# Yirawala - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T10:01:55.427Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 26
- Lots with prices: 18
- First auction date: 2008-10-20
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-16
- Median realised price: $10,000
- Price range: $3,000 to $26,000

## Market Takeaway
Yirawala has 26 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 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 \($10,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($5,500 to $17,000\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 44.4% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 55.6% (10 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $10,000
- Previous 12 months median: $5,500
- Median shift: 81.8%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-16
- Days since latest sale: 39
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 12 lots
- Sotheby's: 6 lots
- Deutscher and Hackett: 3 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Davidson Auctions: 1 lots
- Galerie Zacke: 1 lots
- Vickers & Hoad: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-03 | Yirawala \(circa 1897\-1976\) Crocodile \(Golomomo\) and Fish, 1965 | Bonhams | A$6,000
2. 2025-12-03 | Yirawala \(circa 1897\-1976\) Maraian \(Bone Fish Dance\), 1960s | Bonhams | N/A
3. 2025-12-02 | Yirawala \(circa 1897\-1976\) Untitled \(Female Figure\), c.1965 | Bonhams | A$17,000
4. 2025-12-02 | Yirawala \(circa 1897\-1976\) Grey Rock Wallaby \- Mardayin Ceremony, c.1960 | Bonhams | A$13,000
5. 2025-12-02 | Yirawala \(circa 1897\-1976\) Kangaroo, c.1962 | Bonhams | A$10,000
6. 2025-05-17 | YIRAWALA \(1903\-1976\), Bush Turkey, c.1959., Natural Earth Pigments on Eucalyptus Bark, 84x53cm | Davidson Auctions | A$13,000
7. 2024-09-10 | Yirawala \(circa 1897\-1976\) Mimih's Mortuary Dance, c. 1970 | Bonhams | A$5,500
8. 2024-03-26 | YIRAWALA, EMU, C.1968 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$5,000
9. 2022-05-11 | Yirawala \(circa 1897\-1976\) Barramundi | Bonhams | A$6,000
10. 2022-03-30 | YIRAWALA, BARRAMUNDI, C.1968 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$26,000
11. 2021-05-25 | Yirawala \(1903\-1976\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$13,000
12. 2021-05-25 | Yirawala \(1903\-1976\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$12,000
13. 2021-04-18 | YIRAWALA \(C.1905 – 1976\), MARAIAN WHITE BARRAMUNDI, C.1965. | Vickers & Hoad | A$5,000
14. 2020-07-22 | Yirawala \(circa 1897\-1976\) Male And Female Kangaroos c.1965 | Bonhams | A$26,000
15. 2020-07-22 | Yirawala \(circa 1897\-1976\) Barramundi, c.1964 | Bonhams | A$3,000
16. 2020-07-22 | Yirawala \(circa 1897\-1976\) Kangaroo \(Ubar Ceremony\),c.1964 | Bonhams | A$17,000
17. 2020-07-15 | YIRAWALA, BARRAMUNDI, c.1960 | Deutscher and Hackett | A$8,000
18. 2008-10-20 | YIRAWALA , CIRCA 1903\-1976 MIMIHS Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark | Sotheby's | N/A
19. 2008-10-20 | YIRAWALA , CIRCA 1903\-1976 MIMIH AND KANGAROO INCREASE Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark | Sotheby's | N/A
20. 2008-10-20 | YIRAWALA , CIRCA 1903\-1976 THE WIND MIMIHS Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark | Sotheby's | N/A
21. 2008-10-20 | YIRAWALA , CIRCA 1903\-1976 DANCING MIMIHS AND MOSQUITO PEOPLE Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark | Sotheby's | N/A
22. 2008-10-20 | YIRAWALA , CIRCA 1903\-1976 THREE MIMIH SPIRITS Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark | Sotheby's | N/A
23. 2008-10-20 | YIRAWALA , CIRCA 1903\-1976 SACRED BLACK KANGAROO Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark | Sotheby's | A$20,400
24. 2026-04-16 | YIRAWALA \(1897\-1976\): ‘KANGAROO’ | Galerie Zacke | €5,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yirawala-1897-1976-kangaroo-277-c-fe04d6c427

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