# Wakaba Mutheki - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T13:30:20.221Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 48
- Lots with prices: 31
- First auction date: 2014-11-02
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-27
- Median realised price: $4,000
- Price range: $40 to $8,200

## Market Takeaway
Wakaba Mutheki has 48 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,000. 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 \($4,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,000 to $5,800\) 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: 12.9% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 87.1% (27 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $80
- Previous 12 months median: $7,800
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-27
- Days since latest sale: 3
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 43 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-04-27 | Wakaba Mutheki \(b. 1973\), South African School, Oil on canvas, Umdwebo, dep | Claydon Auctioneers | £40 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-wakaba-mutheki-b-1973-south-african-school-oil-on-canvas-umdwebo-dep-1697-c-32243f72cd
2. 2026-02-23 | Wakaba Mutheki \(b. 1973\), South African School, Oil on canvas, Umdwebo, depicting a portrait of thre | Claydon Auctioneers | £80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-wakaba-mutheki-b-1973-south-african-school-oil-on-canvas-umdwebo-depicting-a-portrait-of-thre-1770-c-d447eb7392
3. 2025-12-31 | Wakaba Mutheki \(b. 1973\), South African School, Oi… | Claydon Auctioneers | £150
4. 2024-07-22 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, Saxophone Player, Signed, 50 x 50 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 7,800
5. 2023-08-07 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, "Music Instead of Coffee to Wake Us Up", Signed Titled & Dated May 2008 Verso, 30 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 4,200
6. 2023-08-07 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, "For as Long as We are Together", Signed & Dated '08 Titled Verso, 30 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,400
7. 2023-08-07 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, Man with Two Horses, Signed, 40 x 50 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
8. 2023-07-23 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, Portrait of a Girl, Signed, 122 x 91 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 4,000
9. 2023-07-23 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, Portrait of a Man, Signed, 122 x 91 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 3,600
10. 2023-07-23 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, Portrait of a Girl, Signed, 122 x 91 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 4,000
11. 2023-06-04 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, Portrait of a Girl, Signed, 122 x 91 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 6,800
12. 2023-06-04 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, Portrait, Signed, 122 x 91 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 6,600
13. 2023-06-04 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, Portrait of a Girl, Signed, 122 x 91 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 8,200
14. 2023-06-04 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, "Drum Beats", Signed Titled & Dated '08 Verso, 60 x 90 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 4,400
15. 2022-10-23 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, Man with Two Horses, Signed, 40 x 50 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
16. 2022-10-23 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, "For as Long as We are Together", Signed & Dated '08 Titled Verso, 30 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
17. 2022-07-24 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, "Music Instead of Coffee to Wake Us Up", Signed Titled & Dated May 2008 Verso, 30 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
18. 2022-07-24 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, Man Leaning on a Typewriter, Signed, 40 x 50 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 3,600
19. 2022-07-24 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, Saxophone Player, Signed, 50 x 50 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2021-10-29 | WAKABA MUTHEKI \(SOUTH AFRICAN B. 1973\) | Chiswick Auctions | £200
21. 2021-10-29 | WAKABA MUTHEKI \(SOUTH AFRICAN B. 1973\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
22. 2019-09-01 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, "Feel the Music Blow", Signed Titled Verso, 90 x 90 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,800
23. 2019-05-26 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) Oil, "Billy Cobham", Signed & Titled Verso, 80 x 145 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 5,000
24. 2019-05-26 | Wakaba Mutheki \(SA, born 1973\) 3 x Oils, "Loni Teaching the Young" & "Jimmy Dludlu" \(2\), Signed Titled Verso, 45 x 60 \(3\) unframed | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 4,000

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