# J. Sultan Ali - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T02:05:10.970Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 42
- Lots with prices: 33
- First auction date: 2009-06-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-09
- Median realised price: $9,500
- Price range: $650 to $380,000

## Market Takeaway
J. Sultan Ali has 42 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $9,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($9,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,500 to $15,600\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 3% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 48.5% (16 sales)
- $10,000\+: 48.5% (16 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $1,000
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-09
- Days since latest sale: 140
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 12 lots
- Hughes Auctions: 10 lots
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 2 lots
- Goudwisselkantoor Veilingen: 1 lots
- Leonard Joel: 1 lots
- MBA Seattle Auction LLC: 1 lots
- Osian's \- The Auction House: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-09 | J. Sultan Ali \(1920\-1990\) Untitled \(Life Cycle Cradle to Grave\) | Bonhams | N/A
2. 2025-11-11 | J. Sultan Ali \(1920\-1990\) 'Nature' | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €1,000
3. 2024-12-10 | J. Sultan Ali \(1920\-1990\) Nag\-Puja | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-j-sultan-ali-1920-1990-nag-puja-5-c-30345dbb40
4. 2024-03-18 | Elves | Sotheby's | $17,780
5. 2023-10-24 | Pruthvi\-Var | Sotheby's | £20,320
6. 2023-09-20 | J. SULTAN ALI \(1920\-1990\) Devil Dance oil on canvas 32 ¼ x 42 ¼ in. \(81.9 x | Christie's | $32,760
7. 2022-09-21 | J. SULTAN ALI \(1920\-1990\) Devanhalli Nandi oil on canvas 25 1/8 x 40 in. \(6 | Christie's | $10,080
8. 2022-09-21 | J. SULTAN ALI \(1920\-1990\) Old Shepherd oil on canvas 36 x 32 in. \(91.4 x 81 | Christie's | $37,800
9. 2021-10-25 | J. SULTAN ALI \(INDIA, 1920\-1990\) The Milkmaid \(label verso with the artist's name and address \(429/2, Mathura Road, Opp. Sahi Hospital, Jungpura, New Delhi 14\) and the price, Rs. 400\) | Bonhams | £9,500
10. 2021-10-25 | J. Sultan Ali \(Indian, 1920\-1990\) Untitled \(Adivasis\) | Bonhams | £12,000
11. 2021-10-21 | J. Sultan Ali ''Tribal Maiden'' 1969 Oil | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $17,000
12. 2020-09-25 | J. SULTAN ALI \(1920\-1990\) Untitled \(Shiva Shakti\); Vichitra Panchi | Christie's | N/A
13. 2020-09-25 | J. SULTAN ALI \(1920\-1990\) Nag Raj | Christie's | $5,625
14. 2020-09-23 | J. SULTAN ALI \(1920\-1990\) \- Untitled \(Creator and the Creatures\) | Christie's | $13,750
15. 2020-03-20 | J. SULTAN ALI \(1920\-1990\) Untitled \(Shiva Shakti\); Vichitra Panchi | Christie's | N/A
16. 2020-03-20 | J. SULTAN ALI \(1920\-1990\) Nag Raj | Christie's | N/A
17. 2019-11-15 | J. SULTAN ALI \| Bhairava | Sotheby's | ₹380,000
18. 2019-11-15 | J. SULTAN ALI \| Jeevan Bandha | Sotheby's | ₹380,000
19. 2019-10-10 | J. SULTAN ALI \(MUMBAI 1920 \- 1990\). | Goudwisselkantoor Veilingen | €1,500
20. 2019-02-27 | J. Sultan Ali \(1920\-1990\) \| Agni\-Roopa | Osian's \- The Auction House | N/A
21. 2018-11-27 | J. SULTAN ALI \(Indian, 1920\-1990\) Muria Maiden 1967 oil on canvas | Leonard Joel | A$15,000
22. 2017-09-13 | J. SULTAN ALI \(1920\-1990\) Cage Birds | Christie's | $21,250
23. 2017-05-05 | J. Sultan Ali \(India\) Original Ink Drawing, 1972 | Hughes Auctions | $3,500
24. 2017-05-05 | J. Sultan Ali \(India\) Original Ink Drawing, 1971 | Hughes Auctions | $3,750

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