{"id":5810,"date":"1988-01-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-01-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/Agod\/2026\/09\/08\/106-the-world-s-biggest-and-best-australian-indigenous-aboriginal-part-1\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T19:40:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T19:40:55","slug":"106-the-world-s-biggest-and-best-australian-indigenous-aboriginal-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrprimo.com\/AGOD\/01\/26\/106-the-world-s-biggest-and-best-australian-indigenous-aboriginal-part-1\/1988\/","title":{"rendered":"The world’s biggest and best Australian, Indigenous, Aboriginal Art Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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PART 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AGOD – Australian Gallery of Dreamings & EBEScontemporary have a responsibiliy to enable our indigenous artists : AGOD seeks to help them eductate the world’s soul = SEASONS is the key to ongoing harmony (living within our means \/ climate \/ ecosystem:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.art-almanac.com.au\/six-seasons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/creativenative.com.au\/blogs\/blog\/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-seasons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/artgallery.wa.gov.au\/whats-on\/exhibitions\/six-seasons\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/yallingupaboriginalart.com.au\/the-six-seasons-of-noongar-country<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 We have the world’s biggest and best Australian Indigenous, Aborigianl Art Collection : so ask us if you want a painting = big or small; cheap or expansive…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ranking a massive, specific list of Australian Indigenous artists by their market sales prices requires looking closely at secondary market data (such as auction records tracked by Australian Art Auction Records (AAAR)<\/a> and major sales at Sotheby’s and Deutscher + Hackett). [1<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 60+ artists provided break down into distinct tiers based on their primary secondary market historical price records, ranging from multi-million-dollar masters down to regional fine art painters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tier 1: The Seven-Figure Masters ($1,000,000 \u2013 $5,000,000+)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These three legendary pioneers sit at the absolute pinnacle of Australian art history. Their absolute top masterpieces regularly cross into millions of dollars. [1<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CLIFFORD POSSUM TJAPALTJARRI<\/u><\/strong>: Holds the ultimate record in this group with Warlugulong<\/em> selling for $2.4 million AUD<\/strong> at Sotheby’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/agod.com.au\/artists\/60-clifford-possum-tjapaltjarri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE<\/u><\/strong>: Her masterpiece Earth’s Creation I<\/em> famously commanded $2.1 million AUD<\/strong>. She dominates auction market volumes, making up large percentages of total annual First Nations fine art sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/agod.com.au\/artists\/29-emily-kame-kngwarreye<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JOHNNY WARANGKULA TJUPURRULA<\/u><\/strong>: A founding Papunya Tula heavy hitter whose water dreamings broke a massive benchmark, fetching $US762,000 (~$1.15 million AUD)<\/strong>. [1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>, 5<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/agod.com.au\/artists\/70-johnny-warangkula-tjupurrula<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tier 2: The Six-Figure Blue-Chip Pioneers ($100,000 \u2013 $750,000+)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These foundational artists represent the critical historical core of Western Desert and Utopia art. Their elite period canvases reliably fetch six figures at high-end auctions.
4. MICK NAMARARI TJAPALTJARRI<\/u><\/strong>: The Marnpi master whose elite minimal works have topped out over $450,000 AUD<\/strong> ($302,400 USD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/agod.com.au\/artists\/81-mick-namarari-tjapaltjarri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. ANATJARI TJAMPITJINPA (NAMPITJINPA)<\/strong>: Early foundational Papunya Tula maestro whose historical 1970s boards easily surpass $150,000 \u2013 $250,000+ AUD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/agod.com.au\/artists\/171-anatjari-tjampitjinpa\/6. BILLY STOCKMAN TJAPALTJARRI: One of the legendary original Papunya founders whose historical pieces and early boards command heavy premium prices.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/agod.com.au\/artists\/170-billy-stockman-tjapaltjarri\/7. MINNIE PWERLE: The iconic master of the Utopia style, known for wild, fluid lines; top scale canvases fetch between $100,000 and $150,000 AUD.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/agod.com.au\/artists\/30-minnie-pwerle\/8. NINGURA NAPURRULA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Januaary 26, 1988<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PART 1. AGOD – Australian Gallery of Dreamings & EBEScontemporary have a responsibiliy to enable our indigenous artists : AGOD seeks to help them eductate the world’s soul = SEASONS is the key to ongoing harmony (living within our means \/ climate \/ ecosystem:- https:\/\/www.art-almanac.com.au\/six-seasons https:\/\/creativenative.com.au\/blogs\/blog\/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-seasons https:\/\/artgallery.wa.gov.au\/whats-on\/exhibitions\/six-seasons\/ https:\/\/yallingupaboriginalart.com.au\/the-six-seasons-of-noongar-country  We have the world’s biggest and best […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"agod_source_url":"","agod_migration_status":"","agod_source_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrprimo.com\/AGOD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrprimo.com\/AGOD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrprimo.com\/AGOD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrprimo.com\/AGOD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrprimo.com\/AGOD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrprimo.com\/AGOD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8866,"href":"https:\/\/hrprimo.com\/AGOD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5810\/revisions\/8866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrprimo.com\/AGOD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrprimo.com\/AGOD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrprimo.com\/AGOD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}