# Don Benzien - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T08:21:39.984Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 30
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2012-09-25
- Latest auction date: 2024-10-21
- Median realised price: $1,400
- Price range: $40 to $2,400

## Market Takeaway
Don Benzien has 30 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,400. 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 \($1,400\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($80 to $2,000\) 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: 40% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 60% (9 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $40
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-10-21
- Days since latest sale: 554
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 18 lots
- Broward Auction Gallery LLC: 5 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Capes Dunn & Co.: 2 lots
- Dales Bros Auctioneers: 1 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-10-21 | Don Benzien, 20th century, Oil on canvas, A South | Claydon Auctioneers | £40
2. 2024-08-11 | Don Benzien \(South Africa,20C\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | $180
3. 2023-12-31 | Don Benzien, 20th century, Oil on canvas, A South African landscape scene depicting Central Karoo. S | Claydon Auctioneers | £65
4. 2023-12-17 | Don Benzien \(South Africa,20C\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
5. 2023-09-10 | Don Benzien \(South Africa,20C\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
6. 2023-08-21 | Don Benzien, 20th century, Oil on canvas, A South … | Claydon Auctioneers | £50
7. 2023-06-11 | Don Benzien \(South Africa,20C\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
8. 2023-04-16 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, Cape Cottage in a Mountain Landscape, Signed, 60 x 90 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
9. 2023-03-12 | Don Benzien \(South Africa,20C\) oil painting | Broward Auction Gallery LLC | N/A
10. 2020-05-31 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) 2 x Oils, Landscapes, Signed, 45 x 60 each | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,400
11. 2020-04-05 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, Mountain Landscape with Cape Dutch Cottage & Figures, Signed, 60 x 103 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,200
12. 2020-03-05 | Don Benzien Oil Painting | Dales Bros Auctioneers | ZAR 850
13. 2020-02-16 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) 2 x Oils, Landscapes, Signed, 45 x 60 each | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
14. 2018-12-02 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, Cottages in a Landscape, Signed, 45 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,400
15. 2018-07-29 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, Mountain Landscape with Huts & Figures, Signed, 60 x 86 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,800
16. 2018-07-25 | Don Benzien \(20th Century\) South African. A Mountain Pass, Oil on Board, Signed, 36" x 24". | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £80
17. 2017-07-16 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, Landscape with Figures & Farm Buildings, Signed, 50 x 75 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
18. 2016-06-05 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, , Signed, 50 x 75 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
19. 2015-09-06 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, Coastal Scene, Signed, 47 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2015-08-02 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, Quiver Trees, Signed, 60 x 80 unframed | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,000
21. 2015-05-17 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, Landscape with Quiver Trees, Signed, 60 x 90 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,300
22. 2014-11-02 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, River Landscape, Signed, 60 x 90 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
23. 2014-04-06 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, Beachscape with | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,600
24. 2013-08-25 | Don Benzien \(SA 20th C\) Oil, River Landscape, | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A

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