# Shaoqi Lai - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T21:02:28.875Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 6
- Lots with prices: 2
- First auction date: 2008-05-26
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-05
- Median realised price: $225
- Price range: $225 to $850

## Market Takeaway
Shaoqi Lai shows thin auction liquidity with 5 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $225. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-05.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($225\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $225 and $225.
- 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: 100% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-05
- Days since latest sale: 136
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Altair Auctions: 2 lots
- Christie's: 1 lots
- Essex Auction and Estate Services: 1 lots
- Kinghams Auctioneers: 1 lots
- New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-05 | CALLIGRAPHY | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | N/A
2. 2021-12-10 | An Arts & Crafts mahogany bookcase by Sh | Kinghams Auctioneers | £850 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-an-arts-crafts-mahogany-bookcase-by-sh-424-c-d884294938
3. 2016-08-31 | Chinese Painting | Essex Auction and Estate Services | $225
4. 2015-11-22 | Chinese Painting | Altair Auctions | N/A
5. 2015-03-29 | Chinese Painting of Landscape | Altair Auctions | N/A
6. 2008-05-26 | Plum blossoms | Christie's | N/A

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