May Gibbs Paintings & Artwork for Sale | May Gibbs Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 22, 2026
GIBBS May (1877-1969), Almond Blossoms, 1892., Oil on Card, 25x34cm
Est: $4,000 - $7,000
GIBBS, May (1877-1969) Almond Blossoms, 1892. Signed and dated upper right. Oil on Card 25x34cm PROVENANCE: A gift from the artist to her cousin, Mrs I M Harris; the estate late I M Harris; private collection, Adelaide; Bonhams Sydney, 'Important Australian Art,' August 24th 2021 (lot 5); private collection, Sydney.
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 29, 2025
GIBBS May (1877-1969), Original 'Dr Stork and Mrs Kookaburra' poster created for the NSW Department of Public Health's first Baby We
Est: $300 - $600
GIBBS, May (1877-1969) Original 'Dr Stork and Mrs Kookaburra' poster created for the NSW Department of Public Health's first Baby Week campaign, c.1918. Ex Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney (label verso) Colour Lithograph 74x49cm
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 20, 2025
May Gibbs: Fairytale
Est: $20 - $30
May Gibbs: Fairytale
Lawsons
Oct. 30, 2025
May Gibbs Mother of the Gumnuts, Her Life and Work – Maureen Walsh
Est: $20 - $30
May Gibbs Mother of the Gumnuts, Her Life and Work – Maureen Walsh
Lawsons
Jul. 09, 2025
M. GIBBS, Untitled (The Fever Room), 1912, oil on canvas, 52.5 x 82 cm. (20.6 x 32.2 in.), frame: 60 x 90 x 2 cm. (23.6 x 35.4 x 0.7 in.)
Est: $200 - $300
M. GIBBS Untitled (The Fever Room), 1912 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right
Lawsons
Apr. 17, 2025
May Gibbs Mother of the Gumnuts
Est: $20 - $30
May Gibbs Mother of the Gumnuts
Lawsons
Feb. 27, 2025
MAY GIBBS
Est: $50 - $100
Two copies of Our Babies with the front covers by May Gibbs. Both issued by The New South Wales Department of Public Health Maternal and Baby Welfare Division. Front cover art work by May Gibbs see photos Both issued in the 1950s. Full of advice for the young mother on the care and welfare of her new baby
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Jul. 07, 2024
May Gibbs Snugglepot and Cuddlepie First Edition.
Est: $150 - $200
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie : Their Adventures Wonderful by May Gibbs. Published by Angus and Robertson no date [1918]. Muir 2744. First edition second issue as per Penfold Address. Water stains. Loose pages. Colour frontispiece and 22 full page sepia drawings and some black and white illustrations in the text. One torn several loose. This copy is as in Muir 2744 who states that earlier copies of the first edition have "The Hat Shop opposite p32 and the "Fight with Red Gumnut opposite p42 and is printed by W C Penfold, 183 Pitt St.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
May. 05, 2024
MAY GIBBS
Est: $120 - $200
8 books by May Gibbs. Including 1) Little Obelia and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom Snugglepot & Cuddlepie, published by Angus & Robertson, no date c1921 1st ed. 91 pages. colour frontispiece and colour plate. Covers are loose. frontispiece is detached, a bit foxed, else clean; 2) Prince Dance Lion 1953 1st Ed. Original cloth. Lacking one colour plate. Previous owner's stamps on half title page and some pages, else clean; 3) Bib & Bub in Gumnut Town. no date. c1929. 42 pages. lacking the title page. Covers are faded and almost detached; 4) Nuttybub and Nittersing. Osboldstole & co. no date. poor condition. lacking 2 plates, covers are almost detached; 5) Scotty in Gumnut Land 1950. Lacking spine; 6) Scotty in Gumnut Land 1956. Covers are foxed and have the stains; 7) The Story fo Chucklebud and Wunkydoo 1924. Lacking spine, covers are worn, pages are detached; 8) The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. 1946. Covers are worn, some pages are foxed and detached.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
May. 05, 2024
MAY GIBBS
Est: $60 - $80
2 vol set of May Gibbs Mother of The Gumnuts Her Life and Work by Maureen Walsh, along with Gumnut Classics by May Gibbs. Published by Angus and Robertson in 1985. Hardbacks with dust wrappers, housed in a slipcase. Faded wrapper spine and bumped slipcase.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Apr. 21, 2024
MAY GIBBS GUM-NUT BABIES
Est: $100 - $150
Gum-Nut Babies. Words and pictures by May Gibbs. Published by Angus and Robertson. Undated but c1917. Soft cover, string bound with tan wood grain paper wrappers. Colour frontispiece. Front wrapper creased, with 1 cm tear along right edge. Pages tanned.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Nov. 29, 2023
CECILIA MAY GIBBS 1877-1969
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
"Old Bunbury Road" 1894 Watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right. 16 x 11cm Provenance: City of South Perth exhibition 2002 'The Cultural Context of Federation: the Gibbs & South Perth Connections 1890-1910'. With documentation.
McKenzies Auctioneers
Nov. 24, 2023
May Gibbs Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
Est: $180 - $220
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie : Their Adventures Wonderful by May Gibbs. Published by Angus and Robertson no date [1918]. Muir 2744. First edition second issue as per Penfold Address. Some colouring.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Oct. 06, 2023
May Gibbs
Est: $120 - $150
3 Children's Books by May Gibbs. 1) Prince Dande Lion. Ure Smith Publication 1953. Original board which foxed. Right bottom corners of front end paper and half title page are missing, else good. Full page colour plates; 2) The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot Cuddlepie. Angus and Robertson 1947. Original board which has stains, spine is a bit worn. previous owner's inscription on the rear of front cover, water stains on the fore edges of the first few pages, else clean; 3) Mr and Mrs Bear and Friends. Angus and Robertson 1957. Original cloth. A little bit foxed else good.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Jul. 13, 2023
CECILIA MAY GIBBS (1877-1969)
Est: €60 - €120
CECILIA MAY GIBBS (1877-1969) Livre pour enfant, The Gumnut Babies par May Gibbs avec des objets associés : un tableau non encadré, un panneau de broderie encadré, une porcelaine vide-poche et un coffret de 2 volumes "The Famous Gumnut Aventures", May Gibbs, sa vie et son œuvre par Maureen Walsh. On y joint des enveloppes, du papier à lettre et textiles au décor de l'artiste. Succession David W. Cooper
Accademia Fine Art
Apr. 10, 2023
May Gibbs
Est: $80 - $150
May Gibbs Postcard. Written underneath two Gumnut babies sleeping: The Old Home's in the old place. The same old stars are on the Wall. Gumnut Series 11. 9x14cm. Written on the back with pencil. Corners rounded with age small 5m hole on top edge.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Dec. 16, 2022
May Gibbs
Est: $100 - $150
May Gibbs Postcard. Written underneath two Gumnut babies sleeping: The Old Home's in the old place. The same old stars are on the Wall. Gumnut Series 11. 9x14cm. Written on the back with pencil. Corners rounded with age small 5m hole on top edge.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Nov. 04, 2022
MAY GIBBS SNUGGLEPOT AND CUDDLEPIE
Est: $50 - $100
Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Pictures and words by May Gibbs. Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd., c1919. early edition. Contains full page black and white, colour frontis, illustrations throughout. Measures 19 x 24.5 cms. Original board, spine is a bit faded. Previous owner's inscription on the rear of frontispiece. Book edges are a little bit foxed else good.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Nov. 04, 2022
MAY GIBBS
Est: $400 - $500
Bib and Bub Their Adventures: In Two Parts Part 2 by May Gibbs. Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1925. 42 - 80pp. 21x23cm. Paper covered boards with a colour May Gibbs illustration on the front and back covers. The covers are grubby and the spine has been internally strengthened. The pages are very clean. The front cover reads "Wee Gumnut Babies Bib and Bub by May Gibbs In two parts Part 2". Muir 2775. The book is a colour comic strip. These May Gibbs comic books are very scarce.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Sep. 16, 2022
MAY GIBBS
Est: $100 - $120
Boronia Babies by May Gibbs Sydney Angus and Robertson No date but 1919. First Edition. Muir 2740. . A couple of pages with a little browning and the original wrappers a little scratched. A good copy
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Jun. 24, 2022
May Gibbs
Est: $50 - $80
Wattle Babies by May Gibbs. Sydney Angus and Robertson 1922 reprint . Ribbon tied, wrappers, sepia illustrations. Muir 2739 states that over 22,000 copies printed up to February 1922 with 5 reprints. Classic Australiana and although printed in large numbers its is still hard to find today
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
May. 20, 2022
MAY GIBBS
Est: $80 - $100
1) Our Babies Published by The Department of Public Health (New South Wales). Maternal & Baby Welfare Division. Sticky tape repairs 2) Our Babies Victorian Edition The Maternal and Infant Welfare Booklet. Both 1940 and paperbacks with the front cover illustrated by May Gibbs
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Mar. 04, 2022
MAY GIBBS
Est: $80 - $120
Two May Gibbs 1) Snugglepot and Cuddlepie Their Adventures Wonderful Pictures & Words by May Gibbs. Sydney Angus & Robertson No date but 1919 second or third edition following a 1918 undated edition of 5000 copies. See note in Muir 2744. Lacks the free front endpaper and some wear to the corner s 2) Little Obelia and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom Snugglepot & Cuddlepie. Sydney Angus & Robertson. No date 1921 Missing the rear free endpaper. Some wear to the illustrated boards. Muir 2758
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Aug. 24, 2021
May Gibbs (1877-1969) Chrysanthemums, 1894
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
May Gibbs (1877-1969) Chrysanthemums, 1894 signed and dated lower left: 'May Gibbs / 1894' oil on academy board 45.5 x 32.5cm (17 15/16 x 12 13/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Aug. 24, 2021
May Gibbs (1877-1969) Almond Blossoms, 1892
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
May Gibbs (1877-1969) Almond Blossoms, 1892 signed and dated lower right: 'May Gibbs 1892' oil on card 25.0 x 34.0cm (9 13/16 x 13 3/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Feb. 13, 2021
MAY GIBBS
Est: $200 - $300
Two titles: 1) Little Ragged Blossom - Muir 2753, with new photocopied endpapers and new spine, and an inscription from a previous owner on the dedications page. 2) Scotty in Gumnut Land - this edition (1947) not listed in Muir, with the four editions listed, the first in 1941 and the last being in 1949. Tide marks, foxing, toning and fading, and some fragility of the bind, with few pages loosened. See photos.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Nov. 29, 2020
GIBBS, May. Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Their adventures wonderful. Sydney, [1918]. Quarto, with coloured frontispiece and numerous illustrations, mostly full-page; original cloth-backed boards with pictorial paper inset. Endpapers…
Est: $300 - $400
GIBBS, May. Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Their adventures wonderful. Sydney, [1918]. Quarto, with coloured frontispiece and numerous illustrations, mostly full-page; original cloth-backed boards with pictorial paper inset. Endpapers slightly stained, inscription dated 1919 at head of half-title, otherwise very clean. First edition, denoted by the earlier address of the printer. Muir 2744.
PETER ARNOLD PTY LTD
Aug. 20, 2020
May Gibbs collection,
Est: -
two hard back editions of the gumnut classics and mother of the gumnuts in slip cover
Bargain Hunt Auctions
Aug. 08, 2020
May Gibbs Ephemera
Est: $20 - $50
May Gibbs ephemera including: 1) Sticky Fun. Lick and Paste. All stickers present, pages browning. Paperback 21x27cm. 2) Trace and Colour. Pages starting brown. Paperback 21x27cm. 3) May Gibbs and her fantasy world by Robert Holden. Adelaide Botanic Gardens Exhibition. Paperback. Very good condition. 21x15cm. 4) Pathway to Magic. The Story of May Gibbs in Western Australia. Written and illustrated by Jean Lang. 202 of 500 copies signed and inscribed by the author. Paperback 23x18cm.A very good copy.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Jun. 13, 2020
May Gibbs Trading Cards
Est: $75 - $150
May Gibbs trading cards including: 1) May Gibbs Collector Cards. Set of 110 cards published by Tempo and produced by Futera Collector Cards. This set contains 110 trading cards featuring some of May Gibbs key moments in her most famous works including Snugglepot and Cuddle Pie, Ragged Little Blossom, Little Obelia. In excellent. 6x8.5cm. 2) 8 of the Creature Card 5000 card set. Numbers 3797, 4875, 3854, 0547, 3587, 0864, 3391, 0353. In excellent condition. 6x8.5cm. 3) 3 of the R1 4000 set. Numbers 3733, 2640, 2946. In excellent condition. 6x8.5cm. 4) Tempo May Gibbs limited edition cards. Includes the Redemption card, Certification Card for card number 0536. 3 cards in excellent condition. 6x8.5cm.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Jun. 13, 2020
May Gibbs Ephemera
Est: $50 - $100
May Gibbs ephemera including: 1) Sticky Fun. Lick and Paste. All stickers present, pages browning. Paperback 21x27cm. 2) Trace and Colour. Pages starting brown. Paperback 21x27cm. 3) May Gibbs and her fantasy world by Robert Holden. Adelaide Botanic Gardens Exhibition. Paperback. Very good condition. 21x15cm. 4) Pathway to Magic. The Story of May Gibbs in Western Australia. Written and illustrated by Jean Lang. 202 of 500 copies signed and inscribed by the author. Paperback 23x18cm.A very good copy.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Dec. 14, 2019
May Gibbs Our Babies
Est: $50 - $100
Two copies of Our Babies issued in Sydney by The Department of Public Health both with the May Gibbs front cover. Both are different and also different to the image in the previous lot. One dated 1951 states that 805,000 copies have been issued to date. The other copy is dated 1942. This copy has the front cover detached but present
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Dec. 14, 2019
May Gibbs Poster
Est: $1,500 - $1,750
A very rare poster: Baby Week. "I Hardly Like Delivering the Goods ,Mrs Kookaburra, Them Humans is so Gum Careless of 'em", by May Gibbs. No date but Trove dates it as 1920. Measures 25 x 31 cms. National Library Catalogue does not give the size of their poster. There are some slight differences to the colours in this to the copy held by the National Library . This poster is complete although there are some tears and possibly a splash of foxing (although this may be part of the colouring)
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Dec. 14, 2019
May Gibbs First
Est: $100 - $200
Mr & Mrs Bear and Friends by May Gibbs Sydney Angus & Robertson 1947 First edition in dustwrapper. Very good copy
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Nov. 24, 2019
May GIBBS (1877 - 1969) Hullo! Sporty Boy! Three letterpress calendar cards
Est: $150 - $250
May GIBBS (1877 - 1969) Hullo! Sporty Boy! Three letterpress calendar cards, original grey boards, imprinted at lower margins "Copyright May Gibbs", and each with a shaped colour process Gumnut Babies design with printed May Gibbs signature in the image. (3).
Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
Oct. 03, 2019
May Gibbs Cecilia, The story of Nuttybub and Nittersing. Australia: Osboldstone & Co., 1923.
Est: €200 - €400
In-8° (mm 245x186). Pagine [6], 86, [2] con antiporta a colori e 20 tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo. Esemplare in ottime condizioni, con illustrazioni ai contropiatti e occhietto illustrato al verso. Testatina xilografica e illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. Legatura in mezza tela con piatti rivestiti in carta, di cui quello anteriore figurato e con disegno a colori applicato. Il piatto posteriore presenta alcune arrossature.
Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
Jun. 16, 2018
May Gibbs Famous Gumnut Adventures
Est: $50 - $100
GIBBS, May. Mother Of The Gumnuts. Her life and work. By Maureen Walsh. [Tog. with] Gumnut Classics. The Famous Gumnut Adventures. 2 volumes in slipcase. Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1985, first edition: pp228; 496, profusely illus; 4to, cloth, dust jackets, very slightly sunned. Fine in fine slip-case. Critical biography together with an anthology of Gibbs' work. Winner of the Book Design award for 1985.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Apr. 28, 2018
May Gibbs Chucklebud
Est: $200 - $250
Chucklebud and Wunkydoo. By May Gibbs. Melbourne, Osboldstone & Co., 1924. First edition. The title on the front cover reads: "Two Little Gum-Nuts. Chucklebud and Wunkydoo. Their Strange Adventures." Contains full page colour illustrations throughout. Muir 2768.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Apr. 28, 2018
May Gibbs Boronia Babies
Est: $150 - $200
Boronia Babies. By May Gibbs. Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1919. First edition. String tied octavo in original wrappers with colour pictorial onlay. Colour frontispiece and monochrome plates. Slight foxing on title page. A good copy.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Apr. 28, 2018
May Gibbs Gum Blossom Babies
Est: $100 - $150
Gum Blossom Babies. By May Gibbs. Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd., circa 1918. Reprint edition. String tied octavo in original wrappers with colour pictorial onlay, 28 pages, colour frontispiece and plates, previous owner's inscription on gift-page, a few pages browned, a very good copy.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Apr. 28, 2018
May Gibbs Prince Dande Lion
Est: $50 - $100
Prince Dande Lion. A Garden Whim-Wham. By May Gibbs. Sydney, Ure Smith Pty. Ltd., 1953. Contains full page colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Good copy in original boards.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Apr. 28, 2018
May Gibbs Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
Est: $500 - $700
Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Pictures and words by May Gibbs. Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1918. First edition. Muir 2744. 5000 copies were printed. Contains full page black and white illustrations throughout. Measures 19 x 24.5 cms. A most important Australian children's title and still in print. 23 000 copies were sold within three years. Exceptionally good copy. It should be illegal for a popular children's book from this period to exist in this condition!
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Apr. 28, 2018
May Gibbs Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
Est: $50 - $100
Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Pictures and words by May Gibbs. Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1919. Second edition. Contains full page black and white illustrations throughout. Some illustrations have been coloured in by a child whose name was definitely not Picasso. Measures 19 x 24.5 cms. Binding is a bit loose.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Apr. 28, 2018
May Gibbs Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
Est: $400 - $500
Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Pictures and words by May Gibbs. Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1918. First edition. Muir 2744. 5000 copies were printed. Contains full page black and white illustrations throughout. Measures 19 x 24.5 cms. A most important Australian children's books. 23 000 copies were sold within three years. Very good copy of a scarce edition.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Apr. 28, 2018
May Gibbs Little Ragged Blossom
Est: $200 - $300
Little Ragged Blossom and More About Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. By May Gibbs. Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1920. First edition. Muir 2752. Original decorated boards in dustwrapper. A near mint copy. This copy lacks the illustrated free front end paper. The boards are bright and the pages white. Colour frontispiece and 1 other colour plate, 24 full page sepia plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Measures 19 x 24.5 cms.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Apr. 28, 2018
May Gibbs First Edition
Est: $500 - $600
Little Obelia and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. By May Gibbs. Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1921. First edition. Pictorial boards with colour pictorial onlay, 91pp, colour frontispiece and one colour plate, 19 full page sepia illustrations, decorated endpapers and black and white line drawings throughout. Corners of front boards rubbed, modest foxing to front and rear endpapers only. A very good copy of this extremely scarce edition. Muir 2757.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Feb. 17, 2018
May Gibbs
Est: $150 - $200
1) Little Ragged Blossom. Sydney Cornstalk 1929 1st edition 2) Little Ragged Blossom Sydney Angus and Robertson 1933 2nd edition 3) Two Little Gum-Nuts Chucklebud and Wunkydoo Their Strange Adventures, Sydney Angus and Robertson 1933. All are booklet 75 or 85 page illustrated booklets. Very good copies and rather hard to find like this
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Oct. 21, 2017
May Gibbs First
Est: $250 - $300
Little Ragged Blossom & More About Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Sydney Angus & Robertson no date but 1920 1st Edition 98 Pages 19 X 24 cms Original decorated boards with some minor silverfishing to the rear cover. Colour frontispiece and 1 other colour plate, 20 full page sepia plates and numerous black and white illustrations. First Edition details as Muir Bibliography 2752. Comes with a reading copy of The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie 1948
Sydney Rare Book Auctions