# Samuel Fosso - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T03:05:39.926Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 30
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2008-11-18
- Latest auction date: 2026-06-18
- Median realised price: $5,500
- Price range: $100 to $120,000

## Market Takeaway
Samuel Fosso has 30 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($5,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,100 to $12,600\) 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: 6.3% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 56.3% (9 sales)
- $10,000\+: 37.5% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $100
- Previous 12 months median: $4,200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-06-18
- Days since latest sale: 38
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Artcurial: 4 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- GAIA SAS: 4 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 3 lots
- Piasa: 3 lots
- Millon & Associes: 1 lots
- Pierre Bergé & Associés: 1 lots
- Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-30 | Samuel FOSSO \(Né en 1962 \- Cameroun\) La femme américaine libérée des années 70, SérieTati \-1997 \(tirage de 2007\) | Artcurial | MAD 120,000
2. 2026-06-18 | Samuel FOSSO \(Cameroon, Kumba, born 1962\) Martin Luther King Speech | Millon & Associes | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-cameroon-kumba-born-1962-martin-luther-king-speech-172-c-8164178bd6
3. 2026-02-05 | \[PHOTOGRAPHY\]. Group of 4 volumes. Including: Samuel Fosso ... | Potter & Potter Auctions Inc. | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-photography-group-of-4-volumes-including-samuel-fosso-425-c-4a4ef70dea
4. 2025-12-30 | Samuel FOSSO | Artcurial | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-58-c-c20a377027
5. 2025-06-06 | Samuel FOSSO | Artcurial | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-159-c-eb94c30ab5
6. 2025-03-20 | Samuel Fosso \(Cameroonian, born 1962\) Untitled \(70s Lifestyle Series, 1974\-1978\) \(unframed\) | Bonhams | £1,700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-cameroonian-born-1962-untitled-70s-lifestyle-series-1974-1978-unframed-39-c-df74142856
7. 2025-03-20 | Samuel Fosso \(Cameroonian, born 1962\) Untitled \(70s Lifestyle Series, 1974\-1978\) \(unframed\) | Bonhams | £4,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-cameroonian-born-1962-untitled-70s-lifestyle-series-1974-1978-unframed-38-c-f2e4c42bb7
8. 2024-10-16 | Samuel Fosso \(Cameroonian, born 1962\) Untitled \(70s Lifestyle Series, 1974\-1978\) \(unframed\) | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2024-10-16 | Samuel Fosso \(Cameroonian, born 1962\) Untitled \(70s Lifestyle Series, 1974\-1978\) \(unframed\) | Bonhams | N/A
10. 2024-07-10 | Samuel Fosso, Self Portrait | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-self-portrait-174-c-fb7469097b
11. 2024-07-10 | Samuel Fosso, Self Portrait | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-self-portrait-173-c-8f341c685e
12. 2024-07-10 | Samuel Fosso, Self Portrait | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-self-portrait-171-c-fa744d199b
13. 2024-03-27 | Samuel Fosso \(Cameroonian, born 1962\) Untitled | Bonhams | £2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-cameroonian-born-1962-untitled-16-c-75f4b80adf
14. 2023-10-05 | SAMUEL FOSSO \(1962\- \) Self\-portrait. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-1962-self-portrait-309-c-f9845609dc
15. 2022-11-08 | SAMUEL FOSSO \(NÉ EN 1962\) The chief who sold Africa to the colonialist J021 | Christie's | N/A
16. 2022-10-13 | SAMUEL FOSSO \(B. 1962\) Patrice Lumumba \(from African Spirits series\) gelati | Christie's | £12,600
17. 2022-10-13 | SAMUEL FOSSO \(B. 1962\) Le Chef: Celui Qui A Vendu L’Afrique Aux Colons \(The | Christie's | £20,160
18. 2022-07-27 | Samuel Fosso \(Cameroonian, born 1962\) Untitled | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-cameroonian-born-1962-untitled-29-c-9f54e01b56
19. 2022-05-11 | Samuel Fosso \(Born 1962, Cameroon\) The Pirate \(Tati Series\), 1997 | Piasa | €10,000
20. 2020-10-07 | Samuel Fosso \(born 1962, Cameroon\) African Spirits \(St Sebastien\), 2008 | Piasa | €19,500
21. 2020-10-07 | Samuel Fosso \(born 1962, Cameroon\) Le Chef \(Celui qui a vendu l'Afrique aux colons\), 2007 | Piasa | €24,700
22. 2011-03-16 | Samuel Fosso \(Cameroonian, born 1962\) Self\-portraits, a set of three 16.5 x 16.5cm \(6 1/2 x 6 1/2in\) \(sheet size\); 15.3 x 15cm \(6 x 5 7/8in\) \(image size\) unframed | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-samuel-fosso-cameroonian-born-1962-self-portraits-a-set-of-three-16-5-x-16-5cm-6-1-2-x-6-1-2in-sheet-size-15-3-x-15cm-6-x-5-7-8in-image-size-unframed-59-c-dec648131b
23. 2010-11-23 | SAMUEL FOSSO \(CENTRAFRIQUE, NÉ EN 1962\) Ensemble de quinze photographies de Samuel Fosso. Il est composé de quatorze tirages argen... | Pierre Bergé & Associés | N/A
24. 2010-05-31 | Samuel FOSSO | GAIA SAS | €9,500

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