Used art prints in Melbourne typically sell for A$19 to A$230 (about $13 to $160). The whole value of a print is in what kind of print it is, and the most damaging mistake a seller can make is describing a reproduction in words that imply an original.
Selling art prints in Melbourne
Melbourne has the strongest vintage and op-shop culture in Australia and a large student population across several universities, so buying second hand here is entirely ordinary. It is also the country’s music city, which keeps instruments, amps and records moving in a way they do not everywhere.
Students arrive in February and leave in November, which inverts the northern-hemisphere rhythm. The inner suburbs also carry a lot of share-house accommodation, and share houses reshuffle constantly rather than seasonally.
The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
Melbourne, in Victoria, has around 5.1 million people, which means a buyer pool big enough that almost anything finds someone, and close enough together that collection is rarely the obstacle. Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Melbourne
Australia Post covers everywhere, but distance pricing is real and interstate parcels cost meaningfully more than local ones.
What art prints are worth
What lifts the price
- Original gallery labels and certificates
- Unfaded colour with clean margins
What pulls it down
- Sun fading, which is irreversible
- Trimmed margins, which ruin an edition print
Working out what yours is worth
- Look for a pencil signature and edition number in the margin
- Photograph any gallery label on the reverse
Getting it ready
- Look at the print under magnification. Regular dot patterns mean a mechanical reproduction; continuous ink or plate texture suggests an original process.
- Check the margins and the reverse for foxing, tape residue, trimming or light staining.
Photograph
- A magnified area of the image showing the print texture
- The reverse, plus any foxing, tape, tear or trimmed edge
Put in the description
- Sheet and image dimensions, and whether it is framed or mounted
- Whether the signature is hand-applied in pencil or printed in the plate
Artist, title, process and edition: “Signed Lithograph, [Artist], Edition 24/150, 1978”. Say screenprint, lithograph, etching or giclée reproduction — the process is most of the value. Never use the word original for something printed in an edition of thousands.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Victoria)
Common questions
Where can I sell art prints in Melbourne?
List it free here and arrange the handover with the buyer yourself. The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
Is it foxed?
Check the margins and reverse in daylight and photograph any spotting. Foxing is common on older prints and buyers price it in when they can see the extent.
How much are art prints worth in Melbourne?
Most used art prints change hands for A$19 to A$230 (about $13 to $160). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling art prints across Australia, what art prints are worth, everything second hand in Melbourne, or Art & Collectables in Melbourne.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.