# Durant Basi Sihlali - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T05:02:58.774Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 38
- Lots with prices: 15
- First auction date: 2003-05-12
- Latest auction date: 2021-11-30
- Median realised price: $7,700
- Price range: $360 to $56,000

## Market Takeaway
Durant Basi Sihlali has 38 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,700. 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 \($7,700\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,320 to $37,472\) 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: 20% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 40% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2021-11-30
- Days since latest sale: 1,610
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 14 lots
- Strauss & Co: 13 lots
- Stephan Welz & Co: 9 lots
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Aspire Art: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-11-30 | GOSSIPERS | Aspire Art | ZAR 45,520
2. 2017-04-09 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- Sangoma Ritual Dance | Strauss & Co | ZAR 37,472
3. 2017-04-09 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- Gumboot Dancers | Strauss & Co | ZAR 11,710
4. 2017-03-28 | Durant Basi Sihlali \(South African 1935\-2004\) RURAL SETTLEMENT signed and d | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A
5. 2016-11-07 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- Porcupine | Strauss & Co | N/A
6. 2016-11-07 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- Rhimi Wall II | Strauss & Co | N/A
7. 2016-11-07 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- The Initiate | Strauss & Co | N/A
8. 2015-06-01 | Durant Basi Sihlali, Azanian Walls: Series Number 0058 | Strauss & Co | N/A
9. 2014-11-10 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- Abstract II | Strauss & Co | N/A
10. 2014-11-10 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- Abstract I | Strauss & Co | N/A
11. 2014-02-16 | Durant Basi Sihlali \(SA 1935 \- 2005\) Watercolour, | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 3,000
12. 2013-06-12 | Durant Basi Sihlali \(South African, 1935\-2004\) | Bonhams | £1,500
13. 2013-05-20 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- Township Street at Dawn | Strauss & Co | N/A
14. 2013-03-20 | Durant Basi Sihlali \(South African, 1935\-2004\) | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2012-06-11 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- Sable Antelope | Strauss & Co | ZAR 28,964
16. 2011-11-07 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- Abstract Forms | Strauss & Co | N/A
17. 2011-11-07 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- A Donkey Cart Carrying Wood | Strauss & Co | N/A
18. 2011-11-07 | Durant Basi Sihlali \- Playground | Strauss & Co | N/A
19. 2011-02-22 | Durant Basi Sihlali \(South African 1935\-2004\) THE | Stephan Welz & Co | ZAR 8,960
20. 2011-02-22 | Durant Basi Sihlali \(South African 1935\-2004\) | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A
21. 2010-08-17 | Durant Basi Sihlali \(South African 1935\-2004\) THE | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A
22. 2010-08-17 | Durant Basi Sihlali \(South African 1935\-2004\) | Stephan Welz & Co | N/A
23. 2010-03-23 | Durant Basi Sihlali \(South African, 1935\-2004\) Township scene | Bonhams | £900
24. 2010-03-23 | Durant Basi Sihlali \(South African, 1935\-2004\) A market scene | Bonhams | £960

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