# Franco Matania - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:11:53.110Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 104
- Lots with prices: 39
- First auction date: 2003-07-22
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-29
- Median realised price: $70
- Price range: $5 to $360

## Market Takeaway
Franco Matania shows solid auction liquidity with 104 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $70. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-29.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($70\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $35 and $150.
- 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: 100% (39 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $55
- Previous 12 months median: $20
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-29
- Days since latest sale: 142
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 31 lots
- Gorringes: 23 lots
- Mallams: 5 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Elstob Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Gerrards Auction Rooms: 4 lots
- Canterbury Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Cheffins: 3 lots
- Roseberys: 3 lots
- Yair Art Gallery: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-29 | Franco Matania \(Italian 1922\-2006\) | Mallams | £55
2. 2025-09-01 | Franco Matania \(1922\-2006\), Pastel, A study of a j… | Claydon Auctioneers | £42
3. 2025-04-23 | FRANCO MATANIA \(1922\-2006\) Ballerina, Coloured pastels, 43cm x 29cm Life study, crayon, 35cm x | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £280
4. 2024-05-15 | Franco Matania \(Bn. Naples, Italy 1922\-2006\) Reflection, Female Nude signed, paper label to verso, pastel, 42.5cm x 34cm | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £20
5. 2024-04-30 | Franco Matania \(Bn. Naples, Italy 1922\-2006\) Reflection, Female Nude signed, paper label to verso, pastel, 42.5cm x 34cm | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | N/A
6. 2024-02-05 | FRANCO MATANIA \(1922\-2006\) CONTE CRAYON ON PAPER, | O'Gallerie | $35
7. 2023-11-29 | Franco Matania,  Reclining Female Nude;  | Roseberys | £200
8. 2021-10-07 | Franco Matania \(1922\-2006\), Italian School, Pastel, A portrait of a young girl. Signed lower right. | Claydon Auctioneers | £20
9. 2021-08-06 | Franco Matania \(1922\-2006\), Italian School, Pastel... | Claydon Auctioneers | £30
10. 2021-06-25 | Franco Matania \(1922\-2006\) Italian, A conte crayon study of a female nude, indistinctly signed, 18" x 12" \(46 | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £110
11. 2021-06-25 | Franco Matania \(1922\-2006\) Italian, A pastel study of a horse, signed and dedicated by the artist verso, 22" x | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £40
12. 2021-04-24 | FRANCO MATANIA \(1922\-2006\), FEMALE NUDE SEATED ON A SETTEE, signed lower le | Elstob Auctioneers | £80
13. 2021-02-20 | FRANCO MATANIA \(1922\-2006\), FEMALE NUDE SEATED ON A SETTEE, signed lower le | Elstob Auctioneers | £130
14. 2020-10-30 | FRANCO MATANIA \(1922\-2006\), FEMALE NUDE SEATED ON A SETTEE, signed lower le | Elstob Auctioneers | £150
15. 2020-08-15 | FRANCO MATANIA \(1922\-2006\), HIS FAVOURITE BEAR, signed lower right, pastel, | Elstob Auctioneers | £50
16. 2019-09-04 | Franco Matania \(1922\-2006\) Italian. Figure Study of a Naked Woman at an Easel, Crayon, Unframed, 23.5" x 16.5", and another study of Two Men seated by the same hand, Two \(2\). | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £65
17. 2019-03-01 | Franco Matania \(1922\-2006\), Double Portrait of a Boy and Girl, chalk, signed, 56cm x 38cm, framed | Kinghams Auctioneers | £25
18. 2018-09-19 | Franco Matania \(Italian 1922\-2006\)/Eastern Scene with Figures/signed/watercolour, 15cm x 22cm and/Ada Mary Galton \(British 1871\-1934\)/Venetian Scene/signed and dated 1906/watercolour and pastel, 19.5cm x 30cm | Chorley's | £20
19. 2018-09-13 | Franco Matania \(Italian, 1922\-2006\). Oriental girl | Ewbank's | £80
20. 2018-07-24 | Franco Matania \(Italian 1922\-2006\)/Eastern Scene with Figures/signed/watercolour, 15cm x 22cm and/Ada Mary Galton \(British 1871\-1934\)/Venetian Scene/signed and dated 1906/watercolour and pastel, 19.5cm x 30cm | Chorley's | N/A
21. 2017-11-10 | Franco Matania \(born 1922\) Nude Pencil 8.75 by 5.75 inches. | Gerrards Auction Rooms | £70
22. 2017-11-10 | Franco Matania \(born 1922\) Nude Pencil 8 by 5. inches. | Gerrards Auction Rooms | £65
23. 2017-10-20 | Franco Matania \(born 1922\) Nude Pencil 8 by 5. inches. | Gerrards Auction Rooms | N/A
24. 2017-10-20 | Franco Matania \(born 1922\) Nude Pencil 8.75 by 5.75 inches. | Gerrards Auction Rooms | £90

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