Peter Booth
Australian · b. 1940 · Painter, Draughtsman
Peter Booth is an Australian figurative and a surrealist painter, and one of the key late-20th-century Australian artists. His work is characterised by an intense emotional… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Untitled 1999Smith & Singer · A$695,400≈ $470,494≈ £383,201≈ €423,716Sign up to see
UNTITLED 1997Smith & Singer · A$183,000≈ $164,069≈ £105,899≈ €123,008Sign up to see
Painting (Old Man in Snow) 2003Menzies · A$150,000≈ $137,042≈ £91,771≈ €102,607Sign up to see
Peter Booth’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
64
of 78 offered · 2009–2026
Sell-through
82%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 33 | 23 | 70% | $72.9kSign up | $61.6kSign up | $470kSign up |
| Oil | 30 | 20 | 67% | $83.5kSign up | $65.3kSign up | $470kSign up |
| Mixed media | 3 | 3 | 100% | $2kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $2.7kSign up |
| Works on paper | 44 | 41 | 93% | $4kSign up | $2.8kSign up | $15.8kSign up |
| Watercolor | 3 | 2 | 67% | $2.7kSign up | $2.7kSign up | $3.5kSign up |
| Gouache | 3 | 3 | 100% | $10kSign up | $7.3kSign up | $15.8kSign up |
| Pastel | 27 | 25 | 93% | $3.4kSign up | $2.3kSign up | $11.4kSign up |
| Drawing | 5 | 5 | 100% | $2.2kSign up | $2.2kSign up | $3.5kSign up |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign 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 | 1 | 1 | $7kSign up |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | $8.8kSign up |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | $28kSign up |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | $6.6kSign up |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | $4.7kSign up |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | $35.6kSign up |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | $6kSign up |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 | $42.4kSign up |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | $4.2kSign up |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 | $4.5kSign up |
| 2014 | 8 | 5 | $1.6kSign up |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | $83.5kSign up |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 | $6kSign up |
| 2011 | 6 | 5 | $3.3kSign up |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | $14.3kSign up |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | $33.6kSign up |