# Nik Rafin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T21:16:52.162Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 47
- Lots with prices: 36
- First auction date: 2015-11-08
- Latest auction date: 2024-08-25
- Median realised price: $1,800
- Price range: $250 to $13,000

## Market Takeaway
Nik Rafin has 47 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,800. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($1,800\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($700 to $4,000\) 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: 36.1% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58.3% (21 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5.6% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $3,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-08-25
- Days since latest sale: 612
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- KLAS Art Auction: 35 lots
- Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers: 12 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-08-25 | Nik Rafin \(b. 1974\) Ballet Dancers, 2016 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 3,500
2. 2024-05-19 | Nik Rafin \(b 1974\) Polo, 2015 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 3,500
3. 2024-01-14 | Nik Rafin \(b. 1974\) Dance, 2016 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 6,500
4. 2023-06-25 | Nik Rafin \(b. 1974\) Ballet Dancers, 2016 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 4,000
5. 2023-01-11 | Nik Rafin \(b. Selangor, 1974\) Dancescape, 2016 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2022-07-17 | Nik Rafin \(b. Selangor, 1974\) Dance, 2016 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
7. 2021-03-28 | WITHDRAWN | KLAS Art Auction | N/A
8. 2021-03-21 | Nik Rafin \(b. Selangor, 1974\) Bustling City; De’ Cinema Melbourne, 1999 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
9. 2019-06-30 | Nik Rafin \(b. 1974\) Desert Exotica, 2011 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 2,200
10. 2019-06-30 | Nik Rafin \(b. 1974\) Dancescape, 2016 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
11. 2019-03-24 | Nik Rafin \(b. 1974\) Dansa, 2016 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 6,500
12. 2018-10-28 | NIK RAFIN \(b. 1974\) RHYTHMOS, 2016 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 3,200
13. 2018-04-29 | NIK RAFIN \(b. 1974\) EARTHSCAPE SUNSET SERIES, 2009, Acrylic on canvas | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 5,500
14. 2018-04-15 | Nik Rafin \(B. Selangor, Malaysia, 1974\) Runaway Horses, 2017 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 2,300
15. 2018-04-15 | Nik Rafin \(B. Selangor, Malaysia, 1974\) Ballerinas \- Blue Series, 2016 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 2,800
16. 2018-01-28 | Nik Rafin \(B. Selangor, Malaysia, 1974\) Boats in Venice, 2006 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 250
17. 2017-10-15 | Nik Rafin \(B. Selangor, Malaysia, 1974\) Mid\-afternoon in the City & Streets of Melbourne, 1999 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 420
18. 2017-10-15 | Nik Rafin \(B. Selangor, Malaysia, 1974\) Mindscape Series 16, 2011 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 750
19. 2017-10-15 | Nik Rafin \(B. Selangor, Malaysia, 1974\) Melbourne Series "Boats in the Harbour", 1999 & Melbourne Series "Bridges over the Yarra", 1999 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 550
20. 2017-07-30 | Nik Rafin \(B. Selangor, Malaysia, 1974\) Eearthscape Series, 2013 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 1,800
21. 2017-07-30 | Nik Rafin \(B. Selangor, Malaysia, 1974\) Trams, 1999 & Melbourne CBD, 1999 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 550
22. 2017-05-14 | Nik Rafin \(B. Selangor, 1974\) Back to work in Melbourne, 1999 Melbourne Town Hall, 1999 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 1,100
23. 2017-05-14 | Nik Rafin \(B. Selangor, 1974\) Earthscape Series, 2011 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 5,000
24. 2017-03-12 | Nik Rafin \(B. Selangor, 1974\) Tenang, 2015 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 1,300

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