David Botha Auction Prices and Value Guide

David Botha auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 223 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

David Botha auction prices: quick answer

David Botha auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
David Botha
Source records
223
Market update
2026-02-06

David Botha market snapshot

David Botha shows solid auction liquidity with 82 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-14.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (17.9% · 5 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (42.9% · 12 sales)
  • $10,000+ (39.3% · 11 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$900
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
12
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-09-14

Artist context

About David Botha

Born

1921

Died

1995

Nationality

South African

David Botha (1921–1995) was a South African landscape painter and graphic artist associated in the available public sources with a realist-impressionist tradition. He is especially identified with oil paintings of rain-wet Cape streets and atmospheric views of the Boland, including Paarl and Stellenbosch. Winter scenes recur in the biographical description, making season, weather, reflected light, and regional setting useful visual cues when examining works attributed to him. Collectors may encounter Botha chiefly through South African landscape painting, together with graphic art and works on paper. Appraisily's matched market index also places works under broader categories including paintings, prints, mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions, although its category evidence is described as broad or sparse. Identity, dates, and attribution should be checked carefully because the collected source pack contains only one detailed biography and no museum, estate, foundation, or catalogue-raisonné record.

Realist ImpressionismOil paintingGraphic art and works on paperRain-wet Cape streetsBoland landscapesPaarl and Stellenbosch viewsWinter landscapes

Common works and media

The most securely documented works are oil landscapes depicting rain-wet Cape streets and atmospheric Boland settings, especially views connected with Paarl and Stellenbosch and scenes with a winter mood. Graphic art and works on paper may also appear. Broader auction-index categories include prints, mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions, but the available evidence does not establish those categories as equally characteristic of Botha's practice.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin with comparable works matching the medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, and attribution strength of the object under review. Appraisily's current public index reports 82 matched auction records, including 28 priced records dated from 2009 through 2025, but that index is not a complete catalogue of the artist's market. Signature and inscription details, restoration, surface quality, provenance, exhibition history, edition information, and catalogue references can all affect comparability. Public realized prices should be compared consistently because reported totals may treat premiums and fees differently. Private transactions, missing feeds, and later attribution revisions may also fall outside the available record.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Sculpture and mixed media
  • Decorative art and editions

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Subject matter and recent comparable public auction sales for similar works

Appraisal caveats

  • The public auction index is a starting point rather than a complete appraisal and may omit private sales, incomplete feeds, or later attribution changes (https://appraisily.com/artist/david-botha/).
  • The recorded categories are broad or sparsely concentrated, so category labels should not be treated as evidence that every listed work type is characteristic of the artist (https://appraisily.com/artist/david-botha/).
  • Reported auction totals may include buyer premiums or fees depending on the source, so comparisons should be made on a like-for-like basis (https://appraisily.com/artist/david-botha/).

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for David Botha

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Artist value FAQ

How much is David Botha 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 David Botha artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.