# Ren Yu - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T09:04:26.043Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 72
- Lots with prices: 58
- First auction date: 2005-05-29
- Latest auction date: 2025-05-14
- Median realised price: $2,250
- Price range: $100 to $560,000

## Market Takeaway
Ren Yu has 72 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,250. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. 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 \($2,250\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($350 to $22,000\) 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: 41.4% (24 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 24.1% (14 sales)
- $10,000\+: 34.5% (20 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $22,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-05-14
- Days since latest sale: 376
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Helmuth Stone: 21 lots
- Christie's: 20 lots
- Bonhams: 10 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 7 lots
- Sotheby's: 5 lots
- Golden State Auction Gallery: 4 lots
- Gianguan Auctions: 1 lots
- H&H Brother Auction House: 1 lots
- Mega International Auction: 1 lots
- Oakridge Auction Gallery: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-11-29 | REN YU \(1853\-1901\) Willow by the Mountain Stream | Bonhams | HK$10,000
2. 2024-10-19 | REN YU, FIGURES, HANGING SCROLL | Mega International Auction | N/A
3. 2020-07-05 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Chrysanthemum Petal" | Helmuth Stone | $1,000
4. 2020-07-05 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Red Variegated Camellias" | Helmuth Stone | $750
5. 2020-07-05 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Lycaste virginalis Orchid" | Helmuth Stone | $400
6. 2020-05-17 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Year of the Ox" | Helmuth Stone | $225
7. 2020-05-17 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Masdevallia veitchiana Orchid" | Helmuth Stone | $200
8. 2020-05-17 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Laeliocattleya prism palette" | Helmuth Stone | $225
9. 2020-05-17 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Narcissus" | Helmuth Stone | $300
10. 2020-05-17 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Orchid" | Helmuth Stone | $150
11. 2020-05-17 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Chinese Rose" | Helmuth Stone | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ren-yu-b-1945-chinese-rose-230-c-3e34092acd
12. 2020-04-05 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Paphiopedilum armeniacum Orchid" | Helmuth Stone | $100
13. 2020-04-05 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Cattleya Francis T.C. Au Orchid" | Helmuth Stone | $100
14. 2020-04-05 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Small Osmanthus Leaf " | Helmuth Stone | $225 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ren-yu-b-1945-small-osmanthus-leaf-102-c-6844d6fa67
15. 2020-04-05 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Peony Camellia" | Helmuth Stone | $225
16. 2020-04-05 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "White Camellias" | Helmuth Stone | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ren-yu-b-1945-white-camellias-100-c-9bd4e838b3
17. 2020-03-01 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Thunia alba Orchid" | Helmuth Stone | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ren-yu-b-1945-thunia-alba-orchid-138e-c-7bd4a648ba
18. 2020-03-01 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Catteya Orchid" | Helmuth Stone | $350
19. 2020-03-01 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Paphiopedilum Henrietta Orchid" | Helmuth Stone | $300
20. 2020-03-01 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Lion Head Camellias" | Helmuth Stone | $600
21. 2020-03-01 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Red Camellias" | Helmuth Stone | $350
22. 2020-03-01 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Camellias" | Helmuth Stone | $350
23. 2020-03-01 | Ren Yu \(B. 1945\) "Yellow Camellias" | Helmuth Stone | $300
24. 2025-05-14 | REN YU \(1853\-1901\). Guanyin. Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper112 x 3 | Christie's | HK$35,280

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