# Christian Boltanski - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T03:29:23.087Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 239
- Lots with prices: 152
- First auction date: 2001-05-16
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-24
- Median realised price: $4,122
- Price range: $10 to $158,500

## Market Takeaway
Christian Boltanski shows deep auction liquidity with 237 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-27.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,100 and $30,000.
- 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: 23.2% (35 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 34.4% (52 sales)
- $10,000\+: 42.4% (64 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 16
- Recent 12 months median: $1,900
- Previous 12 months median: $280
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-27
- Days since latest sale: 22
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 53 lots
- Sotheby's: 29 lots
- Piasa: 24 lots
- Artcurial: 21 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 18 lots
- Bonhams: 11 lots
- Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen: 7 lots
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 6 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles: 6 lots
- AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-05 | CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI \(1944 \- 2021\) Dans le sixième souvenir de jeunesse, 1974 | Aguttes | N/A
2. 2024-06-21 | CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI, THREE ARTISTS' BOOKS 1975\-1978 | Zwiggelaar Auctions | €150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-christian-boltanski-three-artists-books-1975-1978-6221-c-80042ea9d4
3. 2026-03-24 | Christian Boltanski \(French, 1944\-2021\) Offset Fold\-Out Posters | Leonard Auction | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-christian-boltanski-french-1944-2021-offset-fold-out-posters-202-c-531ebf12aa
4. 2026-01-27 | Christian Boltanski \(French, 1944\-2021\) Offset Fold\-Out Posters | Leonard Auction | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-christian-boltanski-french-1944-2021-offset-fold-out-posters-163-c-ebe367aa7a
5. 2025-12-10 | Christian Boltanski \(1944\-2021\) Portrait d'une petite fille inconnue, 1972 | Piasa | N/A
6. 2025-12-04 | Christian Boltanski \(1944\-2021\). Reliquaire, Les Linges. | Christie's | €15,240
7. 2025-11-20 | Christian Boltanski \(1944\-2021\) Les mots à secrets | Millon & Associes | €1,000
8. 2025-11-18 | Christian Boltanski \(French, 1944\-2021\) Offset Fold\-Out Posters | Leonard Auction | N/A
9. 2025-09-19 | Christian Boltanski \(1944 Paris 2021\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | N/A
10. 2025-06-05 | CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI \(1944\-2021\) Saynètes Comiques : La grossesse de la mère 1974 | Bonhams | €1,900
11. 2025-04-30 | CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI \(1944\-2021\) Les Morts pour rire | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2025-03-19 | Christian Boltanski \(1944\-2021\) Reliquaire, 1989 | Piasa | N/A
13. 2024-12-07 | Christian Boltanski \(1944 Paris 2021\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €120
14. 2024-12-05 | CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI \(1944 \- 2021\) L'habileté de la mère, circa 1970 | Aguttes | N/A
15. 2024-12-05 | CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI \(1944 \- 2021\) Dans le dixième souvenir de jeunesse, 1974 | Aguttes | N/A
16. 2024-12-05 | CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI \(1944 \- 2021\) Dans le troisième souvenir de jeunesse, 1974 | Aguttes | N/A
17. 2024-12-05 | CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI \(1944 \- 2021\) Le malade, 1966 | Aguttes | N/A
18. 2024-11-20 | Christian Boltanski \(1944\-2021\) Research and presentation of all that remains of my childhood, 1944\-1950 | Millon & Associes | €2,800
19. 2024-11-09 | Christian Boltanski – Reconstruction des Chansons qui ont été chantées à Christian Boltanski entre 1944 et 1946 | Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen | €400
20. 2024-10-11 | CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI \(°1944\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A
21. 2024-10-03 | CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI \(1944\-2021\). La Dernière Danse. inkjet print, in artist | Christie's | €12,600
22. 2024-06-27 | Christian Boltanski \(rif.\) \(Parigi 1944\-Parigi 2021\) \- Reconstitution | Finarte | €190 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-christian-boltanski-rif-parigi-1944-parigi-2021-reconstitution-74-c-8d94c1298c
23. 2024-06-21 | CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI, RECONSTITUTION, AND LES VACANCES A BERCK PLAGE | Zwiggelaar Auctions | €270 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-christian-boltanski-reconstitution-and-les-vacances-a-berck-plage-6420-c-a1542999cc
24. 2024-05-11 | Christian Boltanski – Menschlich | Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen | N/A

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