# Esther Mahlangu - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T07:46:50.094Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 125
- Lots with prices: 92
- First auction date: 2010-05-15
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-16
- Median realised price: $6,500
- Price range: $240 to $220,000

## Market Takeaway
Esther Mahlangu shows solid auction liquidity with 125 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 24 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($6,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,640 and $50,400.
- 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: 2.2% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 55.4% (51 sales)
- $10,000\+: 42.4% (39 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 24
- Previous 12 months sales: 31
- Recent 12 months median: $6,300
- Previous 12 months median: $10,080
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Aspire Art: 30 lots
- Christie's: 18 lots
- Piasa: 16 lots
- Artcurial: 13 lots
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Itineris: 6 lots
- Strauss & Co: 4 lots
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Hampel Fine Art Auctions: 3 lots
- Phillips: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-02-08 | Esther Mahlangu \(b.1935\) Untitled | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
2. 2023-11-16 | ESTHER MAHLANGU \(SOUTH AFRICA 1935\-\) \| BEADWORK | Aspire Art | ZAR 42,000
3. 2025-12-16 | ESTHER MAHLANGU \(B. 1935\). Untitled \(Ndebele Abstract\). acrylic on canvas29 | Christie's | N/A
4. 2025-12-10 | Esther MAHLANGU | Artcurial | €4,500
5. 2025-11-26 | Esther Mahlangu \(South Africa 1935\-\), Ndebele pattern with blue | Aspire Art | ZAR 150,000
6. 2025-11-26 | Esther Mahlangu \(South Africa 1935\-\), Ndebele pattern with beads | Aspire Art | ZAR 60,000
7. 2025-11-01 | Esther MAHLANGU | Artcurial | N/A
8. 2025-11-01 | Esther MAHLANGU | Artcurial | N/A
9. 2025-10-29 | ESTHER MAHLANGU \(SOUTH AFRICAN B.1935\) | Olympia Auctions | £1,500
10. 2025-10-22 | ESTHER MAHLANGU \(B. 1935\). Ndbele Abstract. acrylic on canvas59 x 59in. \(15 | Christie's | N/A
11. 2025-10-22 | ESTHER MAHLANGU \(B. 1935\). Village Scene. acrylic on canvas70 7/8 x 47 ¼in. | Christie's | N/A
12. 2025-10-22 | ESTHER MAHLANGU \(B. 1935\). Ndbele Abstract. acrylic on canvas59 x 59in. \(15 | Christie's | £6,350
13. 2025-10-11 | Esther Mahlangu \(South Africa, b. 1935\) | Joshua Kodner | $3,000
14. 2025-09-17 | Esther Mahlangu \(South Africa 1935\-\) , Ndebele abstract | Aspire Art | ZAR 60,000
15. 2025-09-17 | Esther Mahlangu \(South Africa 1935\-\) , Ndebele Patterns, ten | Aspire Art | N/A
16. 2025-09-17 | Esther Mahlangu \(South Africa 1935\-\) , Round Ndebele pattern | Aspire Art | ZAR 200,000
17. 2025-07-18 | ESTHER MAHLANGU \(B. 1935\). Untitled. acrylic on canvas24 x 31 ¼ in. \(61 x 7 | Christie's | $5,040
18. 2025-07-18 | ESTHER MAHLANGU \(B. 1935\). Untitled. acrylic on canvas31 ¾ x 39 ¼ in. \(80.6 | Christie's | $5,040
19. 2025-07-01 | ESTHER MAHLANGU \(B. 1935\). Untitled. acrylic on canvas23 5/8 x 35 3/8in. \(6 | Christie's | £4,410
20. 2025-06-26 | ESTHER MAHLANGU \(B. 1935\). Untitled. oil on canvas21 ½ x 30 7/8in. \(54.7 x | Christie's | £6,300
21. 2025-06-25 | Esther Mahlangu \(South Africa 1935\-\) , Ndebele Pattern | Aspire Art | ZAR 90,000
22. 2025-06-25 | Esther Mahlangu \(South Africa 1935\-\) , Ndebele dwelling | Aspire Art | ZAR 65,000
23. 2025-06-06 | Esther MAHLANGU | Artcurial | €6,200
24. 2025-03-20 | Esther Mahlangu \(South African, born 1935\) Untitled, 2016 \(unframed\) | Bonhams | £3,600

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