# Ben Osawe - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T17:56:10.982Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 39
- Lots with prices: 20
- First auction date: 2009-04-08
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-08
- Median realised price: $7,000
- Price range: $1,000 to $2,420,000

## Market Takeaway
Ben Osawe has 39 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. 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 \($3,500 to $10,980\) 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: 70% (14 sales)
- $10,000\+: 30% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $6,000
- Previous 12 months median: $3,200
- Median shift: 87.5%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-08
- Days since latest sale: 215
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 22 lots
- Arthouse Contemporary: 12 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Phillips: 1 lots
- Roseberys: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-08 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Untitled 129 x 16 x 14cm \(50 13/16 x 6 5/16 x 5 1/2in\). | Bonhams | £6,000
2. 2025-03-20 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Untitled 70 x 25 x 17cm \(27 9/16 x 9 13/16 x 6 11/16in\) | Bonhams | £3,200
3. 2023-11-29 | Ben Osawe, Bust of a woman, 1999;  | Roseberys | £6,000
4. 2023-10-19 | Untitled | Sotheby's | £8,890
5. 2023-10-17 | BEN OSAWE \(1931\-2007\) Bird ink on paper 38 5/8 x 20 7/8in. \(98 x 53cm.\) | Christie's | N/A
6. 2022-07-25 | BEN OSAWE \(1931\-2007\) UNTITLED | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
7. 2021-06-07 | Ben Osawe \| Untitled | Arthouse Contemporary | $3,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ben-osawe-untitled-34-c-d6e4e7daf7
8. 2021-06-07 | Ben Osawe \| Sketch of a Woman | Arthouse Contemporary | $1,500
9. 2020-11-23 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Twin Masks 150cm high. | Bonhams | N/A
10. 2020-11-23 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Head study \(Mask\) | Bonhams | £1,000
11. 2020-06-15 | BEN OSAWE, UNTITLED | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
12. 2020-06-15 | BEN OSAWE, PASSION STATEMENT | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
13. 2020-05-13 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Study for sculpture | Bonhams | N/A
14. 2020-05-13 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Head study \(Mask\) | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2020-05-13 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Twin Masks 150cm high. | Bonhams | £3,200
16. 2020-03-18 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Twin Masks 150cm high. | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2020-03-18 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Benin Princess 72.5 x 19.5 x 17cm \(28 9/16 x 7 11/16 x 6 11/16in\). | Bonhams | £7,000
18. 2019-10-03 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Totem | Bonhams | £4,500
19. 2018-10-04 | BEN OSAWE \(NIGERIAN, 1931\-2007\) Head study signed ‘Osawe ‘99’ \(back of | Bonhams | £8,125
20. 2018-10-04 | BEN OSAWE \(NIGERIAN, 1931\-2007\) Totem signed and dated ‘Osawe 1991’ \(re | Bonhams | £8,125
21. 2018-03-28 | BEN OSAWE \| Man with hat | Sotheby's | £11,000
22. 2018-02-28 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Dancers 124 x 25 x 25cm \(48 13/16 x 9 13/16 x 9 13/16in\). | Bonhams | £6,875
23. 2018-02-28 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Mask | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2017-10-05 | Ben Osawe \(Nigerian, 1931\-2007\) Standing figure \(abstract\) 130 x 26 x 14.5 | Bonhams | N/A

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