# Alighiero Boetti - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T16:47:16.653Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,413
- Lots with prices: 1,117
- First auction date: 1992-10-08
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-05
- Median realised price: $31,950
- Price range: $10 to $6,060,000

## Market Takeaway
Alighiero Boetti shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,371 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $32,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 66 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($32,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $12,400 and $84,750.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 4.5% (49 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 15.1% (165 sales)
- $10,000\+: 80.4% (880 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 66
- Previous 12 months sales: 123
- Recent 12 months median: $40,320
- Previous 12 months median: $38,000
- Median shift: 6.1%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-18
- Days since latest sale: 62
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 635 lots
- Sotheby's: 332 lots
- Finarte: 59 lots
- Bonhams: 33 lots
- Art\-Rite: 26 lots
- Phillips: 26 lots
- Cambi Casa d'Aste: 25 lots
- EmporiumArt: 22 lots
- Dorotheum: 20 lots
- Aste Bolaffi: 16 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-05 | Alighiero Boetti \(1940 Turin \- Rom 1994\) – Piegare e Spiegare \(Piegare e Spiegare\) | Karl & Faber | €40,000
2. 2024-12-05 | ALIGHIERO BOETTI \(1940\-1994\) Cieli ad alta quota 1988 | Bonhams | €32,000
3. 2026-03-05 | ALIGHIERO BOETTI \(1940\-1994\) Mettere i verbi all'infinito \(Executed in 1978\) | Bonhams | £260,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-alighiero-boetti-1940-1994-mettere-i-verbi-all-infinito-executed-in-1978-11-c-6d70e093d9
4. 2025-12-18 | ALIGHIERO BOETTI, DA UNO A DIECI | Kruso Art | N/A
5. 2025-12-04 | Alighiero Boetti: "Pisciarsi in Bocca" | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €11,000
6. 2025-12-04 | Alighiero Boetti: "Talvolta sole talvolta luna" | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €38,000
7. 2025-12-04 | ALIGHIERO BOETTI \(1940\-1994\) Piegare e spiegare 1988 | Bonhams | €38,000
8. 2025-12-03 | Alighiero Boetti \(Torino 1940 \- Roma 1994\) \- Untitled \(Femmina Maschio\), 1981 | Finarte | €9,500
9. 2025-12-03 | Alighiero BOETTI | Artcurial | €1,800
10. 2025-12-02 | Alighiero Boetti 1940 Torino\-1994 Roma Senza titolo | Cambi Casa d'Aste | N/A
11. 2025-11-27 | ALIGHIERO BOETTI | Koller Auctions | CHF 9,500
12. 2025-11-26 | ALIGHIERO BOETTI "Cittŕ di Torino" 1968 Pastel on lithography 56x46.5 cm Signed and numbered 18/100 lower left Edition produced in 1968 on the occasion of the exhibition “Arte Povera” \(Bologna, Galleria de' Foscherari, February 24 \- March ... | Il Ponte Auction House | €3,000
13. 2025-11-26 | Alighiero Boetti, 12 forme dal 10 giugno 1967. 1971. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-alighiero-boetti-12-forme-dal-10-giugno-1967-1971-382-c-bd34fcb418
14. 2025-11-25 | ALIGHIERO BOETTI "Ammazzare il tempo" 1979 embroidery on fabric; three elements 24x24 cm each All signed and dated Kabul 1979 Provenance Giuliana Rovero Tonetto Collection, Milan Private collection, Milan Literature J. C. Ammann “Alighier... | Il Ponte Auction House | €170,000
15. 2025-11-19 | Alighiero Boetti \* | Dorotheum | €48,000
16. 2025-11-12 | Alighiero Boetti \(Torino 1940 \- Roma 1994\) | Colasanti Casa d'Aste | €5,984
17. 2025-11-06 | ALIGHIERO BOETTI, COPERTE E SCOPERTE | Kruso Art | €35,000
18. 2025-10-24 | Oggi il sesto giorno dodicesimo mese dell'anno millenovecentoottantotto Alighiero e Boetti accanto al Pantheon | Sotheby's | N/A
19. 2025-10-24 | Alighiero Boetti \(1940\-1994\). Dare tempo al tempo. | Christie's | €50,800
20. 2025-10-23 | Alighiero Boetti \(1940\-1994\) Sans titre | Christie's | €101,600
21. 2025-10-23 | Alighiero Boetti \(1940\-1994\) Tutto e niente | Christie's | €406,400
22. 2025-10-23 | Alighiero Boetti \(1940\-1994\) et Mimmo Paladino \(né en 1948\) Sans titre | Christie's | €254,000
23. 2025-10-23 | Alighiero Boetti \(1940\-1994\) Ammazzare il tempo | Christie's | €1,333,500
24. 2025-10-17 | Faccine colorate | Sotheby's | N/A

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