# Sydney Ball - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T13:41:38.485Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 132
- Lots with prices: 69
- First auction date: 2003-05-06
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-16
- Median realised price: $800
- Price range: $122 to $54,000

## Market Takeaway
Sydney Ball shows solid auction liquidity with 132 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($800\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $600 and $2,400.
- 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: 59.4% (41 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 27.5% (19 sales)
- $10,000\+: 13% (9 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 19
- Recent 12 months median: $500
- Previous 12 months median: $650
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-16
- Days since latest sale: 125
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 39 lots
- Lawsons: 24 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 15 lots
- Bargain Hunt Auctions: 10 lots
- Ozbid Auctions: 10 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 8 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- McKenzies Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Vickers & Hoad: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-16 | SYDNEY BALL, BOSWELL FIELD 1974, | Leonard Joel | A$420
2. 2025-08-12 | Sydney Ball 1933\-2017. | McKenzies Auctioneers | N/A
3. 2025-06-25 | Sydney Ball, Chromix Lumina \#5 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $5,500
4. 2025-06-08 | \[ARTISTS BOOK\] Choi Kyu\-Il; Sydney Ball: Traces | The Book Merchant Jenkins | N/A
5. 2025-05-25 | SYDNEY BALL \(1933\-2017\), “Lupercal” silkscreen, 13/25, signed lower right "Sydney Ball, '74", 61 x 77cm, 81 x 102cm | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$500
6. 2025-04-23 | SYDNEY BALL \(AUSTRALIAN 1933\-2017\) 'Levans Wall' Abstract, mixed media and oil on paper, signed an | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
7. 2025-04-23 | SYDNEY BALL \(AUSTRALIAN 1933\-2017\) 'Scimion Wall' Abstract limited edition colour print, blindstam | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
8. 2025-04-16 | SYDNEY BALL \(1933\-2017\) Canto No XIX 2003 screenprint, ed. 25/30 49 x 57cm \(image\); 72 x 80cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | A$700
9. 2025-04-16 | SYDNEY BALL \(1933\-2017\) Canto No XVII 2003 screenprint, ed. P/P 49 x 57cm \(image\); 72 x 80cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | N/A
10. 2025-04-16 | SYDNEY BALL \(1933\-2017\) Canto No XVIII 2003 screenprint, ed. P/P 49 x 57cm \(image\); 72 x 80cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | N/A
11. 2025-03-19 | SYDNEY BALL \(AUSTRALIAN 1933\-2017\) 'Levans Wall' Abstract, mixed media and oil on paper, signed an | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
12. 2025-03-19 | SYDNEY BALL \(AUSTRALIAN 1933\-2017\) 'Scimion Wall' Abstract limited edition colour print, blindstam | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
13. 2025-03-18 | SYDNEY BALL \(1933\-2017\), Sews, screenprint, 1/20, signed and titled in the lower margin, 57 x 77cm, 83 x 101cm overall | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | N/A
14. 2025-03-05 | \[ARTISTS BOOK\] Choi Kyu\-Il; Sydney Ball: Traces | The Book Merchant Jenkins | N/A
15. 2025-01-19 | Sydney Ball \(29 October 1933 – 5 March 2017\) Australian, title Flowers of the rock ?, oil on Arches paper, on Masonite, signed lower right, see label verso. Purchased from Macquarie Galleries, approx 120cm W x 80cm H | Vickers & Hoad | N/A
16. 2024-11-17 | Sydney Ball \(29 October 1933 – 5 March 2017\) Australian, title Flowers of the rock ?, oil on Arches paper, on Masonite, signed lower right, see label verso. Purchased from Macquarie Galleries, approx 120cm W x 80cm H | Vickers & Hoad | N/A
17. 2024-11-13 | SYDNEY BALL \(1933\-2017\) Canto No. V 1966 screenprint, ed. 5/22 50 x 38.5cm \(image\); 74.5 x 61.5cm \(frame\) | Leonard Joel | A$2,000
18. 2024-10-16 | SYDNEY BALL \- CORDONA SPRING \- SCREENPRINT | GFL Fine Art | A$400
19. 2024-09-22 | Sydney Ball \(29 October 1933 – 5 March 2017\) Australian, title Flowers of the rock ?, oil on archers paper, on Masonite, signed lower right, see label verso. Purchased from Macquarie Galleries, approx 120cm W x 80cm H | Vickers & Hoad | N/A
20. 2024-09-11 | SYDNEY BALL \(1933 \- 2017\) Canto no. XI screenprint on Arches paper, edition of 30 \(unframed\) 68 x 68 cm \(sheet: 77 x 77 cm\) signed l... | Lawsons | N/A
21. 2024-08-21 | SYDNEY BALL \(1933 \- 2017\), Canto No XVII, screenprint on Arches paper, ed. 27/30,, 49 x 57 cm \(frame: 75 x 94 x 4 cm\), signed lower right; printed by Marnling Press, Sydney | Lawsons | A$800
22. 2024-08-07 | SYDNEY BALL \(1933 \- 2017\) Canto no. XI screenprint on Arches paper, edition of 30 \(unframed\) 68 x 68 cm \(sheet: 77 x 77 cm\) signed l... | Lawsons | N/A
23. 2024-07-30 | Sydney Ball 1933\-2017 | McKenzies Auctioneers | N/A
24. 2024-07-14 | SYDNEY BALL \(1933 \- 2017\) Canto No XI screenprint on Arches paper, ed. P/P 68 x 68 cm \(frame: 97 x 97 x 3 cm\) signed lower right | Lawsons | A$700

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