# Tjunkiya Napaltjarri - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T07:48:02.042Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 67
- Lots with prices: 37
- First auction date: 2004-10-12
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-03
- Median realised price: $800
- Price range: $150 to $20,000

## Market Takeaway
Tjunkiya Napaltjarri has 67 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $800. 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 \($800\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($380 to $2,400\) 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: 51.4% (19 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 45.9% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.7% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $700
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-03
- Days since latest sale: 147
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 41 lots
- Lawsons: 7 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 2 lots
- Gibson's: 2 lots
- Millon & Associes: 2 lots
- Bay East Auctions: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-03 | Tjunkiya Napaltjarri \(1928\-2009\) Untitled, 1999 | Bonhams | A$700
2. 2025-07-24 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(1927\-2009\) \(Language group: Pintupi\) Untitled 2001 synthetic polymer paint on linen 120.5 x 138cm \(artwork\), 1... | Leonard Joel | A$4,800
3. 2024-03-19 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(1928\-2009\) \(Language group: Pintupi\) Two Women at Munni Munni 2000 synthetic polymer paint on linen 122 x 91.5cm | Leonard Joel | A$2,200
4. 2024-03-19 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(1928\-2009\) \(Language group: Pintupi\) Untitled 1999 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 46 x 167cm | Leonard Joel | A$3,000
5. 2023-12-14 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI, UNTITLED, SYNTHETIC POLYMER PAINT ON CANVAS, INSCRIBED VERSO WITH ARTIST'S NAME AND PAPUNYA TULA CAT. NO. TN 9.. | Leonard Joel | A$1,400
6. 2023-12-07 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(1928\-2009\) \(Language group: Pintupi\) Untitled 2007 synthetic polymer paint on linen 91.5 x 61cm | Leonard Joel | A$1,000
7. 2023-11-21 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(1928\-2009\) \(Language group: Pintupi\) Untitled 2007 synthetic polymer paint on linen 91.5 x 61cm | Leonard Joel | N/A
8. 2023-09-28 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(c.1930\-2009\) \(Language group: Pintupi\) Untitled 2005 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 91 x 91cm | Leonard Joel | A$1,600
9. 2023-09-05 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI, PINTUPI, 2007 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
10. 2023-08-28 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(c.1930\-2009\) \(Language group: Pintupi\) Untitled 2005 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 122 x 107cm | Leonard Joel | N/A
11. 2023-08-28 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(c.1930\-2009\) \(Language group: Pintupi\) Untitled 2005 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 91 x 91cm | Leonard Joel | N/A
12. 2023-06-28 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(1927\-2009\), Untitled 1996 | Gibson's | A$800
13. 2023-05-08 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(1927\-2009\), Umari 2002 | Gibson's | A$2,800
14. 2023-03-22 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI, WOMEN AT THE ROCKHOLE SITE OF UMARI, 2004 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$20,000
15. 2021-11-23 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(1928\-2009\) Untitled \(Rockholes\) 2003 synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen | Leonard Joel | A$2,400
16. 2021-02-24 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(1928\-2009, Pintupi Language Group\) Untitled 2003 synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Leonard Joel | N/A
17. 2021-02-24 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI \(1928\-2009, Pintupi Language Group\) Untitled 2002 synthetic polymer paint on linen | Leonard Joel | A$2,800
18. 2019-11-21 | Tjunkiya Napaltjarri \(1928 \- 2009\) \- Rockholes 107 x 28cm | Lawsons | N/A
19. 2019-08-22 | Tjunkiya Napaltjarri \(1928 \- 2009\) \- Rockholes in Sandhills 61 x 55cm \(stretched and ready to hang\) | Lawsons | N/A
20. 2019-07-18 | Tjunkiya Napaltjarri \(1928 \- 2009\) \- Rockholes 107 x 28cm | Lawsons | N/A
21. 2019-07-18 | Tjunkiya Napaltjarri \(1928 \- 2009\) \- Rockholes in Sandhills 61 x 55cm \(stretched and ready to hang\) | Lawsons | N/A
22. 2019-03-07 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI, UNTITLED, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 28 X 105CM, INSCRIBED VERSO WITH ARTISTS CAT NUMBER TN0107041 | Leonard Joel | N/A
23. 2019-02-21 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI, UNTITLED, SYNTHETIC POLYMER PAINT ON LINEN, 45 X 60CM, | Leonard Joel | A$280
24. 2019-02-14 | TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI, UNTITLED, SYNTHETIC POLYMER PAINT ON LINEN, 45 X 60CM, | Leonard Joel | N/A

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