# Gerard Bhengu - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T23:27:26.070Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 94
- Lots with prices: 70
- First auction date: 2007-05-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-03
- Median realised price: $3,750
- Price range: $50 to $160,000

## Market Takeaway
Gerard Bhengu shows solid auction liquidity with 94 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-07-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $800 and $11,710.
- 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: 28.6% (20 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 41.4% (29 sales)
- $10,000\+: 30% (21 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $9,000
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-03
- Days since latest sale: 230
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 23 lots
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 18 lots
- Stephan Welz & Co: 15 lots
- Strauss & Co: 11 lots
- Aspire Art: 4 lots
- Dales Bros Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Bourgeault\-Horan Antiquarians: 3 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 2 lots
- Pasarel: 2 lots
- Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-03 | Gerard Bhengu, South African 1910\-1990, “Hunter”, “Princess” and “Smiling Man”, 2 watercolors on paper and one on board, Hunter: 15 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. \(38.7 x 28.6 cm.\), Frame: 24 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 in. \(62.2 x 52.1 x 2.5 cm | Neal Auction Company | $406
2. 2025-06-29 | Gerard Bhengu \(SA 1910 \- 1990\) Watercolour, Portrait of an Zulu Girl, Signed, 32 x 24 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 12,500
3. 2025-06-29 | Gerard Bhengu \(SA 1910 \- 1990\) Watercolour, Portrait of an African Man, Signed, 34 x 25 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 9,000
4. 2025-06-29 | Gerard Bhengu \(SA 1910 \- 1990\) Watercolour, Portrait of an African Girl, Signed, 36 x 27 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 25,000
5. 2023-05-01 | GERARD BHENGU \(SOUTH AFRICAN, 1910\-1990\) \- PORTRAIT OF A MAN, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $320
6. 2023-05-01 | GERARD BHENGU \(SOUTH AFRICAN, 1910\-1990\) \- PORTRAIT OF A MAN, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER. | Pasarel | $200
7. 2021-12-17 | GERARD BHENGU \(SOUTH AFRICAN, 1910–1990\) WATERCOLORS ON PAPER TWO H 12.5" W 9.25" TWO PORTRAITS | DuMouchelles | $800
8. 2021-02-21 | Gerard Bhengu \(SA 1910 \- 1990\) Watercolour, Landscape with Water Carrier, Signed, 12 x 25 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 14,000
9. 2021-02-21 | Gerard Bhengu \(SA 1910 \- 1990\) Watercolour, Landscape with Figure, Signed, 19 x 27 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 18,000
10. 2021-02-21 | Gerard Bhengu \(SA 1910 \- 1990\) Watercolour, Zulu Mother & Child & Indlu, Signed, 28 x 37 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 22,000
11. 2021-02-21 | Gerard Bhengu \(SA 1910 \- 1990\) Watercolour, Landscape with Wood Carrier, Signed, 15 x 25 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 14,000
12. 2021-02-20 | GERARD BHENGU \- Untitled \- Mother and Child | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$200
13. 2021-02-20 | GERARD BHENGU \- Untitled \- Portrait of a Woman | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$200
14. 2021-01-19 | GERARD BHENGU \(South Africa, 1910\-1990\) watercolor | O'Gallerie | $150
15. 2020-09-21 | Gerard Bhengu \(1900\-1990\) South African, Watercolour, Smoking male. Image 27 cm x 34 cm. | Hannam's Auctioneers | N/A
16. 2019-11-25 | Gerard Bhengu; Portrait | Strauss & Co | N/A
17. 2019-07-15 | Gerard Bhengu \- Woman Carrying Water Pot | Strauss & Co | N/A
18. 2019-04-08 | Gerard Bhengu \- Portrait of a Man | Strauss & Co | N/A
19. 2019-04-08 | Gerard Bhengu \- Portrait of a Man Wearing Head Ring | Strauss & Co | N/A
20. 2019-04-08 | Gerard Bhengu \- Portrait of a Young Woman | Strauss & Co | N/A
21. 2019-04-08 | Gerard Bhengu \- Portrait of an Old Man | Strauss & Co | N/A
22. 2019-04-08 | Gerard Bhengu \- Portrait of a Man | Strauss & Co | N/A
23. 2019-02-07 | Gerard Bhengu Watercolour | Dales Bros Auctioneers | N/A
24. 2018-12-06 | Gerard Bhengu Watercolour | Dales Bros Auctioneers | N/A

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