Billy Apple
New Zealand · 1935–2021 · Painter, Printmaker
Billy Apple was a New Zealand artist whose work is associated with the London, Auckland and New York schools of pop art in the 1960s and NY's Conceptual Art movement in the… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
SoldArt+Object · NZ$58,625≈ $49,655≈ £29,493≈ €37,145Sign up to see
Rainbow with WaterfallArt+Object · NZ$47,906≈ $36,109≈ £17,497≈ €24,350Sign up to see
Tales of Gold (Gold Standard)Art+Object · NZ$38,440≈ $25,562≈ £19,619≈ €21,690Sign up to see
Billy Apple’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Lots sold
61
of 88 offered · 2007–2025
Sell-through
69%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 4 | 4 | 100% | $21.6kSign up | $18.2kSign up | $49.7kSign up |
| Acrylic | 4 | 4 | 100% | $21.6kSign up | $18.2kSign up | $49.7kSign up |
| Works on paper | 3 | 3 | 100% | $3.4kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $8.2kSign up |
| Drawing | 2 | 2 | 100% | $4.7kSign up | $4.7kSign up | $8.2kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 59 | 36 | 61% | $1.3kSign up | $1kSign up | $6.4kSign up |
| Lithograph | 4 | 1 | 25% | $6.4kSign up | $6.4kSign up | $6.4kSign up |
| Screenprint | 50 | 34 | 68% | $1.2kSign up | $1kSign up | $2.6kSign up |
| Print (other) | 4 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Multiple | 1 | 1 | 100% | $245Sign up | $245Sign up | $245Sign up |
| Sculpture | 1 | 1 | 100% | $25.6kSign up | $25.6kSign up | $25.6kSign up |
| Other | 21 | 17 | 81% | $784Sign up | $263Sign up | $3kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 4 | $668Sign up |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | $367Sign up |
| 2023 | 11 | 9 | $958Sign up |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | $1kSign up |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 | $2kSign up |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | $1kSign up |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | $3.7kSign up |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | $228Sign up |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | $25.3kSign up |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | $701Sign up |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 | $566Sign up |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | $245Sign up |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2008 | 5 | 2 | $1kSign up |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | $36.1kSign up |