Lorna Fencer Napurrula Auction Prices and Value Guide

Lorna Fencer Napurrula auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 191 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Lorna Fencer Napurrula auction prices: quick answer

Lorna Fencer Napurrula auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Lorna Fencer Napurrula
Source records
191
Market update
2026-02-16

Lorna Fencer Napurrula market snapshot

Lorna Fencer Napurrula shows solid auction liquidity with 96 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (76.1% · 35 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (23.9% · 11 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
1
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-10

Artist context

About Lorna Fencer Napurrula

Died

2006

Nationality

Australian

Also known as

Yulyurlu Lorna Napurrurla Fencer, Lorna Naparrula Fencer, Lorna Napurrula Fencer

Lorna Fencer Napurrula was an Australian Aboriginal artist and painter, also catalogued by authority records as Yulyurlu Lorna Napurrurla Fencer and Lorna Naparrula Fencer. Public identity sources agree that she died in 2006 but disagree on her birth year: VIAF displays 1923, while Wikidata reports 1925. Titles associated with her authority record include Mukaki (Bush plum), Warna Jukurrpa (Snake Dreaming), Yam Tjukurrpa, Yarla mau yapa, and Yumurrpa Dreaming Story. These titles and spelling variants are useful entity-matching signals because inconsistent cataloguing can fragment auction results. Collectors principally encounter her through painting and broader fine-art auction catalogues, with Appraisily currently matching records dated from 2004 through 2025. The available sources are stronger on authority control and auction indexing than on a complete museum biography. Movement labels, exact life dates, community associations, and detailed career periods should therefore remain open until supported by further institutional documentation.

PaintingWorks on paper and printsMixed mediaMukaki (Bush plum)Warna Jukurrpa (Snake Dreaming)Yam TjukurrpaYarla mau yapa

Common works and media

Painting is the clearest supported work type. Authority records associate the artist with titles referring to Bush plum, Snake Dreaming, Yam Tjukurrpa, Yarla mau yapa, and the Yumurrpa Dreaming Story. Appraisily's broader auction taxonomy also places matched records in works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Because the source page describes category concentration as broad or sparse, those secondary classifications should be treated as search and comparison buckets until the medium, authorship, and attribution of each lot are confirmed.

Market and appraisal context

For appraisal, begin with like-for-like public auction records rather than a single overall average. Appraisily reports matched records from 2004 through 2025 and an observed priced range of $140 to $9,000, but its own caveats note incomplete feeds, private sales, fees, and attribution changes. Compare works by medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, inscriptions or signatures, provenance, exhibition or catalogue history, and attribution confidence. Edition information matters when an object is a print or another multiple. Work titles, Dreaming subjects, and artist-name spellings should also be checked carefully because variant cataloguing can affect record matching. These factors support an appraisal but do not constitute a price forecast; authentication, condition, and genuinely comparable recent sales can materially change the conclusion.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Sculpture and mixed media
  • Decorative art and editions

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Recent comparable public auction sales for works with similar characteristics
  6. Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are appraisal inputs rather than a final valuation.
  • Private sales and incomplete auction feeds may not be represented.
  • Reported results may not handle buyer premiums and fees consistently.
  • Authentication, condition, attribution changes, and name-matching errors can materially affect comparisons.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

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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 Lorna Fencer Napurrula

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Artist value FAQ

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