# Wessel Marais - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T16:16:44.173Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 112
- Lots with prices: 85
- First auction date: 2009-11-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-29
- Median realised price: $3,600
- Price range: $40 to $16,800

## Market Takeaway
Wessel Marais shows solid auction liquidity with 112 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-29.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,800 and $5,500.
- 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: 7.1% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 88.2% (75 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.7% (4 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $8,200
- Previous 12 months median: $2,800
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-29
- Days since latest sale: 234
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- 5th Avenue Auctioneers: 83 lots
- Stephan Welz & Co: 13 lots
- Strauss & Co: 5 lots
- Dales Bros Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Kensington Bond: 2 lots
- Murray's Inc. Chrystals Auctions: 2 lots
- Aalders Auctions: 1 lots
- Art Invest: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Roseberys: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-29 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Arniston Cottages, Signed, 60 x 90 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 8,200
2. 2025-06-29 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Cape Dutch Homestead with Figures, Signed, 50 x 75 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 8,400
3. 2025-02-23 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) 2 x Oils, Fishing Boats, Signed, 25 x 20 Each | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,700
4. 2024-12-08 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, "Near Noordhoek Cape", Signed Titled Verso, 50 x 75 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,000
5. 2024-10-27 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Street Scene with Figures, Signed, 60 x 90 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 4,000
6. 2024-10-27 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Still Life Flowers, Signed, 50 x 75 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 3,200
7. 2024-09-15 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) 2 x Oils, Fishing Boats, Signed, 25 x 20 Each | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
8. 2024-09-15 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Still Life Cosmos, Signed, 45 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,800
9. 2024-09-15 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Reproduction, Arniston Cottages, Signed in the Plate, 35 x 48 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
10. 2024-09-15 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Reproduction, Bringing in the Nets, Signed in the Plate, 35 x 48 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
11. 2024-08-04 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, "Near Noordhoek Cape", Signed Titled Verso, 50 x 75 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
12. 2024-07-22 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Yellow Daisies, Signed, 50 x 76 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
13. 2024-06-09 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Yellow Daisies, Signed, 50 x 76 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
14. 2024-02-18 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Still Life Flowers, Signed & Dated '82, 60 x 45 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
15. 2024-02-18 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Still Life Cosmos, Signed, 45 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
16. 2024-02-18 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, "Near Noordhoek Cape", Signed Titled Verso, 50 x 75 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
17. 2023-12-11 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Hout Bay Harbour, Signed, 44 x 34 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 1,600
18. 2023-10-15 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Still Life Cosmos, Signed, 75 x 50 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,800
19. 2023-09-25 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Hout Bay Harbour, Signed, 44 x 34 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | N/A
20. 2023-09-03 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Fisherman's Cottage and Boats, Signed, 35 x 50 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 3,400
21. 2023-06-04 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Fishing Boats, Signed, 45 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,400
22. 2023-05-31 | Wessel Marais \(South African, 1935 \- 2009\), | Aalders Auctions | A$120
23. 2023-02-19 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Street Scene with Figures, Signed, 45 x 60 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 2,600
24. 2023-02-19 | Wessel Marais \(SA 1935 \- 2009\) Oil, Street Scene with Figures, Signed, 35 x 45 | 5th Avenue Auctioneers | ZAR 4,000

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