Cheri Cherin Auction Prices and Value Guide
Cheri Cherin auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 115 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Cheri Cherin auction prices: quick answer
Cheri Cherin auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Cheri Cherin
- Source records
- 115
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Cheri Cherin market snapshot
Cheri Cherin shows developing auction liquidity with 46 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2023-07-20.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (3.8% · 1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (92.3% · 24 sales)
- $10,000+ (3.8% · 1 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $0
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 0
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2023-07-20
Artist context
About Cheri Cherin
Born
1955
Died
2025
Nationality
Congolese
Also known as
Chéri Chérin, Joseph Kinkonda
Chéri Chérin was the professional name of Congolese painter Joseph Kinkonda, born in Léopoldville in 1955. Authority records index him under several accented and unaccented forms of the name, making those variants important for entity matching. Accounts of his work describe a blend of highly legible figurative painting, symbolic or naïve elements, and passages of detailed realism. His pictures are especially associated with Kinshasa and use crowded scenes, recognizable social types, and satire to address urban life, public institutions, inequality, and changing aspirations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A German-language biographical account also connects him with the cultural world of the Sapeurs. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Chérin through narrative paintings whose visual immediacy carries social commentary. The present source pack supports his identity and broad artistic context more strongly than a complete chronology or catalogue of works.
Sapeur cultural movement (reported association)PaintingFigurative painting combining symbolic and detailed realist elementsUrban life in Kinshasa and the Democratic Republic of the CongoSocial satire and changing urban society
Common works and media
Collectors are most likely to encounter paintings, particularly figurative narrative compositions concerned with Kinshasa, Congolese urban society, and social satire. Available descriptions associate his pictures with symbolic or naïve elements alongside detailed realist rendering. The collected sources do not provide a reliable basis for naming specific supports, dimensions, editions, print series, sculptures, or other recurring formats.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily’s input set contains 115 auction-record entries under this artist’s public page, but the collected pack does not expose lot-level descriptions, realized prices, dimensions, dates, or auction-house attributions. Market analysis should therefore begin by matching records across Chéri Chérin, Cheri Cherin, and Joseph Kinkonda, then separating works by type and subject. The closeness of a work to documented Kinshasa-centered social satire may help organize comparables, but it does not establish authorship or value. An appraisal should rely on inspectable object evidence and genuinely comparable public sales. The current evidence supports a recurring auction presence, not a price trend, scarcity claim, or forecast.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Correct attribution across accented, unaccented, and personal-name variants
- Subject matter and its relationship to documented Kinshasa-centered social satire
- Work type and comparison with relevant public auction records by sale date and realized price when such records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack reports 115 Appraisily records but does not include lot-level descriptions, realized prices, dimensions, condition information, or provenance.
- No usable major-auction-house source was collected, so the evidence does not support price trends, scarcity claims, or forecasts.
- The reported 2025 death date currently rests on a Wikipedia entry and should be confirmed through an institutional authority or estate source before being treated as definitive.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Cheri Cherin worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
Can Appraisily value my Cheri Cherin artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.