# Ruan Hoffmann - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T04:54:31.576Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 38
- Lots with prices: 38
- First auction date: 2020-02-05
- Latest auction date: 2024-11-12
- Median realised price: $7,200
- Price range: $1,500 to $28,000

## Market Takeaway
Ruan Hoffmann has 38 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,200. 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 \($7,200\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($5,500 to $10,000\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 73.7% (28 sales)
- $10,000\+: 26.3% (10 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $25,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-11-12
- Days since latest sale: 534
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Strauss & Co: 38 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-12 | Ruan Hoffmann; South African 1971\-; Vessel with black and white geometric pattern | Strauss & Co | ZAR 25,000
2. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Vase II | Strauss & Co | ZAR 28,000
3. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Untitled | Strauss & Co | ZAR 7,200
4. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- I Had Enough | Strauss & Co | ZAR 11,000
5. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Baby Let it Go | Strauss & Co | ZAR 10,500
6. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Begging for It | Strauss & Co | ZAR 8,200
7. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- In Heaven Everything Should be Fine | Strauss & Co | ZAR 11,500
8. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Run Away Baby | Strauss & Co | ZAR 10,500
9. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Best in Town | Strauss & Co | ZAR 9,200
10. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- More | Strauss & Co | ZAR 5,800
11. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Well… Fuck Me | Strauss & Co | ZAR 11,000
12. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Reconstituted Plate | Strauss & Co | ZAR 5,500
13. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Storm | Strauss & Co | ZAR 5,800
14. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Mask | Strauss & Co | ZAR 5,200
15. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- New Art | Strauss & Co | ZAR 6,000
16. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- China | Strauss & Co | ZAR 5,200
17. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Pass the Time 2008 | Strauss & Co | ZAR 5,200
18. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Green Man | Strauss & Co | ZAR 3,000
19. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Oh Shit | Strauss & Co | ZAR 7,200
20. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Snooze | Strauss & Co | ZAR 7,200
21. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- The Great Reveal | Strauss & Co | ZAR 5,500
22. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Fuck in Hell | Strauss & Co | ZAR 6,000
23. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- You Should be Uncertain | Strauss & Co | ZAR 6,500
24. 2020-02-05 | Ruan Hoffmann 1971\- Run for your Life | Strauss & Co | ZAR 9,000

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