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Sculpture
Strauss & Co · May 15, 2023ZAR 8,208 ≈ $430 ≈ £344 ≈ €396Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Bondage
Ben Macala (South African, 1938–1997)
ZAR 12,898 price realized incl. premium
≈ $684≈ £535≈ €625
Hammer ZAR 11,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 12,898
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “bronze”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- height: 32cm; width: 32,5cm; depth: 31cm
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern and Contemporary Art (259)
- Date
- July 10, 2023
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 271
- Estimate
- ZAR 12,000 – ZAR 16,000 (≈ $637 – $849) (≈ £498 – £664) (≈ €581 – €775)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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