Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri Auction Prices and Value Guide

Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 189 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri auction prices: quick answer

Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri
Source records
189
Market update
2026-02-16

Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri market snapshot

Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri shows deep auction liquidity with 174 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-11.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (71.4% · 65 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (28.6% · 26 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
1
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-11

Artist context

About Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri

Born

1948

Nationality

Australian

Also known as

Pollard, Ngoia Napaltjarri

Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri is a Walpiri-speaking Indigenous Australian artist associated with Australia's Western Desert region. Authority records identify her as Australian and give her birth year as circa 1948, while the collected sources do not supply an exact birth date or reliable death information. Collectors most often encounter her through paintings and auction records indexed under her full name. VIAF also links her identity with the titles Swamp near Nyirrpi and Swamps west of Nyrripi, indicating a documented connection to swamp imagery around Nyirrpi. Her public identity record is comparatively compact: the source pack confirms the artist and her cultural and regional context but does not include a museum biography, artist foundation, or scholarly catalogue. Accordingly, this page treats broad labels cautiously and does not assign a formal art movement that the available sources do not explicitly establish.

PaintingSwamps near and west of Nyirrpi

Common works and media

Paintings are the clearest supported work type. The auction index also uses broad categories for works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions, but it reports sparse or broad category concentration, so those labels should not be read as a definitive catalogue of the artist's output. Authority records connect her name with Swamp near Nyirrpi and Swamps west of Nyrripi; such location-linked subject information can help distinguish relevant comparables when supported by the individual work's documentation.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched public-auction index spans records dated 2008–2025, with 178 records and 92 priced results on the collected page. Those figures are useful for selecting comparables, but they do not by themselves establish a value for an individual work. Appraisal should compare medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, surface quality, signature or inscriptions, edition details where relevant, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, subject matter, and attribution confidence. Recent public sales should be matched as closely as possible, and reported prices may not be directly comparable when buyer's premiums or fees are handled differently. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not appear in the dataset.

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. Comparable public auction sales for similar works
  6. Subject matter, rarity, and current demand

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are a starting point rather than a final appraisal; individual works require object-specific examination (https://appraisily.com/artist/ngoia-pollard-napaltjarri/).
  • Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, and attribution changes may not be represented (https://appraisily.com/artist/ngoia-pollard-napaltjarri/).
  • Reported auction totals may include buyer's premiums or fees under differing conventions, so results should be compared on a like-for-like basis when possible (https://appraisily.com/artist/ngoia-pollard-napaltjarri/).

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 Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri 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 Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri artwork?

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