# Max Balatbat - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T06:34:49.458Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 33
- Lots with prices: 26
- First auction date: 2015-12-05
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-06
- Median realised price: $221,920
- Price range: $7,000 to $1,600,000

## Market Takeaway
Max Balatbat has 33 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $221,920. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 4 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 \($221,920\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($100,000 to $500,000\) 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: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 3.8% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 96.2% (25 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $800,000
- Previous 12 months median: $350,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-06
- Days since latest sale: 146
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Leon Gallery: 31 lots
- Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers: 1 lots
- Salcedo Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-13 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | ₱1,600,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-max-balatbat-b-1978-38-c-b874611a43
2. 2025-12-06 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | ₱800,000
3. 2025-09-13 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | N/A
4. 2025-06-07 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | N/A
5. 2025-04-20 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) Untitled, 2010 | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | MYR 7,000
6. 2025-02-22 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) \- Untitled | Leon Gallery | ₱841,120
7. 2024-09-14 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) \- Untitled | Salcedo Auctions | ₱350,000
8. 2023-07-29 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | ₱100,000
9. 2023-06-17 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | ₱600,000
10. 2023-04-22 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) Bugaw Series 5/12 | Leon Gallery | ₱45,000
11. 2023-01-21 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | ₱200,000
12. 2023-01-21 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | ₱500,000
13. 2022-12-03 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) Malinta | Leon Gallery | ₱210,240
14. 2022-10-22 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | N/A
15. 2022-07-30 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | N/A
16. 2022-06-11 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | N/A
17. 2022-06-11 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | ₱260,000
18. 2022-04-23 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) \- Untitled | Leon Gallery | N/A
19. 2022-01-29 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | ₱52,560
20. 2021-12-04 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) Gabi sa Avenida Mga Nagpipistang Esquinita | Leon Gallery | ₱350,400
21. 2021-10-16 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) Untitled | Leon Gallery | ₱175,200
22. 2021-09-11 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) Hawla | Leon Gallery | ₱642,400
23. 2021-09-11 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) Bahay Bahayan \(005\) | Leon Gallery | ₱151,840 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-max-balatbat-b-1978-bahay-bahayan-005-33-c-ec14d5796c
24. 2021-04-09 | Max Balatbat \(b. 1978\) | Leon Gallery | N/A

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