# Afro - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T14:50:22.910Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 416
- Lots with prices: 310
- First auction date: 2000-12-06
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-25
- Median realised price: $3,800
- Price range: $30 to $1,050,000

## Market Takeaway
Afro shows deep auction liquidity with 414 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 23 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,800\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $900 and $27,500.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 28.4% (88 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.5% (104 sales)
- $10,000\+: 38.1% (118 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 23
- Previous 12 months sales: 28
- Recent 12 months median: $3,000
- Previous 12 months median: $5,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 65 lots
- Finarte: 62 lots
- Sotheby's: 23 lots
- Finarte Roma: 18 lots
- Pananti Casa D'Aste SRL: 18 lots
- Colasanti Casa d'Aste: 17 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 13 lots
- Aste Boetto SRL: 12 lots
- EmporiumArt: 12 lots
- Casa d'Aste Babuino: 10 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-16 | Afro Basaldella \(Udine 1912 \- Zurich 1976\) Portrait of a Seated Man, 1946 | Casa d'aste ARCADIA | €3,000
2. 2025-11-19 | Afro Basaldella \* | Dorotheum | €30,000
3. 2025-11-04 | AFRO \(AFRO BASALDELLA\) 1912\-1975 Studio per pietra serena 1956 \- AFRO \(AFRO BASALDELLA\) 1912\-1975 Study for pietra serena 1956 | Aste Bolaffi | N/A
4. 2025-10-04 | Afro "Untitled" 1968 | Felima Art Casa D'Aste | €16,500
5. 2025-09-23 | Afro Basaldella \(Udine 1912 \- Zurigo 1976\) Untitled | Casa d'aste ARCADIA | €1,000
6. 2025-09-04 | Afro \(Basaldella\) \(Udine, 1912 \- Zurigo, 1976\) \- Nero e bruno, 1969 | Pananti Casa D'Aste SRL | €10,000
7. 2025-07-17 | Afro \(Basaldella\) \(Udine, 1912 \- Zurigo, 1976\) \- T Nero, 1963 | Pananti Casa D'Aste SRL | €10,000
8. 2025-07-02 | Afro Basaldella \(Udine 1912 \- Zurigo 1976\) \- Ceruleo Nero, 1967 | Finarte | N/A
9. 2025-07-02 | Afro Basaldella \(Udine 1912 \- Zurigo 1976\) \-  Progetto per il trofeo, 1948 | Finarte | N/A
10. 2025-07-02 | Afro Basaldella \(Udine 1912 \- Zurigo 1976\) \- Portrait of Mary I, 1947 | Finarte | N/A
11. 2025-06-10 | Afro Basaldella \(Udine 1912 \- Zurigo 1976\) Portrait of a seated man | Casa d'aste ARCADIA | €4,500
12. 2025-05-29 | Afro \(Basaldella\) \(Udine, 1912 \- Zurigo, 1976\) \- T Nero, 1963 | Pananti Casa D'Aste SRL | €11,000
13. 2025-05-22 | AFRO BASALDELLA \(1912 \- 1976, ITALIAN\) L’invitation au voyage. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
14. 2025-05-20 | Afro Basaldella \* | Dorotheum | €7,500
15. 2025-05-13 | Afro Basaldella \(Italian 1912\-1976\),Untitled Abstract, Aquatint, Signed l.r. and numbered 50/75 l.l., Frame: 35 x 42 3/4 in. \(88.9 x 108.6 cm.\) | Weschler's | $550
16. 2025-05-12 | Afro Basaldella \(Udine 1912 \- Zurigo 1976\) \- Untitled, 1968/69 | Finarte | €500
17. 2025-04-29 | Afro Basaldella \(Italian 1912\-1976\), Piccola Terra, Aquatint, Signed l.r. and numbered 1/15 l.l., Frame: 37 x 41 in. \(94 x 104.1 cm.\) | Weschler's | $500
18. 2025-04-22 | Afro Basaldella \(Italian 1912\-1976\),Untitled Abstract, Aquatint, Signed l.r. and numbered 50/75 l.l., Frame: 35 x 42 3/4 in. \(88.9 x 108.6 cm.\) | Weschler's | $450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-afro-basaldella-italian-1912-1976-untitled-abstract-aquatint-signed-l-r-and-numbered-50-75-l-l-frame-35-x-42-3-4-in-88-9-x-108-6-cm-167-c-075445fa73
19. 2025-04-14 | AFRO BASALDELLA | Aste Boetto SRL | N/A
20. 2025-04-14 | AFRO BASALDELLA | Aste Boetto SRL | €11,000
21. 2025-03-20 | AFRO BASALDELLA \(Udine, 1912 \- Zurich, 1976\) \- Composizione Tav. 11 \(1965\) | Templum Fine Art Auctions | N/A
22. 2025-03-10 | Afro \(Italian 1912 \- 1976\). Museo Hamburg, 1964 & Untitled, 1954. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €500
23. 2025-03-06 | Afro Basaldella | Colasanti Casa d'Aste | €450
24. 2025-02-16 | Afro \(1912 \- 1976\) Color Lithograph | Locati LLC | $900

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