# Li Yan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T08:03:39.853Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 66
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 2005-09-13
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-24
- Median realised price: $700
- Price range: $60 to $220,000

## Market Takeaway
Li Yan has 66 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $700. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($700\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($150 to $1,188\) 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: 63.2% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 21.1% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 15.8% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $220,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-24
- Days since latest sale: 361
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- William's Auctions, LLC: 29 lots
- Beijing Nine International Auction Co., Ltd.: 7 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Peter Karbstein \- Kunst und Auktionshaus: 3 lots
- China Arts Auction: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Wettmann: 2 lots
- Amanda Addams Auctions: 1 lots
- Arcimboldo Auctions: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-04-15 | LI YAN, INK BAMBOO. | Tokyo Kirin Auction | ¥220,000
2. 2024-09-20 | LI YAN, ATTRIBUTED TO, MONKEY MOTHER AND SON | China Arts Auction | N/A
3. 2024-08-10 | LI YAN, MONKEY, HANGING SCROLL | Mega International Auction | N/A
4. 2024-03-18 | LI YAN, ATTRIBUTED TO, PLAYING MONKEY MOTHER AND SON | China Arts Auction | N/A
5. 2023-05-28 | LI YAN \(1943\-\), MONKEYS AND LOQUATS 李燕 雙猴枇杷圖 | Fukuoka Yumekai Auction | ¥150,000
6. 2022-12-07 | LI YAN \(B. 1943\) Two Birds / Cat and Rock Two scrolls, mounted for framing, | Christie's | HK$10,710
7. 2022-11-26 | LI YAN, CHINESE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO | William's Auctions, LLC | N/A
8. 2022-10-01 | Li Yan \(Chinese, 1943\- \). | Direct Auction Galleries, Inc. | $275
9. 2022-09-30 | LI YAN, CHINESE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO | William's Auctions, LLC | N/A
10. 2022-04-09 | LI YAN,Painting,Hanging scroll,ink and color on paper | H&H Brother Auction House | N/A
11. 2021-10-17 | LI YAN, CHINESE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO | William's Auctions, LLC | N/A
12. 2021-10-17 | LI YAN, CHINESE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO | William's Auctions, LLC | N/A
13. 2021-10-14 | LI YAN \(CHINESE B.1943\-\) 李燕 MONKEY AND BABY WITH FRUIT 猴乐图 | Freeman's \| Hindman | $650
14. 2021-09-05 | LI YAN, CHINESE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO | William's Auctions, LLC | N/A
15. 2021-09-05 | LI YAN, CHINESE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO | William's Auctions, LLC | N/A
16. 2021-07-10 | Li Yan Pin: Polyptychon | Peter Karbstein \- Kunst und Auktionshaus | N/A
17. 2021-05-02 | LI YAN, CHINESE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO | William's Auctions, LLC | N/A
18. 2021-03-13 | Li Yan Pin: Ohne Titel | Peter Karbstein \- Kunst und Auktionshaus | N/A
19. 2021-02-28 | Li Yan \(China 1943\-\) "Monkey and Loquat" watercolour and ink signed rare sc | Amanda Addams Auctions | A$1,050
20. 2021-02-28 | LI YAN, CHINESE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO | William's Auctions, LLC | N/A
21. 2021-01-24 | LI YAN, CHINESE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO | William's Auctions, LLC | N/A
22. 2020-12-03 | LI YAN \(\*1943\). | Koller Auctions | CHF 1,100
23. 2020-11-01 | LI YAN \(20th century\): A CALLIGRAPHIC INSCRIPTION: "SEA" | Arcimboldo Auctions | N/A
24. 2020-09-27 | LI YAN, CHINESE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO | William's Auctions, LLC | N/A

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