Malangatana Auction Prices and Value Guide
Malangatana auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 237 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Malangatana auction prices: quick answer
Malangatana auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Malangatana
- Source records
- 237
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Malangatana market snapshot
Malangatana shows solid auction liquidity with 148 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (39.3% · 35 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (55.1% · 49 sales)
- $10,000+ (5.6% · 5 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $450
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 8
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-16
Artist context
About Malangatana
Born
1936
Died
2011
Nationality
Mozambican
Also known as
Malangatana Valente Ngwenya, Ngwenya, Malangatana Valente, Malangatana Ngwenya
Malangatana Valente Ngwenya (1936–2011), widely known simply as Malangatana, was a Mozambican painter and poet. Authority records preserve several forms of his full name, while Tate catalogs him as Malangatana Ngwenya. His use of a single name is important for entity matching because publications, collections, and sale records may index him differently. Painting is the clearest visual-art medium established by the collected institutional sources. The source pack also documents his work as a poet, but it does not provide enough museum-level detail to assign a specific movement, recurring subject, or formal series. Collectors may therefore encounter his work under either the mononym or the full name, particularly in painting and auction-record contexts. Appraisily treats these name variants as one artist entity while avoiding unsupported stylistic, attribution, or market claims.
Painting
Common works and media
Paintings are the best-supported visual works in the collected sources. Poetry is also part of Malangatana's documented activity, while sculpture appears only in a lower-priority discovery source and is not presented here as a common market category. The pack does not establish recurring subjects, named series, print editions, ceramics, posters, or a broader medium catalogue. Auction and appraisal records should retain the medium stated for the specific object rather than infer one from the artist's name alone.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal of a work catalogued as Malangatana should begin by resolving the artist name against the full form Malangatana Valente Ngwenya and authority records for the Mozambican painter born in 1936. The collected pack confirms public auction-price coverage on Appraisily but does not contain lot-level descriptions, realized prices, dimensions, dates, condition notes, provenance, or edition information. Those details must come from the specific object and its documented sale history rather than being inferred from this biography. When comparable records are available, compare works with relevant shared characteristics and treat this source pack as identity evidence, not as a price forecast or authentication.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Attribution and identity resolution across the mononym Malangatana and full-name authority records
- Comparable public auction records associated with the artist, including sale dates and realized prices when available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not include lot-level descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, dimensions, dates, or edition details.
- No catalogue raisonné, artist estate, or detailed museum work catalogue was present in the collected pack.
- The available evidence supports painting as an auction category but is too limited to characterize price trends, scarcity, recurring subjects, or medium-specific demand.
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 Malangatana 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 Malangatana artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.