# Chua Ek Kay - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T13:34:57.364Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 44
- Lots with prices: 36
- First auction date: 2012-05-27
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-26
- Median realised price: $70,000
- Price range: $1,700 to $875,000

## Market Takeaway
Chua Ek Kay has 44 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $70,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($70,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($14,000 to $213,125\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16.7% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 83.3% (30 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $350,000
- Previous 12 months median: $14,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-26
- Days since latest sale: 216
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 14 lots
- 33 Auction: 13 lots
- Bonhams: 7 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 1 lots
- KLAS Art Auction: 1 lots
- Wright: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-26 | Chua Ek Kay \(Singaporean, 1947\-2008\) Red Plum | Bonhams | HK$350,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-chua-ek-kay-singaporean-1947-2008-red-plum-10-c-5284e3f940
2. 2025-03-31 | Chua Ek Kay \(1947\-2008\) A Summer Awakening | Bonhams | HK$380,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-chua-ek-kay-1947-2008-a-summer-awakening-25-c-48648388b3
3. 2025-03-15 | ABSTRACT WATERCOLOR PAINTING SIGNED CHUA EK KAY | Antique Arena Inc | $2,000
4. 2024-12-11 | Chua Ek Kay 蔡逸溪 \| Untitled 無題 | Sotheby's | HK$66,000
5. 2024-06-30 | CHUA EK KAY \| House in The Suburbs | 33 Auction | SGD 14,000
6. 2024-06-30 | CHUA EK KAY \| Resonance | 33 Auction | SGD 5,000
7. 2023-11-29 | CHUA EK KAY \(1947\-2008\) \- Water Lilies | Christie's | HK$604,800
8. 2023-11-23 | Chua Ek Kay 蔡逸溪 \| Lotus pond series 荷塘系列 | Sotheby's | HK$63,500
9. 2023-11-05 | CHUA EK KAY \| Gourd and Auspicious Flowers | 33 Auction | N/A
10. 2023-07-12 | Chua Ek Kay, Celestial Tones 4 | Wright | $31,000
11. 2022-12-04 | CHUA EK KAY \| Calligraphy | 33 Auction | SGD 2,800
12. 2021-04-22 | Chua Ek Kay \(1947\-2008\) Goldfish | Bonhams | HK$70,000
13. 2020-12-21 | CHUA EK KAY \| Shop Houses | 33 Auction | SGD 22,000
14. 2020-12-03 | CHUA EK KAY \(1947\-2008\) Noon at Cecil Street ink and colour on paper 69 x 9 | Christie's | HK$237,500
15. 2020-10-06 | Chua Ek Kay \(1947\-2008\) Chinatown Street Scene | Bonhams | HK$100,000
16. 2019-05-26 | CHUA EK KAY \(SINGAPORE, 1947\-2008\) Lotus Pond Flower Petals Falling into Water chinese ink and pigment on paper 90 x 97 cm. \(35 3/8 x 38 1/4 in.\) | Christie's | N/A
17. 2019-03-29 | Chua Ek Kay \(Singaporean, 1947\-2008\) Old Street Scene, 1989 | Bonhams | HK$213,125
18. 2018-05-20 | CHUA EK KAY \| A House in Winter | 33 Auction | N/A
19. 2018-05-20 | CHUA EK KAY \| A Repast | 33 Auction | SGD 18,000
20. 2018-05-20 | CHUA EK KAY \| A Forest beneath Towering Cliffs | 33 Auction | N/A
21. 2018-04-15 | Chua Ek Kay \(B. China, 1947\-2008\) Afternoon Rain, 2002 | KLAS Art Auction | MYR 21,000
22. 2018-03-29 | Chua Ek Kay \(Singaporean, 1947\-2008\) The Best Time \(Shophouse Series\) | Bonhams | HK$162,500
23. 2018-02-04 | CHUA EK KAY \| Chrysanthemum and Tea Pot | 33 Auction | SGD 5,000
24. 2018-02-04 | CHUA EK KAY \| Pots of Orchid | 33 Auction | SGD 30,000

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