# Ren Yi - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T09:04:10.699Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 150
- Lots with prices: 107
- First auction date: 2002-04-28
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-11
- Median realised price: $137,500
- Price range: $225 to $2,660,000

## Market Takeaway
Ren Yi shows solid auction liquidity with 149 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $137,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($137,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $17,000 and $400,000.
- 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: 2.8% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 15.1% (16 sales)
- $10,000\+: 82.1% (87 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $60,480
- Previous 12 months median: $107,100
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-28
- Days since latest sale: 113
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 72 lots
- Sotheby's: 35 lots
- Bonhams: 21 lots
- Gianguan Auctions: 5 lots
- Clars Auctions: 2 lots
- Linwoods Auction: 2 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 2 lots
- Potomack Company: 2 lots
- Revere Auctions: 2 lots
- California Asian Art Auction Gallery USA: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-28 | REN YI \(REN BONIAN, 1840\-1895\). Birds and Flowers. A set of six album leave | Christie's | HK$698,500
2. 2025-08-29 | REN YI \(REN BONIAN, 1840\-1895\). Boating to Red Cliff. Round fan leaf, mount | Christie's | HK$60,480
3. 2025-02-26 | REN YI \(REN BONIAN, 1840\-1895\). A Boy Under the Bamboo Tree. Hanging scroll | Christie's | HK$52,920
4. 2024-12-10 | REN YI \(REN BONIAN, 1840\-1895\) Turtles | Bonhams | N/A
5. 2024-11-27 | REN YI \(1840\-1895\). Turtledove. Round fan leaf, mounted and framed, ink and | Christie's | HK$107,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ren-yi-1840-1895-turtledove-round-fan-leaf-mounted-and-framed-ink-and-238-c-a134bf3afe
6. 2024-11-27 | REN YI \(1840\-1895\). Wisteria and Sparrow. Round fan leaf, mounted and frame | Christie's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ren-yi-1840-1895-wisteria-and-sparrow-round-fan-leaf-mounted-and-frame-237-c-a34464796f
7. 2024-11-02 | Ren Yi \(1840\-1896\) : Ink on Paper 'Figure' | California Asian Art Auction Gallery USA | N/A
8. 2024-03-26 | Ren Yi \(1840\-1896\); Cheng Gongshou \(19th Century\) | Hindman | $2,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ren-yi-1840-1896-cheng-gongshou-19th-century-131-c-0ac4cdcb39
9. 2023-12-02 | REN YI \(1840\-1896\) \- Su Wu and Rams | Christie's | HK$882,000
10. 2023-11-03 | REN YI \(REN BONIAN, 1840\-1895\) BIRD ON RICE PLANT | Lyon & Turnbull | £3,000
11. 2023-06-02 | REN YI \(1840\-1896\) Farmer with Loquat Basket | Bonhams | N/A
12. 2023-01-24 | Ren Yi \(Ren Bonian\) Ink on Gold Paper Painting | Revere Auctions | $700
13. 2022-03-21 | Ren Yi \(1840\-1896\), Wu Guxiang \(1848\-1903\), Zhang Xiong \(1803\-1886\) and Zhang Zuyi \(1849\-1917\) Sharing Karma with the Buddha \(Portrait of Xugu\) | Bonhams | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ren-yi-1840-1896-wu-guxiang-1848-1903-zhang-xiong-1803-1886-and-zhang-zuyi-1849-1917-sharing-karma-with-the-buddha-portrait-of-xugu-40-c-72a45a0b3e
14. 2022-03-21 | Ren Yi \(1840\-1896\) Landscape, 1892 | Bonhams | $17,000
15. 2021-12-09 | Ren Yi \(1840\-1896\) Crane and Pine Tree | Bonhams | N/A
16. 2021-03-20 | Ren Yi ptg of fruit | Clars Auctions | N/A
17. 2021-03-15 | Ren Yi \(1840\-1896\) Hanging scroll Guanyin | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $2,268
18. 2021-03-15 | Ren Yi \(1840\-1895\) Flower and Dove, 1870 | Bonhams | N/A
19. 2021-03-15 | Ren Yi \(1840\-1895\) Flower and Birds, 1879 | Bonhams | $6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ren-yi-1840-1895-flower-and-birds-1879-201-c-92b4b4dade
20. 2021-02-21 | Ren Yi ptg of fruit | Clars Auctions | N/A
21. 2020-11-30 | Ren Yi \(1840\-1896\) Scholar Sitting by the Chrysanthemum Fence | Bonhams | N/A
22. 2020-06-24 | Ren Yi \(1840\-1896\) Meng Haoran under the Plum Blossoms | Bonhams | N/A
23. 2020-06-14 | REN YI\(Ren Bonian, 1840\-1895\) | Getty's Auction & Gallery | N/A
24. 2019-11-26 | REN YI \(REN BONIAN, 1840\-1895\) \- Flowers and Birds | Christie's | HK$1,000,000

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