# William Dobell - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T12:47:46.897Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 289
- Lots with prices: 185
- First auction date: 2002-11-25
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-01
- Median realised price: $3,681
- Price range: $20 to $816,000

## Market Takeaway
William Dobell shows deep auction liquidity with 287 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,681. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 30 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-01.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,681\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,054 and $15,000.
- 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: 23.2% (43 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 45.9% (85 sales)
- $10,000\+: 30.8% (57 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 30
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $3,600
- Previous 12 months median: $3,380
- Median shift: 6.5%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-01
- Days since latest sale: 79
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Leonard Joel: 60 lots
- Menzies: 46 lots
- Lawsons: 33 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 15 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 13 lots
- Smith & Singer: 12 lots
- Smalls Auctions: 10 lots
- Bonhams: 8 lots
- Christian McCann Auctions: 8 lots
- GFL Fine Art: 8 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-01 | William Dobell \(Australian, 1899\-1970\) STUDY FOR THE THATCHERS | Whyte's | N/A
2. 2025-11-27 | William Dobell \- James Gleeson | Lawsons | N/A
3. 2025-11-19 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\), Lake View, Wangi 1947 | Menzies | A$11,000
4. 2025-10-14 | William Dobell, Mother and child, 1948 | Deutscher and Hackett | N/A
5. 2025-09-24 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\) Study for the Matriarch c1967 oil on board 21.0 x 22.0 cm inscribed verso: Study/for the Matriarch/Sir William Dobell | Christian McCann Auctions | A$14,000
6. 2025-09-15 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\), Two Abstract Sketches | Gibson's | N/A
7. 2025-09-15 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\), William Dobell's painting smock accompanied by the artist's sketchbooks circa 1930s, ephemera and photographs | Gibson's | A$46,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-william-dobell-1899-1970-william-dobell-s-painting-smock-accompanied-by-the-artist-s-sketchbooks-circa-1930s-ephemera-and-photographs-15-c-0ee49b69e9
8. 2025-09-15 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\), Greetings for Xmas From Wangi Wangi | Gibson's | A$3,600
9. 2025-09-15 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\) Study for Tonia Blaxland c. 1941 oil on board 16.3 x 14cm \(32.5 x 30.5cm framed\) | Leonard Joel | A$24,000
10. 2025-09-06 | William Dobell \(1899\-1970\) | Barsby Auctions | A$1,100
11. 2025-08-27 | William Dobell, Young man sleeping, c.1936 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$420,000
12. 2025-08-26 | William Dobell \(1899\-1970\) Sketch of Lloyd Rees and Wakelin, 1950 | Bonhams | A$3,000
13. 2025-08-20 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\), Road to Banz \(New Guinea\) c1950 | Menzies | A$26,000
14. 2025-08-03 | WILLIAM DOBELL, 1899\-1970, At the Coast, watercolour, 18x30cm | Lawsons | N/A
15. 2025-08-03 | WILLIAM DOBELL, 1899\-1970, At the Coast, watercolour, 20x29cm | Lawsons | A$700
16. 2025-08-03 | WILLIAM DOBELL, 1899\-1970, At the Coast, watercolour, 20x33cm | Lawsons | N/A
17. 2025-06-24 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\) London 1932 pencil and chalk on paper 13 x 17cm | Leonard Joel | N/A
18. 2025-06-24 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\) Goroka Mudmen, New Guinea c.1955 oil on board 14.5 x 20cm | Leonard Joel | N/A
19. 2025-06-19 | William DOBELL \(1899–1970\) '"Ba" – \[…?\]lese waiter at the "Shim Sham" Club, Soho – 1936, by Bill Dobell' Pen and black ink and grey.. | Leonard Joel | A$1,300
20. 2025-06-03 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\) Lake Macquarie oil on board 13.5 x 22cm \(34 x 42cm framed\) | Leonard Joel | A$3,000
21. 2025-06-03 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\) The Market oil on board 12.5 x 22cm \(35 x 44cm framed\) | Leonard Joel | A$3,000
22. 2025-06-03 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\) Untitled oil on board 10 x 18cm \(23 x 31cm framed\) | Leonard Joel | A$1,300
23. 2025-06-03 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\) New Guinea Rope Bridge oil on masonite 14.5 x 27cm \(29 x 42cm framed\) | Leonard Joel | A$4,600
24. 2025-06-03 | WILLIAM DOBELL \(1899\-1970\) Study for Kanana oil on board 14 x 29cm \(30 x 45cm framed\) | Leonard Joel | A$4,200

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