# kim whanki - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T10:44:52.363Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 57
- Lots with prices: 47
- First auction date: 2003-03-24
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-28
- Median realised price: $194,500
- Price range: $175 to $101,955,000

## Market Takeaway
kim whanki has 57 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $194,500. 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 \($194,500\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($5,000 to $1,625,000\) 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: 6.4% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 21.3% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 72.3% (34 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $177,800
- Previous 12 months median: $4,900
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-28
- Days since latest sale: 60
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 34 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. 2024-09-26 | KIM WHAN\-KI \(1913\-1974\). 9\-XII\-71 \#216. oil on cotton 127 x 251 cm. \(50 x 9 | Christie's | HK$56,035,000
5. 2024-06-15 | 1956 KOREAN ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING BY KIM WHANKI | Antique Arena Inc | $4,900
6. 2024-05-29 | KIM WHAN\-KI \(1913\-1974\) 21\-V\-68 \#21 oil on canvas 75 x 62.4 cm. \(29 1⁄2 x 2 | Christie's | HK$882,000
7. 2024-05-29 | KIM WHAN\-KI \(1913\-1974\) Mountain and Moon oil on canvas 41 x 51.5 cm. \(16 1 | Christie's | HK$1,197,000
8. 2021-12-09 | KIM WHANKI \- MOUNTAIN | Capsule Gallery Auction | $12,000
9. 2021-12-01 | KIM WHAN\-KI \(1913\-1974\) Moon on Mountain oil on canvas 62 x 86.5 cm. \(24 3/ | Christie's | HK$6,490,000
10. 2021-05-25 | KIM WHANKI \(1913\-1974\) \- Early Morning | Christie's | HK$2,125,000
11. 2019-11-23 | KIM WHAN\-KI \(1913\-1974\) \- 05\-IV\-71 \#200 \(Universe\) | Christie's | HK$101,955,000
12. 2019-05-26 | KIM WHAN\-KI \(KOREA, 1913\-1974\) Untitled gouache on paper 46.2 x 30.5 cm. \(18 1/4 x 12 in.\) | Christie's | HK$750,000
13. 2019-04-01 | KIM WHANKI \| L’Endroit où j'habitais \- The Place Where I lived | Sotheby's | HK$5,000,000
14. 2018-05-27 | KIM WHAN\-KI \(KOREA, 1913\-1974\) \- Untitled \- 28 \- I \- 68 I; & Untitled \- 7 \- II \- 68 III | Christie's | HK$875,000
15. 2017-10-21 | KIM WHANKI \(ATTR\) SOUTH KOREAN/FRENCH 1913\-1974 | Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC | $5,000
16. 2017-10-21 | KIM WHANKI \(ATTR\) SOUTH KOREAN/FRENCH 1913\-1974 | Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC | $5,000
17. 2017-05-28 | KIM WHAN\-KI \(KOREA, 1913\-1974\) MOUNTAINS AND MOON | Christie's | N/A
18. 2017-05-28 | KIM WHAN\-KI \(KOREA, 1913\-1974\) SUN AND CLOUDS | Christie's | HK$1,860,000
19. 2015-10-14 | 17\-VII\-70 \# 183 | Christie's | £362,500
20. 2015-10-04 | KIM WHANKI \| Plum Blossoms | Sotheby's | HK$3,920,000
21. 2015-05-31 | KIM WHAN\-KI \(Korean, 1913\-1974\) Untitled | Christie's | HK$1,720,000
22. 2015-05-30 | KIM WHAN\-KI \(Korean, 1913\-1974\) | Christie's | HK$2,920,000
23. 2015-05-30 | KIM WHAN\-KI\(Korean, 1913\-1974\) | Christie's | HK$13,840,000
24. 2011-03-23 | Kim Whanki \(1913\-1974\) | Christie's | N/A

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