# Roger Ballen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T20:40:33.989Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 108
- Lots with prices: 62
- First auction date: 2003-11-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-11
- Median realised price: $2,600
- Price range: $100 to $56,840

## Market Takeaway
Roger Ballen shows solid auction liquidity with 107 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 11 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-20.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,200 and $3,500.
- 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: 18% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 73.8% (45 sales)
- $10,000\+: 8.2% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 11
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $800
- Previous 12 months median: $1,750
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-20
- Days since latest sale: 90
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Phillips: 10 lots
- Sotheby's: 10 lots
- Christie's: 9 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles: 7 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 7 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Strauss & Co: 6 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 6 lots
- Artcurial: 5 lots
- Aspire Art: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2016-10-25 | ROGER BALLEN \(NE EN 1950\) SNARLING DOG, 2007 Tirage gélatino argentique au | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr | N/A
2. 2026-03-11 | Roger Ballen \(n. 1950\), “Skew Mask”, 2002 | Veritas Art Auctioneers | €2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-roger-ballen-n-1950-skew-mask-2002-41-c-a956408b96
3. 2025-11-20 | Signed by Roger Ballen | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A
4. 2025-11-20 | Five Volumes by Roger Ballen | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $100
5. 2025-11-20 | Die Antwoord photos by Roger Ballen | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A
6. 2025-09-11 | Five Volumes by Roger Ballen | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A
7. 2025-07-31 | Roger Ballen, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $600
8. 2025-07-31 | Roger Ballen, Security Guard and Puppy on Staircase | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $800
9. 2025-07-31 | Roger Ballen, Lunchtime | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,100
10. 2025-05-30 | Roger Ballen, Wife of Abattoir Worker holding three Puppies, Orange Free State/South Africa, 1994 | Lempertz | €1,500
11. 2025-05-01 | Roger Ballen, Untitled | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $850
12. 2025-05-01 | Roger Ballen, Crazed | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $700
13. 2025-04-10 | Roger Ballen \(1950\) \- Guardian, 2001 | Finarte | €1,200
14. 2024-12-05 | Roger BALLEN | Artcurial | N/A
15. 2024-05-16 | ROGER BALLEN \(1950\- \) Eugene on the phone. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,750
16. 2023-10-19 | Roger Ballen \(born 1950\) Boy under lamp, 2001 | Hindman | $800
17. 2023-10-11 | Roger Ballen \(1950\) \- Inmate, 2003 | Finarte | €1,900
18. 2023-10-05 | ROGER BALLEN \(1950\- \) Eugene on the phone. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,125
19. 2023-06-06 | Roger Ballen, Brian with Pet Pig, 1998 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €2,600
20. 2023-05-31 | Roger Ballen \(b.1950\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
21. 2023-03-16 | Roger Ballen \(1950\) \- Collision, 2005 | Finarte | €4,100
22. 2022-11-10 | ROGER BALLEN \(B. 1980\) Judgement Day gelatin silver print image: 14 1/8 x 1 | Christie's | £2,520
23. 2022-08-18 | ROGER BALLEN \(1950 \- \) \- Birdwoman 2003 \(Shadow Chamber Series\) silver gelatin, ed. 1/6 80 x 80 cm \(frame: 85 x 85 x 4 cm\) | Lawsons | N/A
24. 2022-06-23 | Roger Ballen \(1950\) \- Hideaway, 2003 | Finarte | €750

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