# Minjun Yue - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T09:04:42.078Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 463
- Lots with prices: 325
- First auction date: 2001-06-27
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-16
- Median realised price: $50,000
- Price range: $175 to $54,087,500

## Market Takeaway
Minjun Yue shows deep auction liquidity with 467 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $50,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 23 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($50,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,400 and $740,000.
- 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: 7% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 31.3% (103 sales)
- $10,000\+: 61.7% (203 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 23
- Previous 12 months sales: 33
- Recent 12 months median: $1,400
- Previous 12 months median: $900
- Median shift: 55.6%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 169 lots
- Sotheby's: 86 lots
- Bonhams: 35 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 31 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 24 lots
- Artcurial: 21 lots
- Louiza Auktion & Associés: 11 lots
- Phillips: 9 lots
- AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald: 8 lots
- Absolute Auction: 8 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-16 | Yue Minjun, The Three Musketeers | Wright | $800
2. 2025-12-06 | Yue Minjun \(1962 Daqing – lebt in Peking\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €1,800
3. 2025-12-06 | Yue Minjun \(1962 Daqing – lebt in Peking\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €2,200
4. 2025-12-06 | Yue Minjun \(1962 Daqing – lebt in Peking\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €6,000
5. 2025-12-03 | YUE Minjun | Artcurial | €1,400
6. 2025-11-28 | YUE MINJUN \(B. 1962\). Hands Up, Don’t Move. oil on canvas92.9 x 111 cm. \(36 | Christie's | N/A
7. 2025-09-18 | Yue Minjun \(Chinese 1962\-\), 'Kingdom of the Laughing Man: Boundless', 2023 | Tate Ward Auctions | £1,100
8. 2025-09-14 | YUE MINJUN \(CHINESE, b. 1962\). | Clarke Auction Gallery | $750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yue-minjun-chinese-b-1962-88-c-c644f679a7
9. 2025-07-26 | Yue Minjun \(attributed\), Chinese \(b. 1962\), Untitled, laughing man with bird, oil on canvas, 14"H x 12"W | Ripley Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yue-minjun-attributed-chinese-b-1962-untitled-laughing-man-with-bird-oil-on-canvas-14-h-x-12-w-154-c-49d47bea58
10. 2025-07-26 | Yue Minjun \(attributed\), Chinese \(b. 1962\), Untitled, Hat, oil on canvas, 12"H x 12"W | Ripley Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yue-minjun-attributed-chinese-b-1962-untitled-hat-oil-on-canvas-12-h-x-12-w-153-c-ec54b129c6
11. 2025-07-26 | Yue Minjun \(attributed\), Chinese \(b. 1962\), Untitled, Hat, oil on canvas, 12"H x 11 3/4"W | Ripley Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yue-minjun-attributed-chinese-b-1962-untitled-hat-oil-on-canvas-12-h-x-11-3-4-w-152-c-30f4b1189d
12. 2025-06-29 | YUE MINJUN \(China, b. 1962\) Lithograph. | Clarke Auction Gallery | $750
13. 2025-06-28 | YUE MINJUN \(CHINESE B.1962\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yue-minjun-chinese-b-1962-125-c-79f400daf0
14. 2025-06-26 | YUE MINJUN \(B. 1962\). The Path of God. stainless steel, in two parts. | Christie's | £30,240
15. 2025-06-23 | Yue Minjun, 1962, Genesis | Germann Auction House Ltd | CHF 3,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yue-minjun-1962-genesis-94-c-3954937a71
16. 2025-06-21 | YUE MINJUN \(Né en 1962\) Untitled \(Smile\-ism No.26\) \(2006\) | Louiza Auktion & Associés | €1,000
17. 2025-05-17 | Yue Minjun \(1962 Daqing – lebt in Peking\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €2,600
18. 2025-05-17 | Yue Minjun \(1962 Daqing – lebt in Peking\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €1,400
19. 2025-05-09 | YUE MINJUN \(n. 1962\) \- UNTITLED \(PERSONAGGI CHE RIDONO\) | Capitolium Art | €1,100
20. 2025-03-30 | Yue Minjun 岳敏君 \| Untitled 無題 | Sotheby's | HK$508,000
21. 2025-03-29 | YUE MINJUN \(Né en 1962\) Untitled \(Smile\-ism No.18\) \(2006\) | Louiza Auktion & Associés | €900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yue-minjun-ne-en-1962-untitled-smile-ism-no-18-2006-113-c-46a47979d7
22. 2025-03-23 | Yue Minjun, Surplus Value | Bangkok Art Auction | N/A
23. 2025-03-15 | Style of Yue Minjun 2 Resin Sculptures Smiling Man | Joshua Kodner | $175
24. 2025-02-08 | Yue MINJUN \(1962\), D'Après | Absolute Auction | N/A

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