# Heshi Yu - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T08:05:19.133Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 43
- Lots with prices: 22
- First auction date: 2011-05-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-01
- Median realised price: $150
- Price range: $20 to $1,375

## Market Takeaway
Heshi Yu has 43 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $150. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 10 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 \($150\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($100 to $250\) 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: 90.9% (20 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 9.1% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $100
- Previous 12 months median: $100
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-01
- Days since latest sale: 144
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- RoGallery: 19 lots
- Bruce Teleky Inc.: 3 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 2 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 2 lots
- William J Jenack Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Capo Auction: 1 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 1 lots
- Curated Gallery Auctions: 1 lots
- Everard Auctions and Appraisals: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-13 | Heshi YU, Cityscape Oil on Canvas | Roland Auctions NY | $50
2. 2025-09-07 | Heshi Yu \(b. 1935\) French trained Taiwanese\-American Original Oil Painting | Curated Gallery Auctions | $325 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-heshi-yu-b-1935-french-trained-taiwanese-american-original-oil-painting-131-c-7ce4b65942
3. 2025-07-29 | Heshi Yu \- "The Town" | Bruce Teleky Inc. | N/A
4. 2025-07-03 | HESHI YU, THE TOWN, LITHOGRAPH | RoGallery | N/A
5. 2025-06-28 | Heshi Yu \- "The Town" | Bruce Teleky Inc. | N/A
6. 2025-06-28 | Heshi Yu \- "The Unicorn" | Bruce Teleky Inc. | N/A
7. 2025-06-23 | Heshi Yu \(Chinese, b. 1935\) MOTHER and CHILD, 1970 | Kensington Estate Auctions | $140 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-heshi-yu-chinese-b-1935-mother-and-child-1970-81-c-3a041f28c7
8. 2025-04-09 | HESHI YU \(TAIWANESE, BORN 1935\) VINTAGE ABSTRACT VILLAGE PAINTING, YU CHAU\-YIH HESHI. SIGNED ORIGINA | Uniques & Antiques | $550
9. 2025-04-03 | HESHI YU, METROPOLIS, LITHOGRAPH | RoGallery | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-heshi-yu-metropolis-lithograph-92-c-213415e8b0
10. 2024-12-02 | Heshi Yu, Metropolis, Lithograph | RoGallery | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-heshi-yu-metropolis-lithograph-1144-c-4e54824b6b
11. 2024-08-03 | Heshi Yu “Blue City" Signed & Numbered Litho | EJ'S Auction & Appraisal | $25
12. 2024-05-28 | HESHI YU, THE TOWN, LITHOGRAPH | RoGallery | N/A
13. 2024-02-13 | Heshi Yu \(China/NY, b. 1935\), Lincoln Center, O/C | Everard Auctions and Appraisals | $300
14. 2023-11-08 | Heshi Yu \(Chinese/American, b. 1935\) | Material Culture | $150
15. 2023-07-06 | HESHI YU, CASTLE IN THE HILLS, LITHOGRAPH | RoGallery | N/A
16. 2023-04-28 | HESHI YU, METROPOLIS, LITHOGRAPH | RoGallery | $200
17. 2023-01-01 | Heshi Yu, Metropolis, Lithograph | RoGallery | N/A
18. 2022-12-17 | Heshi Yu, Mother and Child, Lithograph | RoGallery | $125
19. 2022-12-17 | Heshi Yu, The Unicorn, Lithograph | RoGallery | N/A
20. 2021-11-26 | Heshi Yu, Castle in the Hills, Screenprint | RoGallery | N/A
21. 2021-10-21 | Heshi Yu, Metropolis, Lithograph | RoGallery | N/A
22. 2021-09-26 | Heshi Yu, Signed Impasto O/C | Schwenke Auctioneers | $60
23. 2021-06-30 | Heshi Yu, Metropolis, Lithograph | RoGallery | N/A
24. 2020-11-27 | Heshi Yu, Castle in the Hills, Screenprint, signed in pencil | RoGallery | N/A

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