# Walter Battiss - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T16:16:44.690Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 309
- Lots with prices: 156
- First auction date: 2004-10-06
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-29
- Median realised price: $10,000
- Price range: $30 to $1,200,000

## Market Takeaway
Walter Battiss shows deep auction liquidity with 302 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $11,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-26.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($11,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $4,400 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: 6.6% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40.1% (61 sales)
- $10,000\+: 53.3% (81 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 14
- Recent 12 months median: $250,000
- Previous 12 months median: $800
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-26
- Days since latest sale: 84
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 138 lots
- Strauss & Co: 83 lots
- Aspire Art: 68 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Stephan Welz & Co: 3 lots
- Aalders Auctions: 2 lots
- Levy Auction House: 2 lots
- St Charles Gallery: 2 lots
- Hampstead Auctions Ltd: 1 lots
- Martel Maides: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-11-16 | WALTER BATTISS \(SOUTH AFRICA 1906\-1982\) \| SUN DANCE | Aspire Art | N/A
2. 2026-03-29 | Walter Battiss \- Art Folio | Levy Auction House | $50 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-battiss-art-folio-343-c-9a2acc5108
3. 2026-03-18 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\) , Federico Fellini’s Picnic | Aspire Art | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-battiss-south-africa-1906-1982-federico-fellini-s-picnic-64-c-c1a9050c27
4. 2026-02-22 | Walter Battiss \(SA 1906 \- 1982\) Lithograph, "White Birds", Signed by Giles Battis & Numbered 42/100 in Pencil, 50 x 40 sheet size | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-battiss-sa-1906-1982-lithograph-white-birds-signed-by-giles-battis-numbered-42-100-in-pencil-50-x-40-sheet-size-1251-c-5239b87462
5. 2025-12-07 | Walter Battiss \(SA 1906 \- 1982\) Screenprint, "Seychelles", Signed & Numbered 25/25 in Pencil, 40 x 40 sheet size | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-battiss-sa-1906-1982-screenprint-seychelles-signed-numbered-25-25-in-pencil-40-x-40-sheet-size-1095-c-3b953cb744
6. 2025-12-07 | Walter Battiss \(SA 1906 \- 1982\) Lithograph, "Ten People in a Mopipi Tree", Signed by Giles Battis & Numbered 32/200 in Pencil, 43 x 51 sheet size unframed | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-battiss-sa-1906-1982-lithograph-ten-people-in-a-mopipi-tree-signed-by-giles-battis-numbered-32-200-in-pencil-43-x-51-sheet-size-unframed-1010-c-369ffebcd7
7. 2025-11-26 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\), Haitian Woman | Aspire Art | N/A
8. 2025-11-26 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\), Last Orgy | Aspire Art | N/A
9. 2025-11-26 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\), Figures | Aspire Art | N/A
10. 2025-09-17 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\) , Untitled | Aspire Art | N/A
11. 2025-07-13 | Walter Battiss \(SA 1906 \- 1982\) Watercolour, Extensive Landscape, Signed, 35 x 55 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
12. 2025-06-29 | Walter Battiss \(SA 1906 \- 1982\) Watercolour, Extensive Landscape, Signed, 35 x 55 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
13. 2025-06-25 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\) , Abstract landscape | Aspire Art | N/A
14. 2025-03-12 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\), Melle \(is honey... | Aspire Art | ZAR 250,000
15. 2025-03-12 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\), Group Scene | Aspire Art | N/A
16. 2025-02-06 | WALTER BATTISS \(SOUTH AFRICAN, 1906\-1982\) | Martel Maides | £80
17. 2024-12-08 | Walter Battiss \(SA 1906 \- 1982\) Lithograph, Rhodes University Garden, Signed in the Plate, 41 x 59 sheet szie | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-battiss-sa-1906-1982-lithograph-rhodes-university-garden-signed-in-the-plate-41-x-59-sheet-szie-646-c-f154684b60
18. 2024-12-08 | Walter Battiss \(SA 1906 \- 1982\) Lithograph, Rhodes University Garden, Signed in the Plate, 41 x 59 sheet szie | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 500
19. 2024-11-20 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\) Woman by a river | Aspire Art | N/A
20. 2024-11-20 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\) Animated Bush | Aspire Art | N/A
21. 2024-11-20 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\) Green marine | Aspire Art | N/A
22. 2024-11-20 | Walter Battiss \(South Africa 1906\-1982\) Anna's Villa, Somerset East | Aspire Art | ZAR 25,000
23. 2024-10-27 | Walter Battiss \(SA 1906 \- 1982\) Watercolour, "Bathing Beauties", Signed & Dated '75 Titled Verso, 27 x 22 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 16,500
24. 2024-09-15 | Walter Battiss \(SA 1906 \- 1982\) Lithograph, Wildlife, Signed in the Plate, 23 x 40 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 800

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