# Sydney Kumalo - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-18T23:45:41.334Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 9
- Lots with prices: 6
- First auction date: 2013-11-11
- Latest auction date: 2024-10-16
- Median realised price: $19,000
- Price range: $8,000 to $400,000

## Market Takeaway
Sydney Kumalo shows thin auction liquidity with 2 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $9,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-10-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($9,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $9,000 and $9,000.
- 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 100% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $9,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-10-16
- Days since latest sale: 490
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Aspire Art: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 2 lots
- Stephan Welz & Co: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots
- Strauss & Co: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-10-31 | SYDNEY KUMALO \(SOUTH AFRICA 1935\-1988\) MYTHOLOGICAL RIDER II \(STUDY FOR MYTHOLOGICAL RIDER\) | Aspire Art | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sydney-kumalo-south-africa-1935-1988-mythological-rider-ii-study-for-mythological-rider-25-c-0d14221afd
2. 2024-10-16 | Sydney Alex Kumalo \(South African, 1935\-1988\) Head, 1966 \(SK57\) 30 x 13 x 19cm \(5 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 11 13/16in\). \(excluding base\) | Bonhams | £9,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sydney-alex-kumalo-south-african-1935-1988-head-1966-sk57-30-x-13-x-19cm-5-1-8-x-7-1-2-x-11-13-16in-excluding-base-24-c-4f742b78e6
3. 2024-06-19 | Sydney Kumalo \(South Africa 1935\-1988\), Pregnant Woman \(SK29\) | Aspire Art | ZAR 150,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sydney-kumalo-south-africa-1935-1988-pregnant-woman-sk29-26-c-c36499c8e3
4. 2021-09-29 | Sydney Kumalo \(South Africa 1935\-1988\), Large seated woman | Aspire Art | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sydney-kumalo-south-africa-1935-1988-large-seated-woman-26-c-4c4448280b
5. 2019-10-03 | Sydney Alex Kumalo \(South African, 1935\-1988\) Moses and Disciples Moses: 47 x 28.5 x 7cm \(18 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 2 3/4in\); first disciple: 33 x 28.5 x 7.5cm \(13 x 11 1/4 x 2 15/16in\). Second disciple: 40 x 22 x 17cm \(15 3/4 x 8 11/16 x 6 11/16in\). \(\(3\)\) | Bonhams | £19,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sydney-alex-kumalo-south-african-1935-1988-moses-and-disciples-moses-47-x-28-5-x-7cm-18-1-2-x-11-1-4-x-2-3-4in-first-disciple-33-x-28-5-x-7-5cm-13-x-11-1-4-x-2-15-16in-second-disciple-40-x-22-x-17cm-15-3-4-x-8-11-16-x-6-11-16in-3-22-c-3c34641bb8
6. 2017-05-16 | SYDNEY KUMALO \| Xhosa Girl | Sotheby's | £8,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sydney-kumalo-xhosa-girl-62-c-2224fd1b0b
7. 2017-03-28 | Sydney Alex Kumalo \(South African 1935\-1988\) JOY II signed bronze PROVENAN | Stephan Welz & Co | ZAR 400,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sydney-alex-kumalo-south-african-1935-1988-joy-ii-signed-bronze-provenan-412-c-acd42528ef
8. 2017-03-28 | Sydney Alex Kumalo \(South African 1935\-1988\) MOSES'S DISCIPLE bronze PROVE | Stephan Welz & Co | ZAR 100,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sydney-alex-kumalo-south-african-1935-1988-moses-s-disciple-bronze-prove-411-c-e0149e99bc
9. 2013-11-11 | Sydney Alex Kumalo, Reclining Nude I | Strauss & Co | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sydney-alex-kumalo-reclining-nude-i-235-c-7e2d164acb

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