# John Way - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T10:59:07.058Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 52
- Lots with prices: 31
- First auction date: 2006-05-28
- Latest auction date: 2023-10-20
- Median realised price: $50,000
- Price range: $1,000 to $1,200,000

## Market Takeaway
John Way has 52 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $50,000. 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 \($50,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($4,740 to $237,500\) 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: 25.8% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 74.2% (23 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2023-10-20
- Days since latest sale: 924
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 21 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 9 lots
- Bonhams: 8 lots
- Ravenel: 6 lots
- Skinner: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Eldred's: 1 lots
- Joshua Kodner: 1 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 1 lots
- Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-10-20 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LE TANG, 1921\-2012\) Vitreous Enamel Series No. 10 mixed media | Christie's | HK$35,280
2. 2021-11-16 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LETANG\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,250
3. 2021-04-21 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LE TANG, 1921\-2012\) Untitled oil on paper 75 x 56 cm. \(29 1/2 | Christie's | HK$25,000
4. 2021-04-21 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LE TANG, 1921\-2012\) Untitled oil on canvas 76.5 x 61 cm. \(30 | Christie's | HK$50,000
5. 2019-05-06 | John Way \(AMERICAN/CHINESE, 1921–2012\) | Joshua Kodner | N/A
6. 2018-09-10 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LETANG, 1921\-2012\) Calligraphy in Northern Wei Style Script, 1980 Hangi | Bonhams | N/A
7. 2018-05-27 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LE TANG, CHINA, 1921\-2012\) \- Abstraction | Christie's | HK$625,000
8. 2018-04-01 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LETANG\) \| Red abstraction | Sotheby's | N/A
9. 2018-03-02 | John Way \(Wei Letang, 1921\-2012\) Chinese Artist | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | $1,000
10. 2017-10-04 | John Way \(Wei Letang\) 1921\-2012 Untitled, 2006 | Bonhams | N/A
11. 2017-10-04 | John Way \(Wei Letang\) 1921\-2012 Purple Scroll, 1963 | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2017-06-28 | John Way \(Wei Letang, 1921\-2012\) | Bonhams | N/A
13. 2017-05-28 | JOHN WAY \(CHINA, 1921\-2012\) LANDSCAPE | Christie's | HK$687,500
14. 2016-11-21 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LETANG\) 1921\-2012 Untitled 2006 | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2016-11-21 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LETANG\) 1921\-2012 Purple Scroll 1963 | Bonhams | N/A
16. 2016-09-12 | John Way \(Wei Letang 1921\-2012\) Untitled, 1963 | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2015-10-03 | John Way \(Wei Letang, 1921\-2012\) Abstraction | Bonhams | HK$175,000
18. 2015-06-25 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LETANG\), Chinese\-American, 1921\-2012, "Autumn Branches"., Oil on polycarbonate resin, 17.5" x 23.75". Framed. | Eldred's | $2,900
19. 2015-05-31 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LE TANG, CHINESE, 1921\-2012\) Untitled | Christie's | HK$43,750
20. 2015-05-31 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LE TANG, CHINESE, 1921\-2012\) Untitled | Christie's | HK$37,500
21. 2015-05-31 | JOHN WAY \(WEI LE TANG, Chinese, 1921 \- 2012\) Untitled | Christie's | HK$37,500
22. 2014-05-24 | John Way \(1921\-2012, Chinese/American\), painting | Millea Bros Ltd | $2,500
23. 2014-05-24 | John Way \(1921\-2012, Chinese/American\), painting | Millea Bros Ltd | $2,250
24. 2014-05-24 | John Way \(1921\-2012, Chinese/American\), painting | Millea Bros Ltd | $2,250

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