Australian Art Sales Digest - Annual sales totals of art sold at auction in Australia and New Zealand.
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Annual Australian Art Auction Sales (Million's $Au)


Australian Art Auction Sales By Auction House
Current year calculation starts

Year

Bonhams &
Goodman
$000’s

Christie’s

$000’s
Deutscher and Hackett
$000’s

Deutscher~
Menzies
$000’s
Joel Fine Art
$000’s

Lawson~
Menzies
$000’s

Sotheby’s

$000’s

Other

$000’s

Total

$000’s

1988

-

8,012
-

-
-

-

14,904

15,558

38,474

1989

-

9,090
-

-
-

-

16,972

11,890

37,952

1990

-

4,259
-

-
-

-

5,464

7,006

16,729

1991

-

2,687
-

-
-

-

8,025

9,519

20,231

1992

-

11,912
-

-
-

-

10,666

6,329

28,907

1993

-

5,631
-

-
-

-

6,994

6,769

19,394

1994

-

8,338
-

-
-

-

9,041

8,688

26,067

1995

-

6,700
-

-
-

-

13,270

7,139

27,109

1996

-

14,726
-

-
-

-

14,276

8,794

37,796

1997

-

11,210
-

-
-

-

14,170

8,131

33,511

1998

-

14,206
-

8,431
-

-

16,139

11,344

50,120

1999

-

21,154
-

12,280
-

-

21,442

13,964

68,840

2000

-

31,342
-

14,063
-

-

20,224

12,422

78,051

2001

-

19,222
-

15,883
-

836

23,336

11,657

70,935

2002

-

12,822
-

25,928
-

3,449

28,233

9,383

79,815

2003

-

21,034
-

21,224
-

9,424

27,308

13,498

92,488

2004

-

15,789
-

30,178
-

6,374

21,345

16,343

90,029

2005

-

17,374
-

22,161
-

6,491

33,009

14,112

93,147
2006
4,823
11,050
-
26,560
-
13,400
31,850
17,167
104,850
2007
12,790
-
19,780
46,000
8,620
18,420
51,490
18,530
175,630

2008 (YTD)
6,080
0
6,600
20,780
3,570
6,070
8,760
7,790
59,660

Australian Art Auction Sales By Artist Source

Year

Australian

$000’s

Australian Aboriginal

$000’s

Overseas

$000’s

Total

$000’s
1988
34,354
666
3,454
38,474
1989
35,222
527
2,203
37,952

1990

15,270

169

1,290

16,729
1991
18186
181
1,864
20,231
1992
27,101
157
1,649
28,907
1993
17,668
315
1,411
19,394
1994
22,638
619
2,810
26,067
1995
23,676
1,239
2,194
27,109
1996
33,327
1,357
3,112
37,796
1997
25,357
3,818
4,336
33,511
1998
39,080
5,282
5,758
50,120
1999
56,978
4,299
6,933
68,840
2000
67,946
6,437
3,680
78,063
2001
59,717
6,049
5,168
70,935
2002
68,001
6,699
5,115
79,815
2003
77,756
9,779
4,953
92,488
2004
66,807
13,946
9,282
90,035
2005
71,509
13,205
8,758
93,472
2006
84,023
14,325
6,502
104,850
2007
145,230
23,866
6,534
175,630

The Australian Art Sales Digest is published by John Furphy Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia.