# René Char - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T21:19:17.325Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 36
- Lots with prices: 27
- First auction date: 2005-10-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-11
- Median realised price: $1,300
- Price range: $180 to $66,500

## Market Takeaway
René Char shows developing auction liquidity with 35 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-13.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,300\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $650 and $4,800.
- 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: 40.7% (11 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 37% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 22.2% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $1,500
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-13
- Days since latest sale: 250
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 9 lots
- Artcurial: 7 lots
- Alde: 4 lots
- Arenberg Auctions: 3 lots
- Leclere \- Maison de ventes: 3 lots
- Ader: 2 lots
- Alain & Evelyne Morel de Westgaver: 2 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 1 lots
- Kunst\- und Auktionshaus Wiesbaden: 1 lots
- MJV Soudant: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-11 | René CHAR \(1907\-1988\). L.A.S., L’Isle\-sur\-Sorgue 4 mars 1965, au Dr Odette Poulain ; | Ader | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-rene-char-1907-1988-l-a-s-l-isle-sur-sorgue-4-mars-1965-au-dr-odette-poulain-415-c-d483d3f780
2. 2025-06-13 | Lettera amorosa. | Arenberg Auctions | €1,500
3. 2023-10-18 | René CHAR 1907\-1988 À une sérénité crispée | Artcurial | €200
4. 2022-03-12 | René CHAR \- Les Voisinages de Van Gogh. Frontispice d'A | Alain & Evelyne Morel de Westgaver | €180
5. 2022-03-12 | René CHAR \- Fureur et mystère. Poèmes. | Alain & Evelyne Morel de Westgaver | €1,500
6. 2021-12-10 | René CHAR, Jacques DUPIN et Pierre André BENOIT. | Pierre Bergé & Associés | €1,000
7. 2021-10-25 | René CHAR \(1907\-1988\) \- LA FAUX RELEVÉE, 1959 | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr | €1,300
8. 2021-09-26 | René Char \(1907\-1989\)., Poème aquarellé à la roue à aube, Dimension: 21x 29 cm., | MJV Soudant | €500
9. 2020-10-15 | Jeanne qu'on brûla verte. | Arenberg Auctions | €2,000
10. 2020-10-15 | Deux poèmes. \[Illustration de Vieira de Silva\]. | Arenberg Auctions | €4,700
11. 2019-12-07 | René Char \(Ausstellungsplakat\), Fondation Maeght P… | Kunst\- und Auktionshaus Wiesbaden | N/A
12. 2018-12-11 | René CHAR 1907\-1988 Artine | Artcurial | N/A
13. 2018-04-26 | René CHAR 1907\-1988 À une sérénité crispée | Artcurial | N/A
14. 2018-04-26 | René CHAR 1907\-1988 Artine | Artcurial | N/A
15. 2017-06-14 | René CHAR 1907\-1988 Manuscrit autographe signé | Artcurial | €650
16. 2017-04-25 | RENÉ CHAR | Tajan | N/A
17. 2015-04-27 | René CHAR \(1907\-1988\). La Bibliothèque est en feu & autres poèmes.... | Christie's | €875
18. 2014-06-05 | RENÉ CHAR | Leclere \- Maison de ventes | €400
19. 2014-05-13 | René CHAR \- Maria Helena VIEIRA DA SILVA L'INCLEMENCE LOINTAINE | Artcurial | €3,159
20. 2014-04-28 | René CHAR \(1907\-1988\). Poème autographe signé « R. C. », Qu'il vive !, 1948 ; 1 page in\-4. | Alde | €2,500
21. 2013-12-09 | René CHAR \(1907\-1988\). Poème autographe signé « R.C. », Le délassement de l'aiguilleur ; 1 page in\-12 \(petite correction\). | Alde | €900
22. 2013-11-30 | rené char \(1907\-1988\) ensemble de 6 livres brochés in\-8 et in\-4 avec dédicaces autographes signées à robert Ytier. Les matinaux, fureur et mysteres, le nu perdu, aromates chasseurs, chants de Balandrane. \(5 ouvrages nrF/gallimard et nrF Poésie | Leclere \- Maison de ventes | €320
23. 2013-11-30 | rené char \(1907\-1988\) Correspondance inédite à l'écrivain journaliste, Robert YTIER \(1939\-2007\). 19 lettres ou pièces autographes signées, la plupart écrites des Busclats 1974\-1983. 13 lettres in\-8 et in\-4 autographes signées, 6 pièces signées | Leclere \- Maison de ventes | €4,800
24. 2013-06-27 | René CHAR \(1907\-1988\). Manuscrit autographe signé, | Ader | N/A

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