# Kim Hwan\-gi - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T06:12:19.332Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 45
- Lots with prices: 36
- First auction date: 2003-03-24
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-28
- Median realised price: $38,240
- Price range: $175 to $10,295,000

## Market Takeaway
Kim Hwan-gi has 45 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $38,240. 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 \($38,240\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($4,900 to $663,750\) 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: 8.3% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 27.8% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 63.9% (23 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $177,800
- Previous 12 months median: $2,900
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-28
- Days since latest sale: 62
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 22 lots
- Sotheby's: 8 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 4 lots
- Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery: 4 lots
- Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC: 2 lots
- Abington Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 1 lots
- Schuler Auktionen: 1 lots
- Tozai New Art Co Ltd: 1 lots
- Vallot Auctioneers: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-08 | UNTITLED | Tozai New Art Co Ltd | N/A
2. 2025-09-16 | KIM WHANKI \(1913\-1974\). Untitled. Oil on canvas23 7/8 x 35 5/8 in. \(60.6 x | Christie's | $177,800
3. 2025-03-01 | VINTAGE OIL ABSTRACT PAINTING SIGNED KIM WHANKI | Antique Arena Inc | $175
4. 2024-06-15 | 1956 KOREAN ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING BY KIM WHANKI | Antique Arena Inc | $4,900
5. 2021-12-09 | KIM WHANKI \- MOUNTAIN | Capsule Gallery Auction | $12,000
6. 2021-05-25 | KIM WHANKI \(1913\-1974\) \- Early Morning | Christie's | HK$2,125,000
7. 2019-04-01 | KIM WHANKI \| L’Endroit où j'habitais \- The Place Where I lived | Sotheby's | HK$5,000,000
8. 2017-10-21 | KIM WHANKI \(ATTR\) SOUTH KOREAN/FRENCH 1913\-1974 | Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC | $5,000
9. 2017-10-21 | KIM WHANKI \(ATTR\) SOUTH KOREAN/FRENCH 1913\-1974 | Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC | $5,000
10. 2015-10-14 | 17\-VII\-70 \# 183 | Christie's | £362,500
11. 2015-10-04 | KIM WHANKI \| Plum Blossoms | Sotheby's | HK$3,920,000
12. 2011-03-23 | Kim Whanki \(1913\-1974\) | Christie's | N/A
13. 2008-11-30 | KIM WHANKI | Christie's | N/A
14. 2008-09-18 | Kim Whanki \(1913\-1974\) | Christie's | N/A
15. 2008-09-17 | Kim Whanki , 1913\-1974 Untitled mixed media on canvas | Sotheby's | $182,500
16. 2008-09-17 | Kim Whanki , 1913\-1974 Petite Rose oil on canvas | Sotheby's | $194,500
17. 2007-09-20 | Kim Whanki , Pot oil on canvas | Sotheby's | $735,400
18. 2007-03-20 | Untitled | Christie's | $84,000
19. 2026-02-28 | KIM WHANKI 'PLUM BLOSSOMS' OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $500
20. 2025-11-17 | KIM WHANKI \(1913\-1974\). 19\-VI\-71 \#206. oil on cotton100 x 79 7/8 in. \(254 x | Christie's | $10,295,000
21. 2025-09-27 | KIM WHANKI 'PLUM BLOSSOMS' OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | N/A
22. 2024-12-11 | KIM WHANKI | Schuler Auktionen | CHF 3,400
23. 2024-08-18 | 1956 KOREAN ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING BY KIM WHANKI | Antique Arena Inc | $2,900
24. 2024-04-17 | Kim Whanki 'Mountain' Lithograph | Abington Auction Gallery | $5,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kim-whanki-mountain-lithograph-165-c-96f4bd9bb2

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