# Nik Zainal Abidin - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:54:28.380Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 25
- Lots with prices: 10
- First auction date: 2016-04-24
- Latest auction date: 2024-08-25
- Median realised price: $5,500
- Price range: $850 to $17,000

## Market Takeaway
Nik Zainal Abidin has 25 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. 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 \($5,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($4,200 to $8,000\) 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: 10% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 70% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 20% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $2,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-08-25
- Days since latest sale: 612
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers: 21 lots
- KLAS Art Auction: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Roseberys: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-08-22 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. Kelantan, 1933 \- d. 1993\) Embroidery, 1988 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-nik-zainal-abidin-b-kelantan-1933-d-1993-embroidery-1988-110-c-09b4b478b3
2. 2024-08-25 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. 1933 \- 1993\) Untitled, 1963 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 2,000
3. 2024-05-19 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. 1933 \- 1993\) Untitled, 1981 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
4. 2024-05-19 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. 1933 \- 1993\) Untitled, 1963 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 5,500
5. 2024-01-14 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. 1933 \- 1993\) Untitled, 1981\-1982 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2024-01-14 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. 1933 \- 1993\) Untitled, 1963 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
7. 2023-10-01 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. 1933 \- 1993\) Untitled, 1963 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 8,000
8. 2023-06-25 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. 1933 \- 1993\) Untitled, 1963 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
9. 2023-06-25 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. 1933 \- 1993\) Untitled, 1963 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
10. 2022-07-17 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. Kelantan, 1933 \- 1993\) Untitled, 1963 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 6,000
11. 2022-03-27 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. Kelantan, 1933 \- 1993\) Untitled, 1992 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
12. 2021-12-05 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. Kelantan, 1933 – d. 1993\) Untitled, 1983 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
13. 2021-08-22 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. Kelantan, 1933 \- d. 1993\) Aggressive Wayang Kulit, 1985 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
14. 2021-05-18 | NIK ZAINAL ABIDIN \(1936\-1993\), ink and colour on p… | Roseberys | £850
15. 2020-11-15 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. Kelantan, 1933 \- d. Kuala Lumpur, 1993\) Wayang Kulit Figure In Light Brown & Green, 1985 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 4,200
16. 2020-11-15 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. Kelantan, 1933 \- d. Kuala Lumpur, 1993\) Wayang Kulit Figure In Red & Blue, 1990 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 6,500
17. 2020-08-23 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. Kelantan, 1933 \- d. 1993\) Untitled, 1992 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
18. 2020-03-15 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. Kelantan, 1933 \- d. Kuala Lumpur, 1993\) Untitled, 1963 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
19. 2019-11-03 | Nik Zainal Abidin \(b. 1933 \- d. 1993\) Hulubalang Kera, 1981 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2018-10-28 | NIK ZAINAL ABIDIN \(b. 1933 \- d. 1993\) Untitled, 1982; undated | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | N/A
21. 2018-04-29 | NIK ZAINAL ABIDIN \(b. 1933 \- d. 1993\) UNTITLED, 1981, Watercolour on paper | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 11,000
22. 2017-11-12 | NIK ZAINAL ABIDIN \(b. 1933 \- d. 1993\) UNTITLED, 1969, Watercolour on paper | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 17,000
23. 2017-05-12 | NIK ZAINAL ABIDIN \(MALAYSIAN, 1933\-1993\) WAYANG KULIT FIGURES Ink and colou | Christie's | N/A
24. 2016-09-04 | NIK ZAINAL ABIDIN \(B. Kelantan, 1933\-1993\) Betara Kerisma, 1982 Watercolour on paper | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 5,500

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