# Yinka Shonibare - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-05T00:30:49.066Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 92
- Lots with prices: 47
- First auction date: 2005-06-24
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-12
- Median realised price: $2,772
- Price range: $190 to $176,400

## Market Takeaway
Yinka Shonibare shows solid auction liquidity with 92 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,772. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,772\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $780 and $44,100.
- 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: 27.7% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 29.8% (14 sales)
- $10,000\+: 42.6% (20 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 12
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $250
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-12
- Days since latest sale: 68
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 24 lots
- Sotheby's: 15 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 13 lots
- Bonhams: 8 lots
- Phillips: 8 lots
- Tate Ward Auctions: 6 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 4 lots
- Piasa: 4 lots
- Arthouse Contemporary: 2 lots
- STAIR: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-18 | Yinka Shonibare \(British 1962\-\), 'Thank You', 2020 | Tate Ward Auctions | £500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yinka-shonibare-british-1962-thank-you-2020-103-c-cb145e8b00
2. 2025-12-12 | Yinka Shonibare \(British, b. 1962\) Untitled \(Dollhouse\) \(Norton Christmas Project\), 2002 | Freeman’s | $250
3. 2025-10-21 | YINKA SHONIBARE \(B. 1962\). Untitled \(Dollhouse\) \(Peter Norton Family Christ | Christie's | £889
4. 2025-10-01 | Untitled | Sotheby's | N/A
5. 2025-07-01 | YINKA SHONIBARE \(B. 1962\). Toy Painting \#20. Dutch wax printed cotton texti | Christie's | N/A
6. 2025-06-25 | Yinka Shonibare \(British, born 1962\) Modern Magic I\-V The complete portfolio, 2021, comprising five relief prints with woodblock and fabric collage, on Somerset wove paper, each signed and numbered from the edition of 25 in pencil \(there were also... | Bonhams | N/A
7. 2025-06-25 | Yinka Shonibare \(British, born 1962\) Modern Magic \(Pink\) Relief print with woodblock and fabric collage, 2021, on Somerset wove paper, signed and numbered from the edition of 25 in pencil \(there were also five artist's proofs\), published by Criste... | Bonhams | N/A
8. 2025-06-04 | Yinka Shonibare \(b.1962\) Dolls House | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
9. 2025-06-04 | Yinka Shonibare \(b.1962\) Pop Immigrants | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
10. 2025-03-19 | Yinka Shonibare \(b.1962\) Dolls House | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
11. 2025-03-19 | Yinka Shonibare \(b.1962\) London Underground | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
12. 2025-03-19 | Yinka Shonibare \(b.1962\) Pop Immigrants | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
13. 2025-02-27 | YINKA SHONIBARE \(B. 1962\). Globe Head Ballerina. fiberglass mannequin, Dutc | Christie's | N/A
14. 2024-11-22 | YINKA SHONIBARE \(B. 1962\) \- Baby Blue | Christie's | N/A
15. 2024-11-20 | Yinka Shonibare \(United Kingdom 1962\-\) Climate Shit Drawing 1 | Aspire Art | N/A
16. 2024-10-01 | YINKA SHONIBARE \(B. 1962\). Dorian Gray. eleven black and white resin prints | Christie's | $44,100
17. 2024-10-01 | YINKA SHONIBARE \(B. 1962\). The Age of Enlightenment\-Gabrielle Émilie Le Ton | Christie's | $157,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yinka-shonibare-b-1962-the-age-of-enlightenment-gabrielle-emilie-le-ton-313-c-e144a2694e
18. 2024-08-03 | YINKA SHONIBARE \(B. 1962\). Modern Magic. complete portfolio—five relief pri | Christie's | N/A
19. 2024-07-31 | Yinka Shonibare, British 1962, Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, Dollhouse | Nye & Company | $475
20. 2024-07-31 | Yinka Shonibare \(b.1962\) Thank You, from The Help Portfolio | Forum Auctions \- UK | £500
21. 2024-03-26 | YINKA SHONIBARE \(B. 1962\) Dreamscape Image 394 x 600 mm. Sheet 407 x 611 m | Christie's | £252
22. 2023-12-06 | Yinka Shonibare \(British, born 1962\) Aristocrat in Blue Offset lithograph in colours with paper and unique fabric collage elements, 2020, on wove paper, stamp\-signed and numbered 34/40 in black ink, published by The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, ... | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2023-10-13 | YINKA SHONIBARE \(B. 1962\) Flower Kid \(Girl\) fibreglass mannequin, Dutch wax | Christie's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yinka-shonibare-b-1962-flower-kid-girl-fibreglass-mannequin-dutch-wax-10-c-e7e40a7a3b
24. 2023-09-29 | YINKA SHONIBARE \(B. 1962\) Ballerina with Violin, Swan Lake fiberglass manne | Christie's | $100,800

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