Charles Blackman
Australian · 1928–2018 · Painter, Printmaker
Charles Raymond Blackman was an Australian painter, noted for the Schoolgirl, Avonsleigh and Alice in Wonderland series of the 1950s. He was a member of the Antipodeans, a… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Mad Hatter's Tea Party 1956Smith & Singer · A$1,891,000≈ $1,432,735≈ £1,082,044≈ €1,222,679Sign up to see
The Game of Chess 1956Smith & Singer · A$1,799,500≈ $1,334,707≈ £1,074,990≈ €1,258,920Sign up to see
The White Tablecloth 1956Smith & Singer · A$1,472,727≈ $986,403≈ £790,450≈ €899,592Sign up to see
Charles Blackman’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).
Coming up at auction
3 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 331 | 232 | 70% | $81.3kSign up | $29.8kSign up | $1.4MSign up |
| Oil | 297 | 212 | 71% | $85.1kSign up | $29.8kSign up | $1.4MSign up |
| Acrylic | 10 | 6 | 60% | $30.2kSign up | $25.1kSign up | $59.8kSign up |
| Mixed media | 4 | 4 | 100% | $32.4kSign up | $31kSign up | $62.3kSign up |
| Works on paper | 160 | 131 | 82% | $8.5kSign up | $3.9kSign up | $71.4kSign up |
| Watercolor | 28 | 24 | 86% | $11.7kSign up | $6.1kSign up | $71.4kSign up |
| Gouache | 5 | 5 | 100% | $5.9kSign up | $4.6kSign up | $11.6kSign up |
| Pastel | 22 | 19 | 86% | $16.8kSign up | $9kSign up | $62.7kSign up |
| Drawing | 82 | 68 | 83% | $6.4kSign up | $2.7kSign up | $61.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 260 | 228 | 88% | $1.2kSign up | $585Sign up | $16.4kSign up |
| Etching | 94 | 77 | 82% | $400Sign up | $348Sign up | $1.6kSign up |
| Aquatint | 3 | 2 | 67% | $113Sign up | $113Sign up | $152Sign up |
| Lithograph | 47 | 44 | 94% | $921Sign up | $590Sign up | $11.9kSign up |
| Screenprint | 100 | 92 | 92% | $1.8kSign up | $900Sign up | $13.2kSign up |
| Print (other) | 16 | 13 | 81% | $2.4kSign up | $938Sign up | $16.4kSign up |
| Photography | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Photograph | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Other | 9 | 6 | 67% | $20.1kSign up | $12.7kSign up | $57.2kSign 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 21 | $3.5kSign up |
| 2025 | 26 | 22 | $10.1kSign up |
| 2024 | 53 | 38 | $5kSign up |
| 2023 | 65 | 46 | $5.5kSign up |
| 2022 | 40 | 34 | $4.4kSign up |
| 2021 | 38 | 36 | $7.8kSign up |
| 2020 | 32 | 20 | $1.6kSign up |
| 2019 | 60 | 50 | $2.9kSign up |
| 2018 | 64 | 53 | $2.6kSign up |
| 2017 | 46 | 36 | $6.3kSign up |
| 2016 | 51 | 41 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2015 | 56 | 53 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2014 | 46 | 36 | $9.6kSign up |
| 2013 | 38 | 29 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2012 | 38 | 27 | $3.3kSign up |
| 2011 | 22 | 16 | $9.9kSign up |
| 2010 | 23 | 15 | $20.8kSign up |
| 2009 | 30 | 23 | $12.4kSign up |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | $190Sign up |