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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $3,558–$5,930
- Result
- upcoming — 18 March 2020
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Modern & Contemporary African Art, London, New Bond Street · 18 March 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-720897
- Record
- first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Lovemore Kambudzi, Crime doesn't pay unframed. Bonhams, 18 Mar 2020, lot 51. estimate £3,000–£5,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-720897.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
73% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 91,573 held-out lots the model scored about 72%, 69% sold.
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Lovemore Kambudzi, Crime doesn't pay unframed. Bonhams, 18 Mar 2020, lot 51. estimate £3,000–£5,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-720897.
From the same sale Modern & Contemporary African Art · Mar 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head study | Prof. Uche Okeke | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Les Baramogo | Abdoulaye Diarrassouba "aboudia" | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Head (2015) unframed. | Ephrem Solomon | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| From Elf to Town, 2015 unframed. | Ajarb Bernard Ategwa | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Mieux La Chenille Que Le Serpent | Chéri Samba | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Figure 41 x 33 x 17 cm. (16 1/8 x 13 6 11/16 in). | Ernesto Shikhani | £3,000–£5,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovemore Kambudzi | 'Dzimbadzemabwe' | $5,413 | Bonhams, Oct 2015 | |
| Lovemore Kambudzi | Campus Riot | Strauss & Co, Jul 2022 | ||
| Lovemore Kambudzi | 'Friday Night Train' | Bonhams, May 2014 | ||
| Chéri Samba | Le grand bébé (The Big Baby) | Christie's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Chéri Samba | Nègre à petite parcelle de pouvoir | Bonhams, Jun 2025 | ||
| Lovemore Kambudzi | Crime Doesn't Pay, 2001 (unframed) | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Lovemore Kambudzi | Mukuwisi junk yard | Bonhams, Mar 2020 | ||
| Gonçalo Mabunda | Five figures 1 - 156h x 35w x 36d cm. 2 - 143h x 41w x 19d c | Bonhams, Apr 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.