Dorothy Napangardi Robinson Auction Prices and Value Guide

Dorothy Napangardi Robinson auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 799 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Dorothy Napangardi Robinson auction prices: quick answer

Dorothy Napangardi Robinson auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Dorothy Napangardi Robinson
Source records
799
Market update
2026-02-16

Dorothy Napangardi Robinson market snapshot

Dorothy Napangardi Robinson shows deep auction liquidity with 462 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $900. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-19.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (51.4% · 148 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (42.0% · 121 sales)
  • $10,000+ (6.6% · 19 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$3,700
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
6
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-19

Artist context

About Dorothy Napangardi Robinson

Died

2013

Nationality

Australian, Indigenous Australian

Also known as

Dorothy Napangardi, Napangardi, Dorothy, Robinson, Dorothy Napangardi

Dorothy Napangardi Robinson, widely catalogued as Dorothy Napangardi, was an Australian Indigenous artist associated with contemporary Aboriginal art. Museum and authority records identify her as a painter, draughtsperson, and printmaker, and place her origins in the remote country around Mina Mina and Lake Mackay, west of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. A public biographical source also describes her as Warlpiri-speaking and notes that she worked in Alice Springs. Her exact birth year remains unsettled: the British Museum gives circa 1950, while VIAF-linked authority records include approximately 1956 and 1950. Her death in 2013 is consistently recorded. Collectors may encounter her under several cataloguing forms, including Dorothy Napangardi and Dorothy Napangardi Robinson. Her presence in museum and national authority records, alongside an Appraisily auction-record page, makes careful entity matching important when reviewing works offered under abbreviated or inverted names.

Contemporary Indigenous Australian artPaintingDrawingPrintmaking

Common works and media

The collected sources support paintings, drawings and other works on paper, and prints as relevant work types associated with Dorothy Napangardi. The source pack does not provide enough institution-grade detail to name particular subjects, series, print editions, supports, or techniques, so those characteristics should be established from the individual object and its documentation before selecting auction comparables.

Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should first confirm that the catalogued artist is Dorothy Napangardi Robinson or Dorothy Napangardi, because authority files preserve several name forms and disagree on her approximate birth year. Work type is also relevant: the British Museum identifies painting, drawing, and printmaking among her practices, so comparisons should remain within the closest medium and object category. Appraisily's public artist page provides an auction-price and value-guide context, but this source pack contains no lot-level descriptions, realized prices, provenance histories, condition reports, or major-auction-house records. A valuation should therefore use verified object details and genuinely comparable public sales rather than a broad artist-level average or unsupported price forecast.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Drawings and works on paper
  • Prints

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type, with comparisons kept within the closest painting, drawing, or print category
  2. Correct artist identification and attribution across the catalogued name forms Dorothy Napangardi and Dorothy Napangardi Robinson
  3. Comparable public auction records, including sale dates and realized prices, when sufficiently similar records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • Market evidence in the collected source pack is limited to Appraisily's public artist page at https://appraisily.com/artist/dorothy-napangardi-robinson/; no lot-level descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, provenance histories, or major-auction-house sources were supplied.
  • The available sources do not support a price forecast or claims about market direction, rarity, or the relative value of particular subjects or series.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Dorothy Napangardi Robinson

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Dorothy Napangardi Robinson worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

Can Appraisily value my Dorothy Napangardi Robinson artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.