# Maria Lai - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T21:23:42.279Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 249
- Lots with prices: 188
- First auction date: 2014-12-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-05
- Median realised price: $2,800
- Price range: $90 to $150,000

## Market Takeaway
Maria Lai shows deep auction liquidity with 249 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-05.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,800\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $800 and $7,000.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 25.5% (48 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 58% (109 sales)
- $10,000\+: 16.5% (31 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 18
- Recent 12 months median: $3,000
- Previous 12 months median: $2,800
- Median shift: 7.1%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-05
- Days since latest sale: 75
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Finarte: 94 lots
- Finarte Roma: 79 lots
- Christie's: 13 lots
- Art\-Rite: 11 lots
- Pananti Casa D'Aste SRL: 8 lots
- Casa d'Aste Babuino: 6 lots
- Felima Art Casa D'Aste: 6 lots
- Wannenes Art Auctions: 6 lots
- Aste Bolaffi: 5 lots
- Picenum: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-05 | Maria Lai \(1919 Ulassai – Cardedu 2013\) – Ohne Titel \(Untitled\) | Karl & Faber | N/A
2. 2025-12-04 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919 \- Cardedu 2013\) \- Angel, 1973 | Finarte | €1,000
3. 2025-12-04 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919 \- Cardedu 2013\) \- Girl's face, 60s | Finarte | €4,000
4. 2025-12-04 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919 \- Cardedu 2013\) \- Little girl with dolls, 60s | Finarte | €2,000
5. 2025-11-12 | Maria Lai, Presepe | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
6. 2025-11-12 | Maria Lai, Presepio | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A
7. 2025-10-21 | MARIA LAI | Wannenes Art Auctions | N/A
8. 2025-07-10 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919 \- Cardedu 2013\) \- Untitled, 1979 | Finarte | €3,000
9. 2025-07-10 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919 \- Cardedu 2013\) \- Untitled, 1979 | Finarte | €3,000
10. 2025-07-02 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919 \- Cardedu 2013\) \- Nativity scene composed by 9 juta figurines, late 60s | Finarte | €8,000
11. 2025-07-02 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919 \- Cardedu 2013\) \- Pagina in stoffa e filo, 1992 | Finarte | €9,500
12. 2025-05-28 | Maria Lai "Untitled" 1987 serigraphy with wire intervention cm 32x64 Signed and dated 87 lower right Provenance Private collection, Milan This work is accompanied by a photo\-certificate of authenticity issued by the Maria Lai Archive, Lan... | Il Ponte Auction House | €4,000
13. 2025-04-05 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai, 1919 \- Cardedu, 2013\) \- Senza titolo, 1964 | Pananti Casa D'Aste SRL | €3,100
14. 2025-02-26 | Maria Lai | Arte Investimenti | €550
15. 2024-12-05 | MARIA LAI \(ULASSAI 1919\-CARDEDU 2013\), NATIVITY | Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l. | €2,400
16. 2024-12-03 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919\-Cardedu 2013\) \- Doppia pagina in stoffa, 2006 | Finarte | €16,000
17. 2024-11-13 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919\-Cardedu 2013\) \- Angel with ladder | Finarte | €2,800
18. 2024-11-13 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919\-Cardedu 2013\) \- Figure, 1965 | Finarte | €2,200
19. 2024-10-29 | Maria Lai, Senza titolo | Mediartrade Casa d'aste | €1,400
20. 2024-06-27 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919\-Cardedu 2013\) \- Untitled, 1982 | Finarte | €2,000
21. 2024-06-27 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919\-Cardedu 2013\) \- Il dio distratto, 2018 | Finarte | €160
22. 2024-06-04 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919\-Cardedu 2013\) \- Telaio, 1969 | Finarte | N/A
23. 2024-05-16 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919\-Cardedu 2013\) \- Letter holder | Finarte | €2,200
24. 2024-05-16 | Maria Lai \(Ulassai 1919\-Cardedu 2013\) \- Janas | Finarte | N/A

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