Queenie Mckenzie Auction Prices and Value Guide

Queenie Mckenzie auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 183 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Queenie Mckenzie auction prices: quick answer

Queenie Mckenzie auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Queenie Mckenzie
Source records
183
Market update
2026-02-06

Queenie Mckenzie market snapshot

Queenie Mckenzie shows solid auction liquidity with 63 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-21.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (17.1% · 6 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (51.4% · 18 sales)
  • $10,000+ (31.4% · 11 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,200
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
2
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-21

Artist context

About Queenie Mckenzie

Queenie Mckenzie portrait
Queenie McKenzie · see-source-page · Source

Born

1930

Died

1998

Nationality

Australian

Also known as

Queenie McKenzie, Queenie McKenzie (Nakarra), Queenie McKenzie Nakarra

Queenie Mckenzie, more commonly catalogued as Queenie McKenzie and Queenie McKenzie (Nakarra), was an Aboriginal Australian artist associated with the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Authority records generally place her birth around 1930 and her death in 1998, although a public biography gives an earlier approximate birth year, leaving her birth chronology unresolved. She was born at Old Texas Station near the Ord River and is associated with the East Kimberley School of painting. Authority records connect her name with works concerning country, landscape, bush life, community history, and religious narratives. These themes place her work within a regional and cultural context that should remain central when identifying or cataloguing an object. Collectors may encounter her through paintings and other broadly classified auction records, but a name match alone is insufficient: inscriptions, provenance, subject, medium, date, and documented attribution should all be examined together.

East Kimberley SchoolPaintingCountry and landscapeAboriginal life and bush countryCommunity history and cultural narrativesReligious narratives

Common works and media

Public identity records most clearly associate Queenie McKenzie with painting and with subjects involving country, landscape, bush life, community history, and cultural or religious narratives. Appraisily's auction index also contains broadly classified records under works on paper, prints, mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions. Because auction-category labels can be imprecise, objects outside painting should be assessed through their specific medium, inscriptions, provenance, edition details, and attribution rather than assumed to be typical works by the artist.

Market and appraisal context

Queenie McKenzie's public auction history provides useful comparison points, but valuation should begin with genuinely similar works. Medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, inscriptions, provenance, exhibition history, and attribution confidence can all affect comparability. Edition information also matters when the object is a print or another editioned work. Appraisily's matched records span several broad catalog categories, although those classifications should not be treated as proof that every category is characteristic of her established practice. Realized prices may also be reported under differing fee conventions. A considered appraisal should therefore compare like with like, examine recent public sales, and account for incomplete feeds, private transactions, and any unresolved questions about authorship or condition.

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 information, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Recent 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 complete appraisal.
  • Private transactions and incomplete auction feeds may not be represented.
  • Authentication, attribution, condition, and reporting conventions can materially affect comparisons.
  • The broad catalog categories shown in matched records do not establish that every category is characteristic of the artist's documented oeuvre.

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 Queenie Mckenzie

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Queenie Mckenzie 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 Queenie Mckenzie artwork?

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