# Sam Ovraiti - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T23:30:45.513Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 44
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2010-11-22
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-22
- Median realised price: $1,250
- Price range: $180 to $550,000

## Market Takeaway
Sam Ovraiti has 44 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,250. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($1,250\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($320 to $3,750\) 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: 42.9% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 42.9% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 14.3% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $590
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-22
- Days since latest sale: 174
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Akiba Galleries: 19 lots
- Arthouse Contemporary: 14 lots
- Bonhams: 8 lots
- Joshua Kodner: 1 lots
- Roseberys: 1 lots
- Schwenke Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-22 | Sam Ovraiti \(b.1961\) Oil/Canvas | Joshua Kodner | $590
2. 2021-11-29 | SAM OVRAITI \(b.1966\) UNTITLED | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
3. 2021-11-29 | SAM OVRAITI \(b.1966\) NOW THE WOMEN ARE INVOLVED | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
4. 2021-11-29 | SAM OVRAITI \(b.1966\) REARER’S DREAM | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sam-ovraiti-b-1966-rearer-s-dream-65-c-79240abab1
5. 2021-06-07 | Sam Ovraiti \| The Auchi Well | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
6. 2020-11-30 | Sam Ovraiti \| Untitled | Arthouse Contemporary | $1,250
7. 2020-06-15 | SAM OVRAITI, MAKE UP GENERATION | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
8. 2020-06-15 | SAM OVRAITI, WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
9. 2020-04-15 | SAM OVRAITI \- UNTITLED \- 1992 | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
10. 2020-03-07 | SAM OVRAITI \- WOMAN IN GREEN \- 1991 | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
11. 2020-03-07 | SAM OVRAITI \- THE DELIQUENT \- 1986 | Arthouse Contemporary | NGN 525,000
12. 2020-03-07 | SAM OVRAITI \- UNTITLED \- 1992 | Arthouse Contemporary | N/A
13. 2019-11-05 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) Watercolor | Akiba Galleries | $200
14. 2019-11-05 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) Watercolor | Akiba Galleries | $320
15. 2019-11-05 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) Watercolor | Akiba Galleries | $180
16. 2019-03-27 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) | Akiba Galleries | $420
17. 2019-03-27 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) | Akiba Galleries | N/A
18. 2019-03-27 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) | Akiba Galleries | N/A
19. 2019-03-27 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) | Akiba Galleries | N/A
20. 2018-08-29 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) | Akiba Galleries | N/A
21. 2018-08-29 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) | Akiba Galleries | N/A
22. 2018-08-29 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) | Akiba Galleries | N/A
23. 2018-08-29 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) | Akiba Galleries | N/A
24. 2018-02-15 | Sam Ovraiti \(Nigerian B. 1961\-\) | Akiba Galleries | N/A

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