# El Dela Anatsui - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:59:23.617Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 133
- Lots with prices: 101
- First auction date: 2008-10-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-19
- Median realised price: $35,000
- Price range: $4,500 to $5,500,000

## Market Takeaway
El Dela Anatsui shows solid auction liquidity with 132 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $34,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-19.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($34,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $22,680 and $145,000.
- 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 4% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 96% (96 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $30,000
- Previous 12 months median: $18,000
- Median shift: 66.7%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 91
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 78 lots
- Sotheby's: 22 lots
- Christie's: 19 lots
- Piasa: 5 lots
- Arthouse Contemporary: 2 lots
- Phillips: 2 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 2 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 1 lots
- Dorotheum: 1 lots
- Roseberys: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-19 | EL ANATSUI \(B. 1944\). TAGOMIZOR. aluminum bottle caps and copper wireinstal | Christie's | $1,524,000
2. 2025-10-08 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) Change goes on 90 x 518 x 2.5cm \(35 7/16 x 203 15/16 x 1in\). \(in 54 pieces\) | Bonhams | £65,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-el-anatsui-ghanaian-born-1944-change-goes-on-90-x-518-x-2-5cm-35-7-16-x-203-15-16-x-1in-in-54-pieces-9-c-9524f2eafd
3. 2025-06-05 | EL ANATSUI \(1944 \- \) Paper and Gold. | Swann Auction Galleries | $18,750
4. 2025-05-21 | El Anatsui | Dorotheum | N/A
5. 2025-03-20 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) Knives III, 1991 61 x 134 x 2.5cm \(24 x 52 3/4 x 1in\). \(in 14 panels\) | Bonhams | £30,000
6. 2025-03-20 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) Double Access, 1998 137 x 122 x 7cm \(53 15/16 x 48 1/16 x 2 3/4in\). \(\(in 19 panels\)\) | Bonhams | N/A
7. 2024-11-26 | EL ANATSUI \(1944 \- \) Not Yet. | Swann Auction Galleries | $12,500
8. 2024-10-17 | El Anatsui \(né en 1944\). Baby’s Bedsheet. capsules de bouteilles en alumini | Christie's | €819,000
9. 2024-10-16 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) Migrations, 1992 62 x 58 x 2cm \(24 7/16 x 22 13/16 x 13/16in\). \(\(in 6 panels\)\) | Bonhams | £13,000
10. 2024-10-16 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) CHANGE GOES ON 90 x 518 x 2.5cm \(35 7/16 x 203 15/16 x 1in\). \(in 54 pieces\) | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-el-anatsui-ghanaian-born-1944-change-goes-on-90-x-518-x-2-5cm-35-7-16-x-203-15-16-x-1in-in-54-pieces-11-c-0984b15b76
11. 2024-03-27 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) Untitled, 1996 61 x 85.5 x 3.5cm \(24 x 33 11/16 x 1 3/8in\). \(in 9 fixed panels\) | Bonhams | £18,000
12. 2024-03-27 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) Grandma's Cloth Series, 1993 76 x 130 x 2cm \(29 15/16 x 51 3/16 x 13/16in\). \(in 14 pieces\) | Bonhams | £40,000
13. 2024-03-27 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) Towards the Fire Bodies Unknown, 1989, 143 x 61 cm, in 13 pieces | Bonhams | £30,000
14. 2024-03-27 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) Knives III, 1991 61 x 134 x 2.5cm \(24 x 52 3/4 x 1in\). \(in 14 pieces\) | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2023-11-29 | El Anatsui,  Untitled, 1983;  | Roseberys | £22,000
16. 2023-11-15 | El Anatsui \(b. 1944, Ghana\) Cloth with history II, 1993 | Piasa | €36,000
17. 2023-11-07 | EL ANATSUI \(b. 1944\) Sechra found aluminum bottle caps and copper wire inst | Christie's | $1,260,000
18. 2023-10-19 | Untitled | Sotheby's | £17,780
19. 2023-10-19 | Untitled | Sotheby's | £33,020
20. 2023-10-13 | EL ANATSUI \(B. 1944\) Warrior aluminium and copper wire 124 x 137 ¾in. \(315 | Christie's | £819,000
21. 2023-10-12 | Dexterity | Sotheby's | £1,076,500
22. 2023-10-12 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) Untitled 121 x 155 x 4cm \(47 5/8 x 61 x 1 9/16in\). \(11 panels\) | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2023-10-12 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) Untitled, 1996 61 x 85.5 x 3.5cm \(24 x 33 11/16 x 1 3/8in\). \(in 9 fixed panels\) | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2023-10-12 | El Anatsui \(Ghanaian, born 1944\) On Grandma's Cloth 77 x 148 x 2.5cm \(30 5/16 x 58 1/4 x 1in\). \(in 15 pieces\) | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-el-anatsui-ghanaian-born-1944-on-grandma-s-cloth-77-x-148-x-2-5cm-30-5-16-x-58-1-4-x-1in-in-15-pieces-131-c-18c4c47846

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