# Sylvester Mubayi - Auction Profile

Canonical: https://appraisily.com/artist/sylvester-mubayi/
Snapshot URL: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/sylvester-mubayi/llm.md
Updated: 2026-05-04T16:18:15.069Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 23
- Lots with prices: 11
- First auction date: 2011-10-26
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-12
- Median realised price: $400
- Price range: $100 to $7,800

## Market Takeaway
Sylvester Mubayi has 23 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. 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 \($400\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($200 to $1,300\) 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: 63.6% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 36.4% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $1,000
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-12
- Days since latest sale: 143
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: 6 lots
- Martel Maides: 5 lots
- Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC: 2 lots
- Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.: 2 lots
- Shapiro Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Abell Auction: 1 lots
- Canterbury Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Kunst & Auktionshaus Ruef OHG: 1 lots
- Leski Auctions Pty Ltd: 1 lots
- Material Culture: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-12 | Sylvester Mubayi, African 1942\-, Blessing from the Spirit | Abell Auction | $1,000
2. 2023-11-20 | SYLVESTER MUBAYI \(1942 \- 2022, Shona \- Zimbabwe\), Two Faces, black marble sculpture incised "MUBAYI" to base, 44cm tall. | Leski Auctions Pty Ltd | A$340
3. 2019-10-19 | Iron sculpture „gazelle“ | Kunst & Auktionshaus Ruef OHG | N/A
4. 2019-08-27 | Sylvester Mubayi \(Zimbabwean, b.1942\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$4,320
5. 2019-08-27 | Sylvester Mubayi \(Zimbabwean, b.1942\) | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$7,800
6. 2018-06-21 | Sylvester Mubayi \(Zimbabwe, b.1942\) \- a Shona sculpture Two figures with a bottle, carved green stone, | Martel Maides | N/A
7. 2018-06-21 | Sylvester Mubayi \(Zimbabwe, b.1942\) \- a Shona sculpture Farmer with maize, carved green stone, | Martel Maides | £400
8. 2018-06-21 | Sylvester Mubayi \(Zimbabwe, b.1942\) \- a Shona sculpture The Dreamer, carved green stone, | Martel Maides | N/A
9. 2018-06-21 | Sylvester Mubayi \(Zimbabwe, b.1942\) \- a Shona sculpture Bird, carved green stone, 24in. \(61cm.\) long, | Martel Maides | N/A
10. 2018-06-21 | Sylvester Mubayi \(Zimbabwe, b.1942\) \- a Shona sculpture Baby rhino, carved green stone, 26 x 23in. \(66 x 58.5cm.\), | Martel Maides | N/A
11. 2018-04-07 | Sylvester Mubayi \(Zimbabwe, born 1942\) | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $275
12. 2017-12-02 | Sylvester Mubayi \(Zimbabwe, born 1942\) | Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC | $200
13. 2017-09-26 | SYLVESTER MUBAYI \(ZIMBABWEAN, 1942\-\) VERVET MONKEY NIBBLING MAIZE Springstone | Potomack Company | $400
14. 2017-06-11 | Sylvester Mubayi "Waiting for Justice" | Material Culture | $1,300
15. 2016-09-14 | SYLVESTER MUBAYI \(Zimbabwe, 1942\- \) \- "Bird Woman", 1986, an African Showa sculpture in Black Serpentine, signed on the bottom edge, 21 1/4" x 9" x 9". Some scuffs. An early member of the Tengenenge Sculpture Communit... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $100
16. 2016-09-14 | SYLVESTER MUBAYI \(Zimbabwe, 1942\- \) \- "Bird Spirit Protecting Baby", 1986, an African Showa sculpture in Black Serpentine, signed on the bottom edge, 15" x 17" x 5 1/2". Some scuffs. An early member of the Tengenenge ... | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | $100
17. 2016-08-27 | Sylvester Mubayi signed marble sculpture | Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc. | N/A
18. 2016-05-22 | SYLVESTER MUBAYI \(Zimbabwe, 1942\- \) \- "Bird Woman", 1986, an African Showa sculpture in Black Serpentine, signed on the bottom edge, 21 1/4" x 9" x 9" | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
19. 2016-05-22 | SYLVESTER MUBAYI \(Zimbabwe, 1942\- \) \- "Bird Spirit Protecting Baby", 1986, an African Showa sculpture in Black Serpentine, signed on the bottom edge, 15" x 17" x 5 1/2" | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
20. 2016-04-17 | Sylvester Mubayi signed marble sculpture | Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc. | N/A
21. 2015-11-15 | SYLVESTER MUBAYI \(Zimbabwe, 1942\- \) \- "Bird Woman", 1986, an African Showa sculpture in Black Serpentine, signed on the bottom edge, 21 1/4" x 9" x 9", some scuffs | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
22. 2015-11-15 | SYLVESTER MUBAYI \(Zimbabwe, 1942\- \) \- "Bird Spirit Protecting Baby", 1986, an African Showa sculpture in Black Serpentine, signed on the bottom edge, 15" x 17" x 5 1/2", some scuffs | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | N/A
23. 2011-10-26 | Sylvester Mubayi \- Black serpentine carving of the | Canterbury Auction Galleries | N/A

## Comparable Artists To Watch
- [Joan Miró](https://appraisily.com/artist/joan-miro/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [Peter Max](https://appraisily.com/artist/peter-max/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [Henri Matisse](https://appraisily.com/artist/henri-matisse/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.

## Related Artists
- [Joan Miró](https://appraisily.com/artist/joan-miro/)
- [Peter Max](https://appraisily.com/artist/peter-max/)
- [Henri Matisse](https://appraisily.com/artist/henri-matisse/)
- [Edward Miles](https://appraisily.com/artist/edward-miles/)
- [Henry \(1898\) Moore](https://appraisily.com/artist/henry-1898-moore/)
- [Takashi Murakami](https://appraisily.com/artist/takashi-murakami/)
- [Alphonse Mucha](https://appraisily.com/artist/alphonse-mucha/)
- [Alfons Mucha](https://appraisily.com/artist/alfons-mucha/)

## JSON Source
https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/sylvester-mubayi/seo-profile