# Hongtao Tu - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T23:10:02.941Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 4
- Lots with prices: 3
- First auction date: 2008-05-25
- Latest auction date: 2024-11-28
- Median realised price: $295,500
- Price range: $10,000 to $487,500

## Market Takeaway
Hongtao Tu has 4 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $295,500. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($295,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($10,000 to $487,500\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 100% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $10,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-11-28
- Days since latest sale: 533
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Van Ham Kunstauktionen: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-28 | Tu Hongtao: Musik den ganzen Abend | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | N/A
2. 2024-06-06 | Tu Hongtao: Gaged | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €10,000
3. 2008-05-25 | Red | Christie's | HK$295,500
4. 2008-05-25 | Fever no.6 | Christie's | HK$487,500

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## JSON Source
https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/hongtao-tu/seo-profile