Paddy Bedford
Australian · 1922–2007 · Painter, Photographer
Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford, aka Goowoomji, was a contemporary Aboriginal Australian painter and printmaker from Warmun in the Kimberley in Western Australia. He was one of eight… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
THOOWOONGGOONARRIN 2006Smith & Singer · A$183,000≈ $177,287≈ £117,199≈ €137,028Sign up to see
Mad Gap 2004Menzies · A$144,000≈ $129,590≈ £79,163≈ €89,004Sign up to see
Girrganyji The Brown Falcon Dreaming (2000)Smith & Singer · A$116,591≈ $78,571≈ £60,295≈ €70,683Sign up to see
Paddy Bedford’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
9
of 17 offered · 2009–2026
Sell-through
53%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 8 | 4 | 50% | $84kSign up | $76.5kSign up | $177kSign up |
| Acrylic | 4 | 2 | 50% | $76.5kSign up | $76.5kSign up | $78.6kSign up |
| Works on paper | 2 | 1 | 50% | $5.6kSign up | $5.6kSign up | $5.6kSign up |
| Gouache | 2 | 1 | 50% | $5.6kSign up | $5.6kSign up | $5.6kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 1 | 1 | 100% | $498Sign up | $498Sign up | $498Sign up |
| Screenprint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $498Sign up | $498Sign up | $498Sign up |
| Other | 6 | 3 | 50% | $52.5kSign up | $18.4kSign up | $130kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.