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South African · b. 1956 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 46 of 64 lots (71% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Willie Bester: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1980s11$393Sign upOil
1990s1811$792Sign upMixed media
2000s1912$2.3kSign upOil
2020s30—Sculpture

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Enter what you know about a work by Willie Bester to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1980s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$393Sign up
Average
$393Sign up
Typical size
15 × 18.5 in (38 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
Subjects
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1990s 18 works

Sold
11 of 18
Median
$792Sign up
Average
$1.2kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 35 in (45 × 89 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (8), Oil (6), Acrylic (3)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1)
Show 6 more (1990s)

2000s 19 works

Sold
12 of 19
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$4kSign up
Typical size
15 × 10.5 in (38 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Oil (10), Mixed media (5), Other (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (1), Markets & villages (1)
Show 7 more (2000s)

2020s 3 works

Sold
0 of 3
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
14.5 × 17 in (37 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (1), Other (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Creation date not recorded

17 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works

Sold
3 of 7
Median
$18.3kSign up
Average
$13.9kSign up
Typical size
15 × 15.5 in (38 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Oil (2), Sculpture (2), Mixed media (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 1 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works

Sold
5 of 10
Median
$327Sign up
Average
$793Sign up
Typical size
10 × 12 in (26 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Watercolor (2), Oil (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 4 more (2020s)

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Willie Bester auction results →