# Yusuf Grillo - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T17:00:30.368Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 33
- Lots with prices: 28
- First auction date: 2012-05-23
- Latest auction date: 2023-10-12
- Median realised price: $80,500
- Price range: $26,000 to $320,000

## Market Takeaway
Yusuf Grillo has 33 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $80,500. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($80,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($50,000 to $150,000\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 100% (28 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-10-12
- Days since latest sale: 931
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 31 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-10-12 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, 1934\-2021\) Head \(framed\) | Bonhams | £150,000
2. 2023-10-12 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, 1934\-2021\) Red Ayan \(framed\) | Bonhams | £160,000
3. 2023-03-22 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, 1934\-2021\) Blind Minstrel \(framed\) | Bonhams | £150,000
4. 2023-03-22 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, 1934\-2021\) The Seventh Knot, 1969 \(framed\) | Bonhams | £320,000
5. 2022-10-20 | Mother and Child | Sotheby's | £151,200
6. 2022-03-09 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, 1934\-2021\) The Dancing Bride, circa mid\-1960s | Bonhams | £220,000
7. 2021-10-20 | Eyo | Sotheby's | N/A
8. 2021-03-17 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, born 1934\) Crucifix | Bonhams | £190,000
9. 2021-03-17 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, born 1934\) Ayi and Tayi | Bonhams | £180,000
10. 2020-03-18 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, born 1934\) The Drummer | Bonhams | £55,000
11. 2019-10-03 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, born 1934\) Moon Madonna | Bonhams | £110,000
12. 2018-02-28 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, born 1934\) 'Evangelists: Cymbal, Triangle and Tambourine' | Bonhams | £56,250
13. 2017-10-05 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, born 1934\) The Blind Beggar | Bonhams | £106,250
14. 2017-10-05 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, born 1934\) Woman in Blue | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2017-10-05 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, born 1934\) Three Friends | Bonhams | £81,250
16. 2017-10-05 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, born 1934\) Omolomo | Bonhams | £56,250
17. 2017-02-15 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, born 1934\) The Duet | Bonhams | £87,500
18. 2016-05-25 | YUSUF ADEBAYO CAMERON GRILLO \(NIGERIAN, BORN 1934\) Village | Bonhams | £30,000
19. 2016-05-25 | YUSUF ADEBAYO CAMERON GRILLO \(NIGERIAN, BORN 1934\) ‘Mother | Bonhams | £120,000
20. 2016-05-25 | YUSUF ADEBAYO CAMERON GRILLO \(NIGERIAN, BORN 1934\) The vill | Bonhams | £26,000
21. 2016-05-25 | YUSUF ADEBAYO CAMERON GRILLO \(NIGERIAN, BORN 1934\) Drummers | Bonhams | £90,000
22. 2016-05-25 | YUSUF ADEBAYO CAMERON GRILLO \(NIGERIAN, BORN 1934\) The Wid | Bonhams | £26,000
23. 2016-05-25 | YUSUF ADEBAYO CAMERON GRILLO \(NIGERIAN, BORN 1934\) ‘Hausa c | Bonhams | £35,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yusuf-adebayo-cameron-grillo-nigerian-born-1934-hausa-c-17-c-97c49938fc
24. 2015-05-20 | Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo \(Nigerian, born 1934\) | Bonhams | £35,000

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