# Will Longstaff - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T00:28:10.708Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 36
- Lots with prices: 22
- First auction date: 2008-02-26
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-05
- Median realised price: $260
- Price range: $10 to $4,320

## Market Takeaway
Will Longstaff shows developing auction liquidity with 36 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $260. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-07-05.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($260\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $110 and $1,100.
- 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: 72.7% (16 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 27.3% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $1,100
- Previous 12 months median: $950
- Median shift: 15.8%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-05
- Days since latest sale: 228
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Lawsons: 5 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- Leonard Joel: 4 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 2 lots
- Gibson's: 2 lots
- Moorabool Auctions: 2 lots
- Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Barsby Auctions: 1 lots
- Casa d'Aste Babuino: 1 lots
- Christian McCann Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-05 | Will Longstaff \(1879\-1953\) 'Encampment on a Cliff', large oil early 20th c. | Moorabool Auctions | A$1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-will-longstaff-1879-1953-encampment-on-a-cliff-large-oil-early-20th-c-268-c-a8445e0b61
2. 2025-04-05 | Will Longstaff \(1879\-1953\) 'Encampment on a Cliff', large oil early 20th c. | Moorabool Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-will-longstaff-1879-1953-encampment-on-a-cliff-large-oil-early-20th-c-143-c-b0947d0b94
3. 2025-06-01 | WILL LONGSTAFF, 1879\-1953, Beach Scene, oil on board, 29x47cm | Lawsons | N/A
4. 2025-04-06 | WILL LONGSTAFF, 1879\-1953, Beach Scene, oil on board, 29x47cm | Lawsons | N/A
5. 2024-12-01 | WILL LONGSTAFF "THE JETTY\-SORRENTO" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$3,700
6. 2024-11-27 | William Frederick Longstaff,  Arundal  | Roseberys | N/A
7. 2024-09-08 | WILL LONGSTAFF, 1879\-1953, Walking the Pier, oil on board, 29x47cm | Lawsons | N/A
8. 2024-06-02 | WILL LONGSTAFF \(1879\-1953\) "STILL LIFE IN SILVER VASE" | Phillip Caldwell Auctioneers | A$950
9. 2024-01-21 | William Frederick Longstaff \(1879 \- 1953\). Still Life Geraniums. Oil On Canvas. 48 x 59 Cm. Signed Lower Right. | Christian McCann Auctions | A$2,600
10. 2023-10-08 | William Frederick Longstaff \(1879 \- 1953\) still life Geraniums, oil on canvas, 48cm x 59cm, Signed Lower Right | Woodlands Auctions | N/A
11. 2022-05-04 | WILLIAM FREDERICK LONGSTAFF \(1879\-1953\) Gathering Hay 1909 | Gibson's | N/A
12. 2021-12-06 | WILLIAM FREDERICK LONGSTAFF \(1879\-1953\) Gathering Hay 1909 | Gibson's | N/A
13. 2021-11-10 | OIL PAINTING BY WILLIAM FREDERICK LONGSTAFF | Casa d'Aste Babuino | €260
14. 2021-08-08 | Will Longstaff \( 1879\-1953\) River Scene | Kim's Auction | A$1,600
15. 2021-05-19 | Will Longstaff \(1879\-1953\) Australian, A pond in a valley, oil on canvas, signed, 20" x 24". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £75
16. 2021-03-30 | William Frederick Longstaff \(1879\-1953\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$4,320
17. 2020-07-23 | William Frederick Longstaff \(Australian, 1879\-1953 | Ewbank's | £110
18. 2020-03-17 | WILL LONGSTAFF \(1879\-1953\) The Cenotaph London watercolour on paper | Leonard Joel | A$3,000
19. 2019-05-29 | William Frederick Longstaff \(1879\-1953\) Australian. Arundel Cathedral and Castle from the River, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 28" x 36". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £650
20. 2019-02-16 | WILL LONGSTAFF \(1979\-1953\) British \(AR\) Still Life of Flowers in a Silver P | Rowley Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers | £160
21. 2019-01-30 | William Frederick Longstaff \(1879\-1953\) Australian/British. A Middle Eastern Scene with Figures and Camels, Watercolour, Signed twice, 20.5" x 28.5". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £100
22. 2018-03-28 | William Frederick Longstaff \(1879\-1953\) British. Pyramids by Moonlight, Mixed Media, Signed in Pencil, 20.25" x 28". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £90
23. 2018-01-25 | WILL LONGSTAFF, GOODWOOD, OIL ON BOARD, 34 X 45CM | Leonard Joel | A$100
24. 2018-01-18 | WILL LONGSTAFF, GOODWOOD, OIL ON BOARD, 34 X 45CM | Leonard Joel | N/A

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