# Shantilal Somnath Dave - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T01:17:34.904Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 86
- Lots with prices: 68
- First auction date: 2004-09-08
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-14
- Median realised price: $6,000
- Price range: $418 to $624,000

## Market Takeaway
Shantilal Somnath Dave shows solid auction liquidity with 86 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($6,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,100 and $13,750.
- 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: 5.9% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 57.4% (39 sales)
- $10,000\+: 36.8% (25 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $8,500
- Previous 12 months median: $800
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-14
- Days since latest sale: 35
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 28 lots
- Bonhams: 13 lots
- Sloans & Kenyon: 10 lots
- Skinner: 7 lots
- Christie's: 6 lots
- Gorringes: 2 lots
- Hill Auction Gallery: 2 lots
- Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer: 1 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 1 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-21 | Shanti Dave oil and plaster abstraction Garv Gatha | Concept Art Gallery | $16,000
2. 2024-06-25 | Shanti Dave \*1931 | Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer | CHF 800
3. 2023-10-27 | Shanti Dave, Untitled | Wright | $13,000
4. 2022-10-21 | SHANTI DAVE \(India, b. 1931\), Abstract., Oil on canvas, 24" x 30". Framed 24.75" x 30.75". | Eldred's | $7,000
5. 2022-03-29 | SHANTI DAVE \(Indian, b. 1931\) Untitled 1967 mixed media on canvas | Leonard Joel | A$4,000
6. 2022-02-20 | SHANTI DAVE : Island of Thoughts | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 13,000
7. 2015-11-03 | Shanti Dave b. 1931Untitled | Pundole's | ₹550,000
8. 2011-05-20 | Shanti Dave \(Indian, b. 1931\) Tacit, 1963 Signed and dated "Shanti Dave 63" u.r., titled, signed, dated, and inscribed "...Shanti Da... | Skinner | $5,629
9. 2010-06-15 | SHANTI DAVE | Sotheby's | £6,000
10. 2010-06-15 | SHANTI DAVE | Sotheby's | £12,500
11. 2010-04-07 | Shanti Dave | Phillips | $18,750
12. 2026-01-14 | Shanti Dave b.1931 Modern Abstract Mayan Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $5,500
13. 2025-12-11 | Shanti Dave \(attrib\), mixed media on Masonite | Millea Bros Ltd | N/A
14. 2025-10-29 | Shanti Dave b.1931 Modern Abstract Mayan Painting | Hill Auction Gallery | $8,500
15. 2025-09-17 | SHANTI DAVE \(B. 1931\). Untitled. oil on canvas25 1/8 x 39 in. \(63.8 x 99.1 | Christie's | $44,450
16. 2025-09-17 | SHANTI DAVE \(B. 1931\). Garv Gatha. mixed media on canvas23 ½ x 31 ½ in. \(59 | Christie's | $48,260
17. 2023-03-22 | SHANTI DAVE \(B. 1931\) Untitled \(At the Well\) linocut on paper 18 7/8 x 28 3 | Christie's | $5,040
18. 2022-05-24 | Shanti Dave \(Indian, B. 1931\) Untitled | Bonhams | £1,800
19. 2022-05-24 | Shanti Dave \(Indian, B. 1931\) Untitled | Bonhams | £1,600
20. 2022-03-23 | SHANTI DAVE \(B. 1931\) Untitled mixed media on canvas 50 x 70 in. \(217 x 177 | Christie's | $40,320
21. 2021-10-25 | Shanti Dave \(Indian, B. 1931\) Untitled \(label on stretcher: Not to be taken from the Library.\) | Bonhams | £38,000
22. 2021-01-03 | Shanti Dave \(India, Born 1931\) | Helmuth Stone | $2,000
23. 2020-08-30 | SHANTI DAVE \(INDIA, 1931 \- \) | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
24. 2019-03-18 | SHANTI DAVE \| Untitled  | Sotheby's | $3,500

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