-22 | RALPH BALSON, NON\-OBJECTIVE PAINTING, 1958 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
17. 2021-11-16 | § RALPH BALSON 1890\-1964 Painting No. 13 1941 oil on cardboard | Smith & Singer | A$350,000
18. 2021-11-16 | RALPH BALSON 1890\-1964 Matter Painting 1960 enamel on composition board | Smith & Singer | A$12,000
19. 2021-08-24 | Ralph Balson \(1890\-1964\) Matter Painting, c.1961 | Bonhams | A$9,000
20. 2021-03-30 | RALPH BALSON, MATTER PAINTING, c.1961 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
21. 2020-09-08 | Ralph Balson \(1890\-1964\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$33,600
22. 2020-07-07 | Ralph Balson \(1890\-1964\) Matter Painting, c.1958 | Bonhams | A$40,000
23. 2020-06-10 | Ralph Balson \(1890\-1964\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$9,000
24. 2019-03-28 | RALPH BALSON \(1890\-1964\), Matter Painting c1960 | Menzies | N/A

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