# Zanele Muholi - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T17:37:28.377Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 89
- Lots with prices: 65
- First auction date: 2016-11-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-27
- Median realised price: $5,400
- Price range: $100 to $700,000

## Market Takeaway
Zanele Muholi shows solid auction liquidity with 89 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-27.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($5,400\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $250 and $13,860.
- 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: 32.3% (21 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 32.3% (21 sales)
- $10,000\+: 35.4% (23 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 30
- Recent 12 months median: $12,000
- Previous 12 months median: $200
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-27
- Days since latest sale: 144
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Joshua Kodner: 20 lots
- Christie's: 17 lots
- Aspire Art: 13 lots
- Bonhams: 12 lots
- Material Culture: 5 lots
- Hessink's: 4 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 3 lots
- Phillips: 3 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 2 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-12 | ZANELE MUHOLI \(SOUTH AFRICAN B.1972\) | Chiswick Auctions | £2,400
2. 2024-06-19 | Zanele Muholi \(South Africa 1972\-\), Sine II, Melbourne, Australia | Aspire Art | ZAR 420,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-zanele-muholi-south-africa-1972-sine-ii-melbourne-australia-48-c-4d3419580d
3. 2024-06-15 | Zanele Muholi, Dalisu, New York, 2016 | Joshua Kodner | $200
4. 2024-06-15 | Zanele Muholi, Bona, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2015 | Joshua Kodner | $200
5. 2024-06-15 | Zanele Muholi, Bhekisisa II, Sakouli Beach, Mayotte, 2016 | Joshua Kodner | N/A
6. 2024-06-15 | Zanele Muholi, Bhekezakhe, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2016 | Joshua Kodner | $200
7. 2024-06-15 | Zanele Muholi, Bhekani II, Mayotte, 2016 | Joshua Kodner | $200
8. 2024-06-15 | Zanele Muholi, Bester V, Mayotte, 2015 | Joshua Kodner | $125
9. 2024-06-15 | Zanele Muholi, Bester I, Mayotte, 2015 | Joshua Kodner | $500
10. 2024-06-15 | Zanele Muholi, Basizeni XI, Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2016 | Joshua Kodner | $100
11. 2024-06-15 | Zanele Muholi, Basizeni I, Amsterdam, 2016 | Joshua Kodner | $100
12. 2024-06-15 | Zanele Muholi, Bakhambile, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2016 | Joshua Kodner | $100
13. 2024-06-15 | Zanele Muholi, Babhekile II, Oslo, 2015 | Joshua Kodner | N/A
14. 2025-09-27 | Zanele MUHOLI \(b. 1972\) | Hessink's | N/A
15. 2025-09-17 | Zanele Muholi \(South Africa 1972\-\) , Isililo XX | Aspire Art | N/A
16. 2025-07-01 | ZANELE MUHOLI \(B. 1972\). MaID III, Philadelphia. silver gelatin print35 ½ x | Christie's | £12,600
17. 2025-06-25 | Zanele Muholi \(South Africa 1972\-\) , Somnyama III, Paris, 2014 | Aspire Art | N/A
18. 2025-06-25 | Zanele Muholi \(South Africa 1972\-\) , Sasa, Bleecker, New York, 2016 | Aspire Art | ZAR 160,000
19. 2025-06-14 | Zanele Muholi, b. 1972, MaID, Philadelphia | Black Art Auction | N/A
20. 2025-06-06 | Zanele Muholi \(1972 Umlazi/Südafrika\) – Nomonde Mbusi, Berea, Johannesburg \(Nomonde Mbusi, Berea, Johannesburg\) | Karl & Faber | N/A
21. 2025-05-22 | Zanele Muholi \(b.1972\) | Chiswick Auctions | £1,500
22. 2025-04-17 | ZANELE MUHOLI \(B. 1972\). Sthembile, Cape Town, from the series 'Somnyama Ng | Christie's | $17,640
23. 2025-04-17 | ZANELE MUHOLI \(B. 1972\). Fisani, Parktown, from the series 'Somnyama Ngonya | Christie's | N/A
24. 2025-04-03 | ZANELE MUHOLI \(1972\- \) MuMu X, London. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,250

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