Lot 99 · Modern & Contemporary African Auction
Everybody Wants to go to Heaven, Nobody Wants to Die
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- Estimate
- £2,500–£3,500 hammer ≈ $2,811–$3,935
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary African Auction, London · 20 October 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5066103
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Richard Mudariki, Everybody Wants to go to Heaven, Nobody Wants to Die. Sotheby's, 20 Oct 2022, lot 99. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5066103.
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Richard Mudariki, Everybody Wants to go to Heaven, Nobody Wants to Die. Sotheby's, 20 Oct 2022, lot 99. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5066103.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary African Auction · Oct 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate of Ownership | — | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Untitled | Paul Ahyi | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| Hidden Treasure | Kwesi Botchway | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Five Works on Paper | Bertina Lopes | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Lovers 2 | — | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Siestog! | Penny Siopis | £4,000–£6,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Mudariki | Puppet on a Throne | $3,899 | Strauss & Co, Nov 2024 | |
| Richard Mudariki | From Parow to Cape Town | Strauss & Co, Feb 2019 | ||
| Richard Mudariki | Laundry Day | Strauss & Co, Sep 2025 | ||
| Richard Mudariki | View from the artist's studio (unstretched and unframed) | Bonhams, Oct 2025 | ||
| Richard Mudariki | 'Big fish eats small fish' | Bonhams, May 2014 | ||
| Richard Mudariki | Portrait in Green | Strauss & Co, Apr 2022 | ||
| Richard Mudariki | The Battle of Cape Town (framed) | Bonhams, Oct 2023 | ||
| William Kentridge | Nose 3 | Strauss & Co, Nov 2021 |
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.