David Boyd

Australian · 1924–2011 · Painter, Sculptor

David Fielding Gough Boyd was an Australian artist, and a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty. (Wikipedia)

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510auction results2009–2026years recorded80%sold (410)$6.4kSign up free to seemedian price

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Wills Alone 1958Smith & Singer · Apr 2024A$85,909≈ $55,201≈ £44,313≈ €51,890Sign up to see
The Spearing of Gilbert II 1957-58Menzies · Sep 2015A$73,636≈ $51,263≈ £33,688≈ €45,604Sign up to see
Truganini – Bruny Island 1959Smith & Singer · Aug 2025A$73,636≈ $47,806≈ £35,357≈ €40,923Sign up to see

David Boyd’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).

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Average price

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High

$55.2kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

410

of 510 offered · 2009–2026

Sell-through

80%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	357	317	89%	$11.3kSign up	$8.8kSign up	$55.2kSign up
Oil	352	313	89%	$11.4kSign up	$9kSign up	$55.2kSign up
Mixed media	5	4	80%	$2.3kSign up	$1.5kSign up	$5.8kSign up
Works on paper	27	13	48%	$1.6kSign up	$899Sign up	$3.6kSign up
Drawing	20	8	40%	$501Sign up	$346Sign up	$1.1kSign up
Prints & multiples	120	77	64%	$340Sign up	$311Sign up	$1.1kSign up
Etching	69	42	61%	$373Sign up	$378Sign up	$1.1kSign up
Aquatint	3	1	33%	$34Sign up	$34Sign up	$34Sign up
Lithograph	5	5	100%	$439Sign up	$397Sign up	$687Sign up
Screenprint	7	7	100%	$452Sign up	$446Sign up	$612Sign up
Print (other)	36	22	61%	$232Sign up	$190Sign up	$496Sign up
Photography	1	1	100%	$1.6kSign up	$1.6kSign up	$1.6kSign up
Photograph	1	1	100%	$1.6kSign up	$1.6kSign up	$1.6kSign up
Sculpture	1	1	100%	$39.8kSign up	$39.8kSign up	$39.8kSign up
Other	4	1	25%	$721Sign up	$721Sign up	$721Sign 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	14	11	$3.6kSign up
2025	24	16	$3.3kSign up
2024	48	34	$3.9kSign up
2023	105	61	$453Sign up
2022	29	25	$5.6kSign up
2021	29	28	$8.9kSign up
2020	24	21	$7.2kSign up
2019	22	20	$9.7kSign up
2018	29	28	$5.7kSign up
2017	29	27	$9kSign up
2016	27	26	$7kSign up
2015	39	36	$8.9kSign up
2014	32	24	$8.2kSign up
2013	6	5	$612Sign up
2012	15	13	$11.5kSign up
2011	11	10	$27.5kSign up
2010	16	14	$17.5kSign up
2009	11	11	$12.6kSign up