Sadequain Auction Prices and Value Guide

Sadequain auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 208 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Sadequain auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Sadequain
Source records
208
Market update
2026-02-16

Sadequain market snapshot

Sadequain shows solid auction liquidity with 123 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $13,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-09.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (2.2% · 2 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (40.7% · 37 sales)
  • $10,000+ (57.1% · 52 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$30,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
4
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-09

Artist context

About Sadequain

Sadequain portrait
Sadequain · see-source-page · Source

Born

1930

Died

1987

Nationality

Pakistani

Also known as

Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Sadequain Naqqash, Ṣādiqain, Ṣādiqayn

Sadequain is the professional name of Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, a Pakistani painter, calligrapher, and poet active in the twentieth century. Library authority records generally give his life dates as 1930–1987 and identify Pakistan as his country of association. His name appears in catalogues through several transliterations, including Ṣādiqain, Ṣādiqayn, and Ṣadiqīn, making authority-based identity matching especially useful. Painting and calligraphy are the two firmly documented areas of his visual practice, while bibliographic sources also associate him with Urdu literary activity and rubāʿiyāt. Collectors may therefore encounter his name across fine-art, calligraphic, and published contexts rather than under one uniform spelling or work type. Appraisily currently groups 208 auction records under the public Sadequain identity. Those records help establish his recurring presence in auction catalogues, but individual objects still require work-specific research and careful attribution.

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Common works and media

The source pack most clearly associates Sadequain with paintings and calligraphic works. Bibliographic sources also identify him as a poet and author, so collectors may encounter illustrated or literary publications connected with his name. The available evidence does not support a reliable breakdown of particular painted subjects, named series, editions, print types, or other recurring auction formats.

Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work catalogued as Sadequain should begin with accurate identity matching because authority files record several spellings and transliterations of his name. Paintings and calligraphic works should be compared within their appropriate work type rather than treated as one undifferentiated category. Appraisily's catalog signal provides a useful pool of public auction records, but the supplied research pack does not break those records down by medium, date, dimensions, condition, provenance, subject, or attribution language. Those object-level details should be checked against genuinely comparable dated sales before drawing a value conclusion. The number of catalogued records is evidence of auction coverage, not proof of authenticity or a prediction of future prices.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Calligraphic works

Value drivers

  1. Cataloguing under variant names and transliterations
  2. Work type, particularly whether an object is catalogued as a painting or a calligraphic work
  3. Comparable public auction records catalogued for Sadequain

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not contain a substantive major-auction-house profile or a lot-level breakdown by medium, date, dimensions, condition, provenance, or subject.
  • The supplied Appraisily signal indicates 208 catalogued records, but that count alone does not establish authenticity, scarcity, price direction, or the value of an individual work.
  • Variant spellings and transliterations require careful identity matching; a shared or similar name should not be treated as proof of authorship.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

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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 Sadequain

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Sadequain 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 Sadequain artwork?

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