Lloyd Rees Auction Prices and Value Guide
Lloyd Rees auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,340 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Lloyd Rees auction prices: quick answer
Lloyd Rees auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Lloyd Rees
- Source records
- 1,340
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Artist context
About Lloyd Rees
Lloyd Frederic Rees (1895–1988) was an Australian painter and graphic artist celebrated for his luminous landscape compositions. Born in Brisbane, Queensland, and later active in Sydney, Rees devoted much of his long career to depicting the Australian environment with a distinctive attention to light, atmosphere, and topographical detail. He twice received the Wynne Prize, one of Australia's most prestigious awards for landscape painting. His work bridges late-impressionist observation and a more personal, tonal approach to the Australian bush, coastline, and urban fringe. Rees continued painting into his nineties, and his late works are noted for their increasingly contemplative quality. Collectors encounter his paintings in Australian and international auction sales, and he is represented in major public collections. His sustained focus on landscape makes him a recurring figure in the Australian secondary art market.
oil paintingdrawing and graphic artslandscape
Common works and media
Oil paintings on canvas and board, charcoal and pencil landscape drawings, watercolours, and graphic prints. Common subjects include coastal and harbour views, rural Australian landscapes, architectural studies, and urban scenes. Works range from small plein-air sketches to large exhibition-scale canvases.
Market and appraisal context
Lloyd Rees commands a well-established and liquid secondary market in Australia, with 742 auction lots recorded and 491 carrying realised prices. The price distribution is wide: the median sits at AUD 660, reflecting the large volume of works on paper, prints, and etchings that trade regularly, while the 75th percentile rises to AUD 5,040 and the top recorded price reaches AUD 542,727 — a range that signals significant price stratification between graphic works and major oil paintings. Ten or more auction houses active in this market include Leonard Joel, Menzies, Smith & Singer, Bonhams, Colville Auctions, Aalders Auctions, Gibson's, GFL Fine Art, and Shapiro Auctioneers, spanning both premium and mid-tier salerooms. Recent 12-month volume (43 lots) is slightly above the prior 12-month period (40 lots), indicating stable liquidity. The most valuable lots are mature-period oil paintings of Sydney Harbour, Tasmanian landscapes, and harbour views; prints and small works on paper typically realise between AUD 40 and AUD 550.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- oil painting
- drawing and graphic arts
- prints and etchings
- lithographs
Value drivers
- Medium and support (oil on canvas, oil on board, works on paper)
- Subject and location depicted (Australian landscapes, particularly Sydney Harbour and regional New South Wales scenes are most sought after)
- Provenance and exhibition history
- Condition and authenticity
- Date of execution (mature-period works generally carry more weight)
- Medium and support: oil on canvas or board far exceeds works on paper, prints, and etchings in realised price
Appraisal caveats
- No major auction-house biography or lot notes were available in this source pack; auction category estimates are inferred from the artist's nationality, medium, and subject matter.
- With 1,340 auction records referenced by the source data, Lloyd Rees has a substantial secondary-market footprint, but specific price-range or trend data requires live auction-database access.
- All prices are in AUD and sourced from the Appraisily auction-record index; currency conversion and buyer's premiums are not included
- Specific lot categories were not provided by the source data; categories are inferred from lot titles and existing profile mediums
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Library of Congress library authority
- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
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.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Lloyd Rees 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.
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