Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗The Cottage in the Rye
Oil · Canvas
Leonard Joel · Oct 6, 2026A$7,000 ≈ $4,887 ≈ £3,696 ≈ €4,337Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Thumbnail shown for reference only. Davidson Auctions holds the rights to its photography — see the full images on the original lot page ↗
Auction result
The Post Splitters
Hugh Sawrey (Australian, 1919–1999)
A$4,000 hammer
≈ $2,611≈ £1,976≈ €2,257
Sign up free to see all prices
You’ve used this month’s free price views. A free account shows the hammer price, buyer’s premium and price realized for every lot — no card, no fees.
Sign up free Sign inAuction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
Get alerts when Hugh Sawrey sells at auction
Free. New results and upcoming sales, at most one email a day. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy
- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Canvas on Board”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right and verso
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 49x59.5cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Estate & Collector: Pictures & Fine Arts (Sale 201) (201)
- Date
- November 29, 2025
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 22
- Estimate
- A$4,000 – A$6,000 (≈ $2,611 – $3,916) (≈ £1,976 – £2,963) (≈ €2,257 – €3,386)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
View this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗
Own a work by Hugh Sawrey? Get a free auction estimate →
Own this work? Add it to My Collection → Private to you, with alerts when comparable works sell.
Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2025 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Oct 12, 2025 · Davidson Auctions
Australian & International Art (Sale 200), lot 80
Bought in / unsold · est. A$5,000 – A$8,000
As catalogued
Hugh Sawrey, “The Post Splitters”
Oil on Canvas on Board
49x59.5cm
Nov 29, 2025 · Davidson Auctions this result
Estate & Collector: Pictures & Fine Arts (Sale 201), lot 22
Sold A$4,000Sign up to see · est. A$4,000 – A$6,000
As catalogued
Hugh Sawrey, “The Post Splitters”
Oil on Canvas on Board
49x59.5cm
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
Similar size by this artist
Works by Hugh Sawrey with a longest side of about 59.5 cm (23.4 in) (±20 %).
Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Heading for the Muster - Mooraberrie Station, Channel Country, S.W. QLD
Oil · Canvas
Davidson Auctions · Oct 12, 2025A$5,000 ≈ $3,277 ≈ £2,467 ≈ €2,833Sign up free to see price
Photo © Vogt Auction — view this lot on Vogt Auction ↗Yarning by the Horse Yards
Oil · Canvas
Vogt Auction · Oct 4, 2025$2,000 ≈ £1,487 ≈ €1,704Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗The Opal Gouger's Shaft
Oil · Canvas
Davidson Auctions · Aug 17, 2025A$3,500 ≈ $2,279 ≈ £1,681 ≈ €1,953Sign up free to see price
Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Packing the Nagss, Mooraberrie Station, Channel Country, West Queensland
Oil · Canvas
Leonard Joel · Jun 24, 2025A$11,000 ≈ $7,159 ≈ £5,260 ≈ €6,168Sign up free to see priceMore results for Hugh Sawrey
Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗The Cottage in the Rye
Oil · Canvas
Leonard Joel · Oct 6, 2026A$7,000 ≈ $4,887 ≈ £3,696 ≈ €4,337Sign up free to see price
Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗The Out-Station Alexandria Downs, Northern Territory
Oil · Canvas
Leonard Joel · Oct 6, 2026A$10,500 ≈ $7,331 ≈ £5,543 ≈ €6,506Sign up free to see price
Photo © Menzies — view this lot on Menzies ↗The Prawn Seller, Rockhampton, Queensland
Oil · Board
Menzies · Aug 27, 2026A$18,409 ≈ $13,236 ≈ £9,745 ≈ €11,366Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Cattlemen - Cape York Peninsula (North Queensland Australia)
Oil · Canvas
Davidson Auctions · Jul 26, 2026A$24,000 ≈ $16,771 ≈ £12,587 ≈ €14,726Sign up free to see price
Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Yarding the Killers NT
Oil · Canvas
Leonard Joel · Jun 2, 2026A$4,200 ≈ $3,016 ≈ £2,239 ≈ €2,589Sign up free to see price
Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Running the Station Horses, Western Queensland
Oil · Canvas
Leonard Joel · Mar 17, 2026A$14,000 ≈ $9,949 ≈ £7,457 ≈ €8,628Sign up free to see priceAlso in this sale
Estate & Collector: Pictures & Fine Arts (Sale 201) · Davidson Auctions · Nov 29, 2025
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Cherry Blossom, 1938
Oil · Canvas
Davidson Auctions · Nov 29, 2025A$36,000 ≈ $23,496 ≈ £17,780 ≈ €20,315Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Untitled (Marrapinti), 2003
Acrylic · Linen
Davidson Auctions · Nov 29, 2025A$14,000 ≈ $9,137 ≈ £6,914 ≈ €7,900Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Holding (Il Cucco, Sicily), 2008
Oil · Linen
Davidson Auctions · Nov 29, 2025A$13,000 ≈ $8,485 ≈ £6,421 ≈ €7,336Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Untitled
Photograph
Davidson Auctions · Nov 29, 2025A$8,000 ≈ $5,221 ≈ £3,951 ≈ €4,514Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Jonah's Journey Across the Sea, 1967
Oil · Board
Davidson Auctions · Nov 29, 2025A$4,000 ≈ $2,611 ≈ £1,976 ≈ €2,257Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Mustering in the High Country
Oil · Board
Davidson Auctions · Nov 29, 2025A$3,500 ≈ $2,284 ≈ £1,729 ≈ €1,975Sign up free to see priceSimilar works
Oil results by other artists in a similar price range.
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗(5)
Oil · Board
Davidson Auctions · Oct 11, 2026A$1,700 ≈ $1,187 ≈ £898 ≈ €1,059Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Painting to Franz Kafka's "The Trial" - Several Young Girls Raced Past K. Up The Stairs, 1987
Oil · Linen
Davidson Auctions · Oct 11, 2026A$6,000 ≈ $4,189 ≈ £3,168 ≈ €3,738Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗An Age-Old Army
Oil · Canvas
Davidson Auctions · Oct 11, 2026A$1,500 ≈ $1,047 ≈ £792 ≈ €934Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Music and the Angels / An Angel and His Flute
Oil
Davidson Auctions · Oct 11, 2026A$3,500 ≈ $2,443 ≈ £1,848 ≈ €2,180Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Sharing (Fruit Children)
Oil · Board
Davidson Auctions · Oct 11, 2026A$1,400 ≈ $977 ≈ £739 ≈ €872Sign up free to see price
Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗Children Playing in the Orchard
Oil · Board
Davidson Auctions · Oct 11, 2026A$3,750 ≈ $2,618 ≈ £1,980 ≈ €2,336Sign up free to see priceArtists related to Hugh Sawrey
All Hugh Sawrey results · More from Davidson Auctions · Art value guides