Roger Ballen
American · b. 1950 · Photographer
Roger Ballen is an American artist living in Johannesburg, South Africa, and working in its surrounds since the 1970s. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Dresie and Casie, Twins, Western TransvaalGrisebach · €16,660≈ $24,554≈ £11,908Sign up to see
Eleven Works: (i) Dresie & Casie Twins, Western Transvaal; (ii) Elias Coming out from Under John’s Bed; (iii) Old Man, Ottoshoop; (iv) Portrait of sleeping girl; (v) Puppy Between Feet; (vi) Sergeant F de Bruin. Department of Prisons Employee; (vii) Two men in Dormitory Northwest province; (viii) Untitled; (ix) Untitled; (x) Wife of abattoir worker holding puppies. Orange Free State; (xi) Woman sitting in front of bamboo fencePhillips · £16,510≈ $20,913≈ €19,933Sign up to see
Twirling WiresPhillips · $10,625≈ £7,008≈ €8,275Sign up to see
Roger Ballen’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Lots sold
51
of 57 offered · 2007–2026
Sell-through
89%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works on paper | 2 | 2 | 100% | $3.5kSign up | $3.5kSign up | $5.2kSign up |
| Drawing | 2 | 2 | 100% | $3.5kSign up | $3.5kSign up | $5.2kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 8 | 6 | 75% | $1.8kSign up | $985Sign up | $6kSign up |
| Lithograph | 2 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Print (other) | 6 | 6 | 100% | $1.8kSign up | $985Sign up | $6kSign up |
| Photography | 44 | 41 | 93% | $4.1kSign up | $2kSign up | $24.6kSign up |
| Photograph | 44 | 41 | 93% | $4.1kSign up | $2kSign up | $24.6kSign up |
| Other | 3 | 2 | 67% | $36Sign up | $36Sign up | $43Sign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $7.3kSign up |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | $2.9kSign up |
| 2022 | 9 | 6 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | $961Sign up |
| 2018 | 8 | 7 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | $4kSign up |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | $2.7kSign up |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | $1.8kSign up |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | $6kSign up |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $7.3kSign up |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | $7.7kSign up |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | $15kSign up |