Ralph Balson

Australian · 1890–1964 · Painter

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10auction results2013–2025years recorded70%sold (7)$27kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Ralph Balson, Painting No. 13 1941, 1941, oil on cardboardPainting No. 13 1941Smith & Singer · A$429,545≈ $315,239≈ £234,413≈ €277,304Sign up to see
  2. Ralph Balson, Constructive Painting 1954, 1954, oil on composition boardConstructive Painting 1954Smith & Singer · A$441,818≈ $295,921≈ £237,135≈ €269,878Sign up to see
  3. Ralph Balson, Non-Objective Painting 1955, 1955, oil on composition boardNon-Objective Painting 1955Smith & Singer · A$122,000≈ $89,715≈ £69,471≈ €76,614Sign up to see

Ralph Balson’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
median $27kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
7
of 10 offered · 2013–2025
Sell-through
70%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$3k$10k$32k$100k$316k201520172019202120232013-05-21 · $10,8092016-05-11 · $26,9852018-08-28 · $89,7152021-11-16 · $315,2392021-11-16 · $10,8082023-03-29 · $6,5532023-05-02 · $295,921
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

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings10770%$108kSign up$27kSign up$315kSign up
Oil6467%$182kSign up$193kSign up$315kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202510—Sign up
202322$151kSign up
202122$163kSign up
201910—Sign up
201811$89.7kSign up
201621$27kSign up
201311$10.8kSign up

Related artists — Australian, born 1865–1915