# Ray Crooke - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T23:20:09.629Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,485
- Lots with prices: 996
- First auction date: 2002-05-02
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-14
- Median realised price: $3,600
- Price range: $50 to $100,000

## Market Takeaway
Ray Crooke shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,485 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 79 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,300 and $8,000.
- 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: 19% (189 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 60.9% (607 sales)
- $10,000\+: 20.1% (200 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 79
- Previous 12 months sales: 80
- Recent 12 months median: $3,200
- Previous 12 months median: $3,750
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-14
- Days since latest sale: 66
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Lawsons: 349 lots
- Leonard Joel: 256 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 152 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 150 lots
- Menzies: 108 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 48 lots
- Christie's: 40 lots
- Bonhams: 28 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 27 lots
- Leski Auctions Pty Ltd: 27 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-14 | Ray Crooke \(Australian 1922\-2015\) "Dream Road" linocut signed lower right, | Amanda Addams Auctions | A$50
2. 2025-12-03 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) Still Life with Lemons and Limes | Bonhams | A$3,500
3. 2025-12-03 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) The Red Lap Lap | Bonhams | A$3,800
4. 2025-12-03 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) Islanders | Bonhams | A$2,200
5. 2025-12-03 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) Chasing Ducks, Thursday Island, c.1956 | Bonhams | A$4,200
6. 2025-12-02 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) Woman Reading | Bonhams | N/A
7. 2025-12-02 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) In the Garden | Bonhams | A$10,000
8. 2025-12-02 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) The Letter, c.1961 | Bonhams | A$35,000
9. 2025-12-02 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) Island Lunch | Bonhams | A$35,000
10. 2025-11-30 | RAY AUSTIN CROOKE \(1922 \- 2015\), \(The stockman and his horse\), oil on board, signed lower left "R Crooke'', 45 x 55cm; overall 65 x 75cm | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$1,600
11. 2025-11-28 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) Australia \- Man and Woman Under Shelter \- Mornington Island | Colville Auctions | N/A
12. 2025-11-25 | RAY CROOKE 1922\-2015 The Papuans 1960 oil on canvas on composition board 81 x 112.5 cm | Smith & Singer | N/A
13. 2025-11-19 | RAY CROOKE \(1922\-2015\), Two Figures 1959 | Gibson's | A$220
14. 2025-11-18 | RAY CROOKE \- CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE \- OIL ON BOARD | GFL Fine Art | A$3,200
15. 2025-11-18 | RAY CROOKE \- MIDDAY MEAL \- OIL ON BOARD | GFL Fine Art | A$9,500
16. 2025-11-18 | RAY CROOKE \- OUTBACK FAMILY C.1960 \- OIL ON BOARD | GFL Fine Art | N/A
17. 2025-11-18 | RAY CROOKE \- ISLANDERS \- OIL ON CANVAS | GFL Fine Art | A$8,000
18. 2025-11-13 | RAY CROOKE \(1922\-2015\) \(Cape York\) oil on canvas on board 35 x 45cm, 60 x 68cm | Leonard Joel | A$1,200
19. 2025-11-11 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) Australia \- \(Islander on Verhandah\) | Colville Auctions | A$4,000
20. 2025-11-11 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) Australia \- \(Islander with Frangipani\) | Colville Auctions | A$6,000
21. 2025-11-11 | Ray Crooke \(1922\-2015\) Australia \- \(Islander The Orange Skirt\) | Colville Auctions | A$14,000
22. 2025-11-11 | Ray Crooke \(122\-2015\) Australia \- Still Life with Batik | Colville Auctions | A$6,000
23. 2025-11-06 | RAY CROOKE \(1922\-2015\) Settlement at Chillagoe, Queensland oil on board 45 x 60cm, 59 x 74.5cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | A$2,400
24. 2025-11-06 | RAY CROOKE \(1922\-2015\) \(Cape York\) oil on canvas on board 35 x 45cm, 60 x 68cm | Leonard Joel | N/A

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