Willy Tjungurrayi Auction Prices and Value Guide

Willy Tjungurrayi auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 331 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Willy Tjungurrayi auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist: Willy Tjungurrayi
Source records: 331
Market update: 2026-02-16

Willy Tjungurrayi market snapshot

Willy Tjungurrayi shows deep auction liquidity with 191 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-18.

Realized price distribution

Under $1,000 (36.3% · 37 sales)
$1,000 to $10,000 (57.8% · 59 sales)
$10,000+ (5.9% · 6 sales)

Median sale (last 12 months): $2,400
Sales recorded (last 12 months): 8
Median shift vs prior year: +100.0%
Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-18

Artist context

About Willy Tjungurrayi

Born

1936

Died

2018

Nationality

Australian

Willy Tjungurrayi (1936–2018) is identified by Wikidata as an Australian Aboriginal artist. The available institutional identity record establishes his name, life years, nationality, and broad cultural context, but the collected source material does not document his community affiliations, artistic training, career chronology, subjects, or named bodies of work. Collectors nevertheless encounter his name through a substantial set of matched public auction records on Appraisily. Those records place works under broad categories that include paintings, works on paper and prints, mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions. Because these classifications are broad, an individual object should be assessed from its own medium, imagery, inscriptions, dimensions, date, physical history, and documented provenance. More authoritative museum, scholarly, or community-based biographical sources are needed before adding detailed claims about Tjungurrayi's artistic development or cultural narratives.

Australian Aboriginal artPaintingsWorks on paper and printsSculpture and mixed mediaDecorative art and editions

Common works and media

The collected auction source groups works associated with Willy Tjungurrayi into paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. These are broad auction classifications rather than a verified catalogue of the artist's practice. Medium, support, technique, inscriptions, edition status, and attribution should therefore be confirmed for each object.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched auction data provides a starting point for evaluating works attributed to Willy Tjungurrayi, but broad artist-level statistics should not replace object-specific comparison. Relevant factors include medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, surface quality, inscriptions, edition information, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references. Comparable lots are most useful when they share these characteristics and were sold under similar reporting conventions. Public results may include different treatments of buyer's premiums and fees, while private transactions and incomplete feeds may be absent. The source page also presents inconsistent headline record counts, so the underlying dataset should be reconciled before quoting a definitive total.

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

Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
Signature, inscriptions, edition information, and attribution confidence
Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
Comparable public auction sales for works with similar characteristics
Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand

Appraisal caveats

Public auction records are a starting point rather than a final appraisal; private sales and incomplete auction feeds may not be represented. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/willy-tjungurrayi/
Authentication, attribution, and condition can materially affect value. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/willy-tjungurrayi/
The source page reports 191 tracked lots in one summary and 204 matched records elsewhere, so record counts should be reconciled before publication. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/willy-tjungurrayi/

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

Wikidata library authority
Appraisily appraisily artist page
Wikidata library authority

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 Willy Tjungurrayi

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Willy Tjungurrayi 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 Willy Tjungurrayi artwork?

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