# Senaka Senanayake - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T01:54:14.002Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 76
- Lots with prices: 60
- First auction date: 1998-06-02
- Latest auction date: 2026-06-02
- Median realised price: $7,500
- Price range: $275 to $1,500,000

## Market Takeaway
Senaka Senanayake shows solid auction liquidity with 76 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $8,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-21.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($8,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,000 and $30,000.
- 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: 7.8% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 45.3% (29 sales)
- $10,000\+: 46.9% (30 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 15
- Recent 12 months median: $32,000
- Previous 12 months median: $14,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-21
- Days since latest sale: 59
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 14 lots
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 5 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Flanders Auctions: 5 lots
- Eldred's: 4 lots
- Kaminski Auctions: 3 lots
- Tiroche Auction House: 3 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 2 lots
- Das Kunst\- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-06-02 | Senaka Senanayake \(B.1951\) Untitled \(Rainy Day\) | Bonhams | £28,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-rainy-day-20-c-a55249cc69
2. 2026-03-25 | SENAKA SENANAYAKE \(B. 1951\). Untitled \(Tusker and Herd at Sunrise\). oil on | Christie's | $101,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-tusker-and-herd-at-sunrise-oil-on-348-c-d44d18dc19
3. 2025-12-21 | Senaka Senanayake b. 1951 | Tiroche Auction House | $50,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-78-c-d1530dc17c
4. 2025-12-09 | Senaka Senanayake \(B.1951\) Untitled \(Musicians\) | Bonhams | £5,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-musicians-96-c-13a3626655
5. 2025-12-09 | Senaka Senanayake \(B.1951\) Untitled \(Birds\) | Bonhams | £950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-birds-75-c-890e23cf90
6. 2025-09-17 | SENAKA SENANAYAKE \(B. 1951\). Untitled \(Cranes with Rainbow\). oil on canvas2 | Christie's | $40,640 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-cranes-with-rainbow-oil-on-canvas2-780-c-a984022b47
7. 2025-09-17 | SENAKA SENANAYAKE \(B. 1951\). Untitled \(Elephants\). oil on canvas47 ½ x 71 i | Christie's | $91,440 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-elephants-oil-on-canvas47-1-2-x-71-i-779-c-1eb4c3ab20
8. 2025-07-06 | Senaka Senanayake | Tiroche Auction House | $38,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-169-c-9f04b2ebbc
9. 2025-06-04 | Senaka Senanayake \(B.1951\) Composition with Women | Bonhams | £14,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-composition-with-women-25-c-fd14276a1c
10. 2025-06-04 | Senaka Senanayake \(B.1951\) Untitled \(Deer\) | Bonhams | £35,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-deer-21-c-a35414eb57
11. 2025-06-04 | Senaka Senanayake \(B.1951\) Untitled \(Tea Pickers\) | Bonhams | £32,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-tea-pickers-13-c-aee4409a24
12. 2025-06-04 | Senaka Senanayake \(B.1951\) Untitled \(Fisherman\) | Bonhams | £28,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-fisherman-8-c-0394f2fab8
13. 2025-06-04 | Senaka Senanayake \(B.1951\) Untitled \(Bathers\) | Bonhams | £29,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-bathers-1-c-ae9487f944
14. 2025-03-19 | SENAKA SENANAYAKE \(B. 1951\). Untitled \(Migrating White\-Naped Cranes\). oil o | Christie's | $107,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-migrating-white-naped-cranes-oil-o-772-c-d1e4b3098c
15. 2024-12-22 | Senaka Senanayake | Tiroche Auction House | $40,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-122-c-bd14b67888
16. 2024-12-10 | Senaka Senanayake \(B.1951\) Women at the Well | Bonhams | £19,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-women-at-the-well-37-c-2fd4890914
17. 2024-12-10 | Senaka Senanayake \(B.1951\) Untitled \(Wash Day\) | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-untitled-wash-day-3-c-a644a2ca24
18. 2024-12-05 | Senaka Senanayake | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $2,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-21-c-849491abce
19. 2024-11-13 | SENAKA SENANAYAKE \(Sri Lanka, 1951\-\), Figures in a colorful landscape., Oil on canvas, 30" x 22". Framed 34" x 26". | Eldred's | $26,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-sri-lanka-1951-figures-in-a-colorful-landscape-oil-on-canvas-30-x-22-framed-34-x-26-1537-c-f3f4d04a80
20. 2024-11-13 | SENAKA SENANAYAKE \(Sri Lanka, 1951\-\), Two figures in a landscape., Oil on canvas, 22" x 30". Framed 25.5" x 33.5". | Eldred's | $20,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-sri-lanka-1951-two-figures-in-a-landscape-oil-on-canvas-22-x-30-framed-25-5-x-33-5-1536-c-9a44541899
21. 2024-11-13 | SENAKA SENANAYAKE \(Sri Lanka, 1951\-\), \(Untitled\) Three monkeys., Oil on canvas, 29" x 22". Framed 31.5" x 24.5". | Eldred's | $14,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-sri-lanka-1951-untitled-three-monkeys-oil-on-canvas-29-x-22-framed-31-5-x-24-5-1535-c-49e4fd29f2
22. 2024-07-02 | Senaka Senanayake \- Oil on Canvas | Regency Auction House | $6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-oil-on-canvas-176-c-95f4a39a5e
23. 2024-06-11 | Senaka Senanayake \(b. 1951\), "White Tigers," 1966 | John Moran Auctioneers | $16,510 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-b-1951-white-tigers-1966-52-c-c6a4ef8bac
24. 2024-05-17 | SENAKA SENANAYAKE \(SRI LANKAN, B. 1951\) | Chiswick Auctions | £1,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-senaka-senanayake-sri-lankan-b-1951-343-c-78c4eecbb6

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