# Michel Francois - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-07-26T05:47:30.939Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 49
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 2007-05-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-01
- Median realised price: $1,905
- Price range: $52 to $12,000

## Market Takeaway
Michel Francois has 49 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,905. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 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 \($1,905\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($200 to $4,410\) 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: 36.8% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 57.9% (11 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5.3% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $2,413
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-01
- Days since latest sale: 115
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles: 24 lots
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 8 lots
- Christie's: 4 lots
- Artcurial: 3 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 3 lots
- AAG Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Piasa: 1 lots
- Pierre Bergé & Associés: 1 lots
- Sotheby's: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2010-06-14 | Michel Francois van Overbeeke Den Haag 1942 Esther | AAG Auctioneers | N/A
2. 2026-04-01 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(°1956\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €5,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-michel-francois-1956-1712-c-32e449b167
3. 2026-03-30 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(°1956\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-michel-francois-1956-53-c-e52e4a9814
4. 2026-03-12 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(B. 1956\). Untitled. rolled paper and black wax mounted on | Christie's | £2,413 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-michel-francois-b-1956-untitled-rolled-paper-and-black-wax-mounted-on-1238-c-ead1015e0a
5. 2025-04-30 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(°1956\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A
6. 2024-03-04 | Highway | Sotheby's | $1,905
7. 2023-12-11 | MICHEL FRANCOIS | AAG Auctioneers | N/A
8. 2023-07-18 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(B. 1956\) Endless steel with magnetic balls 49 3/4 x 12 1/ | Christie's | $4,410
9. 2023-04-27 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(°1956\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €90
10. 2022-12-07 | Michel FRANCOIS \(Né en 1956\) Instant gratification, n°MF136 Bronze | Artcurial | N/A
11. 2022-12-07 | Michel FRANCOIS \(Né en 1956\) Scribble \- 2011 Cuivre et graphite | Artcurial | €12,000
12. 2022-06-09 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(°1956\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A
13. 2022-06-09 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(°1956\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €200
14. 2021-12-09 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(°1956\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A
15. 2021-06-24 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(né en 1956\) Hibou. C\-Print. C\-Print. | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
16. 2020-11-15 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(né en 1956\) Le Grand Large, 2015. Photolithographie en c | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
17. 2020-06-30 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(né en 1956\) \- Papillons, 1994. | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | €52
18. 2020-06-30 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(né en 1956\) \- L’homme couché dans l’herbe | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
19. 2020-06-30 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(né en 1956\) \- Un souffleur | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
20. 2020-06-30 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(né en 1956\) \- Sans titre. | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
21. 2020-06-30 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(né en 1956\) \- Sans titre. | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
22. 2020-06-30 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(né en 1956\) \- Sans titre, 1994 | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
23. 2020-06-30 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(né en 1956\) \- Sans titre | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
24. 2019-06-25 | MICHEL FRANCOIS \(né en 1956\) Papillons, 1994. Lithographie en noir sur A | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A

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