# Kewen Yuan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T08:06:06.666Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 45
- Lots with prices: 31
- First auction date: 2007-05-28
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-29
- Median realised price: $37,500
- Price range: $350 to $438,125

## Market Takeaway
Kewen Yuan has 45 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $37,500. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 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 \($37,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($3,750 to $112,500\) 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: 3.2% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 29% (9 sales)
- $10,000\+: 67.7% (21 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $60,960
- Previous 12 months median: $3,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-29
- Days since latest sale: 26
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 15 lots
- Christie's: 9 lots
- China Arts Auction: 5 lots
- Golden State Auction Gallery: 4 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Auction Co., Ltd. Fujian China: 1 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 1 lots
- Clars Auctions: 1 lots
- Eden Fine Antiques Galleries LLC: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-19 | Yuan Kewen \(Chinese, 1890\-1931\) 袁克文（袁寒云） | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $3,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yuan-kewen-chinese-1890-1931-22-c-5c8463cbb9
2. 2025-05-01 | 1960 YUAN KEWEN 袁克文 CALLIGRAPHY | Eden Fine Antiques Galleries LLC | $3,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-1960-yuan-kewen-calligraphy-89-c-a9f4233937
3. 2024-11-05 | Yuan Kewen \(1890 \- 19310, Chinese scroll of calligraphy couplet, ink on paper, hanging scroll. brbr51.57"h x 11.81"w \(131 x 30 ... | Clars Auctions | N/A
4. 2024-10-31 | YUAN KEWEN, ATTRIBUTED TO, RUNNING SCRIPT | China Arts Auction | N/A
5. 2024-03-30 | YUAN KEWEN, ATTRIBUTED TO, RUNNING SCRIPT | China Arts Auction | N/A
6. 2023-05-03 | Yuan Kewen \(1890\-1931\) Calligraphy Couplet in Running Style \(2\) | Bonhams | N/A
7. 2022-12-15 | Yuan Kewen \(1890\-1931\), Chinese Calligraphy Couplets | China Arts Auction | $1,400
8. 2022-11-28 | YUAN KEWEN \(1890\-1931\) Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2022-10-06 | YUAN KEWEN\(1890\-1931\) \- Calligraphy | H&H Brother Auction House | SGD 350
10. 2022-05-24 | YUAN KEWEN \(1890\-1931\), CALLIGRAPHY | Linwoods Auction | $1,000
11. 2021-12-01 | YUAN KEWEN \(1889\-1931\) Calligraphy in Running Script Hanging scroll, ink on | Christie's | HK$112,500
12. 2021-11-30 | YUAN KEWEN \(1889\-1931\) Calligraphy in Seal Script Hanging scroll, ink on pa | Christie's | HK$37,500
13. 2021-11-18 | YUAN KEWEN \(1881 – 1931\). | Chiswick Auctions | £2,000
14. 2021-09-01 | YUAN KEWEN \(1890\-1931\) Calligraphy Hanging scroll, ink on paper 94.6 x 37 | Christie's | HK$81,250
15. 2021-06-01 | Yuan Kewen \(1889\-1931\) Poems in Running Script | Bonhams | HK$50,000
16. 2020-12-14 | Yuan Kewen \(1890\-1931\) Couplet of Calligraphy in Running Script | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2020-11-30 | Yuan Kewen \(1889\-1931\) Calligraphy in Running Script | Bonhams | HK$35,000
18. 2020-07-07 | Yuan Kewen \(1890\-1931\) Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script | Bonhams | HK$100,000
19. 2019-09-15 | Yuan Kewen\(1889\-1931\) | Golden State Auction Gallery | N/A
20. 2019-06-24 | Yuan Kewen\(1890\-1931\) | Golden State Auction Gallery | N/A
21. 2019-04-03 | Yuan Kewen \(1890\-1931\) Poem in Running Script | Bonhams | HK$438,125
22. 2018-12-18 | Yuan Kewen \(1890\-1931\) Calligraphy in Standard Script | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2018-10-01 | YUAN KEWEN \(1889\-1931\) Calligraphy in Running Script Ink on gold\-flecked | Bonhams | HK$75,000
24. 2018-09-15 | YUAN KEWEN 1889\-1931 \| POEM IN CLERICAL SCRIPT | Sotheby's | $4,200

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