# Abiodun Olaku - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T18:01:16.292Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 42
- Lots with prices: 23
- First auction date: 2010-11-22
- Latest auction date: 2024-10-16
- Median realised price: $7,000
- Price range: $4,200 to $1,760,000

## Market Takeaway
Abiodun Olaku has 42 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,000. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($7,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($5,040 to $8,000\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 87% (20 sales)
- $10,000\+: 13% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $5,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-10-16
- Days since latest sale: 572
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 26 lots
- Arthouse Contemporary: 11 lots
- Piasa: 3 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-16 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigerian, born 1958\) Shadows of the Night | Bonhams | N/A
2. 2024-10-16 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigerian, born 1958\) Evening Enterprise \(unframed\) | Bonhams | £5,000
3. 2023-10-12 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigerian, born 1958\) It is finished \(framed\) | Bonhams | N/A
4. 2023-07-06 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigéria, né en 1958\) People's paradise | Bonhams | N/A
5. 2023-03-22 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigerian, born 1958\) Ebute \(framed\) | Bonhams | £4,200
6. 2022-11-30 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigéria, né en 1958\) | Bonhams | N/A
7. 2022-07-25 | ABIODUN OLAKU \(b.1958\) CITY OF LIFE | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
8. 2022-05-19 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigeria, né en 1958\) Misty Morning, 1995 | Bonhams | €7,500
9. 2022-03-22 | Provocation | Sotheby's | £5,040
10. 2021-11-29 | ABIODUN OLAKU \(b.1958\) FELLOWSHIP\- STUDY | Arthouse Contemporary | $8,000
11. 2021-06-07 | Abiodun Olaku \| Roots | Arthouse Contemporary | $7,000
12. 2021-06-07 | Abiodun Olaku \| Expression | Arthouse Contemporary | $8,000
13. 2021-03-17 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigerian, born 1958\) 'Elemental Notes' | Bonhams | £11,000
14. 2021-03-17 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigerian, born 1958\) Kano Horsemen | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2020-10-08 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigerian, born 1958\) 'Reclamation' \(Power to the People\) | Bonhams | £7,500
16. 2020-06-15 | ABIODUN OLAKU, ROOTS | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
17. 2020-06-15 | ABIODUN OLAKU, EVENING SHUTTLE | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
18. 2020-06-15 | ABIODUN OLAKU, ASSEMBLY | Arthouse Contemporary | $4,480
19. 2020-03-18 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigerian, born 1958\) Makoko Retreat | Bonhams | £6,000
20. 2020-02-14 | Abiodun Olaku b | Piasa | N/A
21. 2018-02-28 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigerian, born 1958\) 'Spirit of Enterprise' \(Market Series\) | Bonhams | N/A
22. 2018-02-28 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigerian, born 1958\) 'Ilu Oke, Lagos' | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2017-10-05 | Abiodun Olaku \(Nigerian, born 1958\) Fade Out \(Okobaba overview\) | Bonhams | £4,500
24. 2017-05-16 | ABIODUN OLAKU \| Heavenly Steps | Sotheby's | £7,000

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