# Fernando Botero - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T12:54:07.124Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 2,071
- Lots with prices: 1,279
- First auction date: 1993-11-22
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-25
- Median realised price: $85,000
- Price range: $10 to $420,000,000

## Market Takeaway
Fernando Botero shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,947 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $100,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 128 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-30.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($100,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $5,000 and $377,000.
- 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: 15.5% (186 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 12% (144 sales)
- $10,000\+: 72.5% (872 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 128
- Previous 12 months sales: 282
- Recent 12 months median: $57,150
- Previous 12 months median: $3,750
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-30
- Days since latest sale: 50
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 599 lots
- Sotheby's: 391 lots
- Bruce Teleky Inc.: 176 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 173 lots
- TGP Auction: 54 lots
- Bonhams: 43 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 23 lots
- RoGallery: 23 lots
- Phillips: 19 lots
- Artcurial: 18 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-18 | Fernando Botero,  Four monographs with signed ink drawings on the endpapers, 1983\-2007;  | Roseberys | £1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-fernando-botero-four-monographs-with-signed-ink-drawings-on-the-endpapers-1983-2007-234-c-e270e55756
2. 2025-11-18 | Fernando Botero \(Colombian, b. 1932\) 'Dressed Dancers, Ballerini Vestiti, 2013' Bronze | Akiba Galleries | $300,000
3. 2025-07-18 | Fernando BOTERO \(1932\-2023\) | Les Andelys Enchères | €412,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-fernando-botero-1932-2023-1-c-daa45329a2
4. 2025-06-26 | FERNANDO BOTERO | Koller Auctions | CHF 460,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-fernando-botero-3446-c-b8f4520a11
5. 2025-04-16 | Fernando Botero \- The Violonist \- 1984 Lithograph 58" x 34.5" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-fernando-botero-the-violonist-1984-lithograph-58-x-34-5-357-c-0b34ca3a66
6. 2025-02-15 | LTD COLUMBIAN ETCHING BY FERNANDO BOTERO SIGNED | Antique Arena Inc | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ltd-columbian-etching-by-fernando-botero-signed-9-c-4304381a7e
7. 2025-02-14 | Fernando Botero \(Columbian, B. 1932\) 'Monograph & Catalogue Raisonne: Paintings 1975\-1990; Sculptures' | DuMouchelles | $175
8. 2025-02-08 | Man on Horse | Sotheby's | N/A
9. 2024-12-10 | Fernando BOTERO \(after\) \- Maja | Cypria Auctions | €350
10. 2024-12-10 | Fernando BOTERO \(after\) \- Society Lady | Cypria Auctions | €320
11. 2024-11-09 | Fernando Botero, "The Dancers", Giclée on Canvas | North American Auction Company | $80
12. 2024-10-11 | FERNANDO BOTERO \(1932\-2023\) Maternidad 47 x 19.5 x 32cm \(18 1/2 x 7 11/16 x 12 5/8in\). \(Conceived in 1955, this work is from an edition of 6, plus 2 artist's proofs.\) | Bonhams | £200,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-fernando-botero-1932-2023-maternidad-47-x-19-5-x-32cm-18-1-2-x-7-11-16-x-12-5-8in-conceived-in-1955-this-work-is-from-an-edition-of-6-plus-2-artist-s-proofs-26-c-1744b6e941
13. 2024-10-08 | Fernando Botero \- The Morning After \- 1980 Offset Lithograph 37" x 26.75" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
14. 2024-10-08 | Fernando Botero \- La Cama II \- 1999 Offset Lithograph 24" x 19.5" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
15. 2024-10-02 | FERNANDO BOTERO \(1932\-2023\). Standing Woman in a Bedroom. oil on canvas 51 | Christie's | $693,000
16. 2024-09-17 | Fernando Botero \- The Morning After \- 1980 Offset Lithograph 37" x 26.75" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
17. 2024-06-04 | Fernando BOTERO \- Peintre exécutant une nature morte et enfant | TGP Auction | CHF 60
18. 2024-05-26 | Fernando Botero "Dancing" Oil Painting | Morgan Auctions | $700
19. 2024-05-16 | FERNANDO BOTERO \(1932\-2023\) Still Life 2004 | Bonhams | N/A
20. 2024-03-02 | BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A CAT BY FERNANDO BOTERO | Antique Arena Inc | $1,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bronze-sculpture-of-a-cat-by-fernando-botero-279-c-99f427da18
21. 2024-02-17 | MAN ON HORSEBACK BRONZE SCULPTURE BY FERNANDO BOTERO | Antique Arena Inc | $1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-man-on-horseback-bronze-sculpture-by-fernando-botero-298-c-62747f3b45
22. 2023-11-25 | BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A CAT BY FERNANDO BOTERO | Antique Arena Inc | $425 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-bronze-sculpture-of-a-cat-by-fernando-botero-227-c-80c4f0bbf8
23. 2026-04-25 | FERNANDO BOTERO 'MAN WITH A BOOK' LITHOGRAPH | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-fernando-botero-man-with-a-book-lithograph-481-c-ae872681ed
24. 2026-04-25 | FERNANDO BOTERO 'MODEL IN STUDIO' LITHOGRAPH | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $60 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-fernando-botero-model-in-studio-lithograph-480-c-1342cf1453

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