# Vasily Kafanov - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-19T00:42:45.050Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 5
- First auction date: 2007-04-16
- Latest auction date: 2024-06-23
- Median realised price: $850
- Price range: $175 to $3,500

## Market Takeaway
Vasily Kafanov has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $850. 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 \($850\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($300 to $1,800\) 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: 60% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $175
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-06-23
- Days since latest sale: 725
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Shapiro Auctions LLC: 7 lots
- RoGallery: 4 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 1 lots
- Dennis Auction Service: 1 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-06-23 | Vasily Kafanov "Meeting Two Figures" Mixed Media | Auctions at Showplace | $175
2. 2021-07-31 | VASILY KAFANOV \(RUSSIAN B.1952\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $3,500
3. 2020-09-12 | VASILY KAFANOV \(RUSSIAN\-AMERICAN B. 1952\), Musician on the Fish, 2007, acrylic on canvas painting | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
4. 2020-05-10 | Vasily Kafanov, Nude Women and the Musician, Acrylic Painting | RoGallery | N/A
5. 2019-06-15 | Vasily Kafanov, Nude Women and the Musician, Acrylic Painting | RoGallery | N/A
6. 2019-05-30 | Vasily Kafanov, Nude Women and the Musician, Acrylic Painting | RoGallery | N/A
7. 2018-05-01 | Vasily Kafanov, Nude Women and the Musician, Acrylic Painting | RoGallery | N/A
8. 2016-09-17 | VASILY KAFANOV \(RUSSIAN\-AMERICAN B. 1952\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | $1,800
9. 2015-12-05 | VASILY KAFANOV \(Russian, b.1952\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | $850
10. 2015-06-19 | VASILY KAFANOV \(RUSSIAN, 1952\-\). CERAMIC SCULPTURE/BOWL WITH INCISED DECORATIONS OF JESTERS WITH FISH, DOGS, ETC. APROX 14 1/2 INCH DIA. | Dennis Auction Service | $300
11. 2009-11-22 | VASILY KAFANOV \(RUSSIAN B1952\), "Four Kings and a | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
12. 2009-11-22 | VASILY KAFANOV \(RUSSIAN B1952\), "Magician of the | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
13. 2009-11-22 | VASILY KAFANOV \(RUSSIAN B1952\), "Landscape with | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
14. 2008-11-05 | VASILY KAFANOV \(RUSSIAN B1952\) The Collector, 1979 | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
15. 2007-04-17 | Vasily Kafanov , Four Corners of the Circle | Sotheby's | N/A
16. 2007-04-16 | Vasily Kafanov , Four Corners of the Circle | Sotheby's | N/A

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