Norman Lindsay

Australian · 1879–1969 · Painter, Printmaker

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756auction results2009–2026years recorded85%sold (640)$1.6kSign up free to seemedian price

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The Blue Hat 1938Smith & Singer · May 2018A$170,800≈ $127,864≈ £94,855≈ €108,507Sign up to see
The Lute Player c1924Menzies · Nov 2024A$171,818≈ $111,848≈ £88,299≈ €105,897Sign up to see
The Dancer 1935Menzies · Apr 2025A$184,091≈ $110,560≈ £86,523≈ €100,099Sign up to see

Norman Lindsay’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

$7.6kSign up free to see

median $1.6kfree account

High

$128kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

640

of 756 offered · 2009–2026

Sell-through

85%

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.

Showing 569 of 640 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	101	73	72%	$28.7kSign up	$21kSign up	$112kSign up
Oil	99	71	72%	$28.8kSign up	$21kSign up	$112kSign up
Works on paper	279	224	80%	$10.3kSign up	$3.5kSign up	$128kSign up
Watercolor	132	95	72%	$21kSign up	$16.3kSign up	$128kSign up
Drawing	144	126	88%	$2.3kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$12.5kSign up
Prints & multiples	362	331	91%	$1.2kSign up	$428Sign up	$12kSign up
Etching	320	295	92%	$1.2kSign up	$407Sign up	$12kSign up
Engraving	2	0	0%	—Sign up	—Sign up	—
Aquatint	5	5	100%	$3.1kSign up	$2.6kSign up	$5.5kSign up
Drypoint	12	8	67%	$2kSign up	$1.7kSign up	$3.7kSign up
Lithograph	3	3	100%	$426Sign up	$153Sign up	$1.1kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	6	6	100%	$451Sign up	$335Sign up	$1.2kSign up
Print (other)	14	14	100%	$416Sign up	$224Sign up	$1.7kSign up
Sculpture	7	6	86%	$3.6kSign up	$1.5kSign up	$14.8kSign up
Other	7	6	86%	$4.7kSign up	$1.9kSign up	$12.5kSign 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	23	19	$1.4kSign up
2025	52	49	$1.6kSign up
2024	96	78	$1.7kSign up
2023	39	33	$1.1kSign up
2022	85	83	$1.2kSign up
2021	121	114	$330Sign up
2020	58	56	$1.2kSign up
2019	80	60	$187Sign up
2018	24	18	$15.2kSign up
2017	15	8	$5.8kSign up
2016	12	11	$9.3kSign up
2015	34	24	$5.9kSign up
2014	49	36	$3.3kSign up
2013	23	20	$5.9kSign up
2012	14	9	$22.9kSign up
2011	13	10	$9.2kSign up
2010	10	7	$31kSign up
2009	8	5	$11.5kSign up