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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,800 hammer ≈ $1,529–$2,753
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Africa Now - The Afren Collection, London, Knightsbridge · 28 October 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1737343
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Sam Ovraiti, The guitarists. Bonhams, 28 Oct 2015, lot 86. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1737343.
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Sam Ovraiti, The guitarists. Bonhams, 28 Oct 2015, lot 86. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1737343.
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From the same sale Africa Now - The Afren Collection · Oct 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onitsha trading place | Kolade Oshinowo | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Ore Meji | Tola Wewe | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Elements of beauty | Sam Ovraiti | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Elemental | Alex Nwokolo | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Beauty | Suraj Adekola | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| NIGERIAN, 20th CENTURY Ife bust 40cm (15 3/4in) high | Nigerian, 20th Century Ife Bust 40cm | — |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Sam Ovraiti | The musicians | Bonhams, Oct 2015 | ||
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.