Wendy Sharpe Auction Prices and Value Guide

Wendy Sharpe auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 419 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Wendy Sharpe auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Wendy Sharpe
Source records
419
Market update
2026-02-16

Wendy Sharpe market snapshot

Wendy Sharpe shows deep auction liquidity with 273 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $650. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-08.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (64.9% · 98 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (34.4% · 52 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.7% · 1 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$120
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
10
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-08

Artist context

About Wendy Sharpe

Wendy Sharpe portrait
Wendy Sharpe · see-source-page · Source

Born

1960

Nationality

Australian

Also known as

Sharpe, Wendy

Wendy Sharpe, born in 1960, is an Australian visual artist who lives and works in Sydney and Paris. Her career spans painting, public murals, immersive installations, institutional commissions, and projects connected with the performing arts. In 1999–2000 she served as an Australian official artist in East Timor, an important part of her documented practice. Sharpe's official biography records more than 70 solo exhibitions in Australia and internationally, alongside major distinctions including the Archibald Prize, the Sulman Prize, and two Portia Geach Memorial Awards. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2023 for service to the visual arts and the community. Her commissions and residencies have brought her into contact with ballet, opera, circus, burlesque, and drag performance, while recent projects include the 2024 exhibition Spellbound and the large-scale 2026 installation Into the Dark. Collectors may therefore encounter her name across private paintings, exhibition material, commissioned projects, and public auction records.

PaintingMuralsImmersive installationsPerforming arts, including ballet, opera, circus, burlesque, and drag performanceWar-artist observations from East Timor

Common works and media

The collected sources identify Sharpe primarily as a painter while also documenting major murals and immersive installations. Her practice includes work associated with performance settings and her official East Timor assignment. Portable paintings are the most clearly supported general auction category in this source pack, but the available evidence does not establish which sizes, subjects, dates, or formats appear most often at sale. Exhibition-related and commission-related material should be assessed according to its precise authorship and function.

Market and appraisal context

Sharpe's documented exhibition record, national awards, public commissions, and official East Timor appointment provide useful context when researching a work, but they do not establish its value on their own. An appraisal should identify the work type and determine whether its history connects it to a named exhibition, commission, residency, or documented period of the artist's practice. Attribution, provenance, medium, dimensions, date, condition, and direct comparison with suitable public auction results remain object-specific considerations. The collected source pack confirms an Appraisily auction-record presence but does not provide enough lot-level evidence to state a price trend, typical value range, or dominant auction format. Conclusions should therefore rest on verified characteristics of the individual work and genuinely comparable sales.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Documented connection to a named exhibition, institutional commission, or official war-artist project
  2. Comparison with relevant public auction records, including sale dates, realized prices, and similar lots when available
  3. Work type and context, particularly whether an object is a portable painting or relates to Sharpe's documented mural and installation practice

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected evidence does not provide a lot-by-lot medium breakdown, condition history, or verified price trend.
  • No value range or market direction should be inferred from the source pack alone.
  • A specific work still requires examination of attribution, provenance, dimensions, medium, date, condition, and relevant comparable sales.

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 Wendy Sharpe

LLM summary index · LLM full index

Artist value FAQ

How much is Wendy Sharpe 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 Wendy Sharpe artwork?

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