# Rufus Ogundele - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T23:29:27.519Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 29
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2000-09-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-10
- Median realised price: $1,000
- Price range: $200 to $440,000

## Market Takeaway
Rufus Ogundele has 29 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,000. 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 \($1,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($220 to $2,000\) 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: 33.3% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58.3% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 8.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $550
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-10
- Days since latest sale: 155
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 15 lots
- Arthouse Contemporary: 5 lots
- Roseberys: 4 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 3 lots
- 1stBid: 1 lots
- Neue Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-10 | Rufus Ogundele,  Nigerian 1946\-1995 \-  Horse Rider, 1984;  oil on paper, signed and dated lower ri | Roseberys | £550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rufus-ogundele-nigerian-1946-1995-horse-rider-1984-oil-on-paper-signed-and-dated-lower-ri-541-c-d872292dc9
2. 2025-03-25 | Rufus Ogundele,  Nigerian 1946\-1995 \-  Obatala, 1980;  oil on paper, signed and dated lower right | Roseberys | N/A
3. 2023-11-29 | Rufus Ogundele,  Untitled, 1995;  | Roseberys | N/A
4. 2023-05-21 | Rufus Ogundele Oil on Board | 1stBid | N/A
5. 2023-04-04 | RUFUS OGUNDELE \(NIGERIAN 1946\-1996\) MASKS \- 1973 | Lyon & Turnbull | £2,800
6. 2023-04-04 | RUFUS OGUNDELE \(NIGERIAN 1946\-1996\) CROUCHING FIGURE \- 1973 | Lyon & Turnbull | £1,000
7. 2023-04-04 | RUFUS OGUNDELE \(NIGERIAN 1946\-1996\) MASK \- 1971 | Lyon & Turnbull | £1,600
8. 2022-07-25 | RUFUS OGUNDELE \(1946\-1996\) SERVANT LEADERSHIP | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
9. 2021-11-29 | RUFUS OGUNDELE \(1946\-1996\) UNTITLED | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
10. 2021-11-29 | RUFUS OGUNDELE \(1946\-1996\) UNTITLED | Arthouse Contemporary | $2,000
11. 2021-11-29 | RUFUS OGUNDELE \(1946\-1996\) UNTITLED | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
12. 2012-09-18 | Rufus Ogundele, Nigerian 1946\-1996\- "Mask"; oil on | Roseberys | £200
13. 2010-11-22 | RUFUS OGUNDELE \(1946\-1996\) MOTHERHOOD 1987 OIL ON | Arthouse Contemporary | NGN 440,000
14. 2010-03-10 | Rufus Ogundele \(Nigerian, 1946\-1996\) Boats at Kuramo Waters, Lagos 15 15/16 x 31 7/8in \(40.5 x 81cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2010-03-10 | Rufus Ogundele \(Nigerian, 1946\-1996\) Mythical figures 22 1/16 x 28 1/8in \(56 x 71.5cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
16. 2010-03-10 | Rufus Ogundele \(Nigerian, 1946\-1996\) Birds 19 7/8 x 48 1/4in \(50.5 x 122.5cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2010-03-10 | Rufus Ogundele \(Nigerian, 1946\-1996\) Three figures 23 13/16 x 15 15/16in \(60.5 x 40.5cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
18. 2025-09-12 | Rufus Ogundele Oil on Paper "Three Masks" | Neue Auctions | $1,100
19. 2011-05-25 | Rufus Ogundele \(Nigerian, 1946\-1996\) Three figures 23 13/16 x 15 15/16in \(60.5 x 40.5cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
20. 2011-05-25 | Rufus Ogundele \(Nigerian, 1946\-1996\) 'Boats at Kuramo Waters, Lagos' | Bonhams | N/A
21. 2011-03-16 | Rufus Ogundele \(Nigerian, 1946\-1996\) Birds | Bonhams | £2,880
22. 2011-03-16 | Rufus Ogundele \(Nigerian, 1946\-1996\) 'Boats at Kuramo Waters, Lagos' | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2010-10-26 | Rufus Ogundele \(Nigerian, 1946\-1996\) Mythical figures | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2010-10-26 | Rufus Ogundele \(Nigerian, 1946\-1996\) Three figures 23 13/16 x 15 15/16in \(60.5 x 40.5cm\) | Bonhams | N/A

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