# Wifredo Lam - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T00:33:32.579Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,634
- Lots with prices: 972
- First auction date: 1998-05-27
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-18
- Median realised price: $8,500
- Price range: $10 to $11,340,000

## Market Takeaway
Wifredo Lam shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,629 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $8,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 81 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($8,400\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $600 and $47,705.
- 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: 31.9% (309 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 19% (184 sales)
- $10,000\+: 49.1% (475 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 81
- Previous 12 months sales: 111
- Recent 12 months median: $4,200
- Previous 12 months median: $3,500
- Median shift: 20%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-03
- Days since latest sale: 15
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 358 lots
- Sotheby's: 226 lots
- TGP Auction: 125 lots
- Artcurial: 78 lots
- Finarte: 54 lots
- Bonhams: 53 lots
- RoGallery: 51 lots
- EmporiumArt: 39 lots
- Artimore Auctions: 36 lots
- Tajan: 30 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-03 | Wifredo Lam \(1902\-1982\) Cuban | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $160
2. 2026-02-03 | Wifredo Lam \(1902\-1982\) Cuban | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $450
3. 2026-02-03 | Wifredo Lam \(1902\-1982\) Cuban | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-wifredo-lam-1902-1982-cuban-70-c-4e33197eb8
4. 2026-01-26 | Wifredo Lam \(1902\-1982\), “Yorubas and Birth”, 1949 | Hammersite | $16,000
5. 2026-01-13 | Wifredo Lam \(1902\-1982, Cuban\), "La Réunion," 1973 | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,524
6. 2025-12-17 | WIFREDO LAM \(1902\-1982\). Untitled. oil on canvas13 ¾ x 17 ¾ in. \(34.9 x 45. | Christie's | $82,550
7. 2025-12-06 | Wifredo Lam \(1902 Sagua la Grande – Paris 1982\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €320
8. 2025-12-04 | WIFREDO LAM \(1902\-1982\) Sans titre 1958 | Bonhams | €30,000
9. 2025-12-02 | Wifredo Lam \(Sagua la Grande 1902 \- Parigi 1982\) \- Annonciation,   | Finarte | €1,400
10. 2025-11-27 | WIFREDO LAM | Koller Auctions | CHF 170,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-wifredo-lam-3462-c-2e2b1fbfaa
11. 2025-11-26 | Wifredo Lam "Oiseau de fer" 1970 circa multiple sculpture in silver\-plated metal height 27 cm Signed and numbered 348/500 B Provenance Daniela Balzaretti Gallery, Milan Private collection, Milan... | Il Ponte Auction House | €1,500
12. 2025-11-25 | Wifredo Lam, Sìn titulo. 1967. | Gonnelli Casa d'Aste | €220
13. 2025-11-25 | Wifredo Lam \(1902\-1982\) Tableware Porcelain | Piasa | €15,000
14. 2025-11-20 | WIFREDO LAM \(1902\-1982\) Untitled 9 7/8 x 13 3/4 in \(25 x 35 cm\) \(Painted in 1972\) | Bonhams | $35,000
15. 2025-11-18 | Wifredo Lam \(Cuban, 1902\-1982\) 'Personnage 2/24' Oil on Canvas Painting | Akiba Galleries | $75,000
16. 2025-11-18 | WIFREDO LAM \(1902\-1982\). Nu tenant un verre. gouache, watercolor and pastel | Christie's | $152,400
17. 2025-11-18 | WIFREDO LAM \(1902\-1982\). Jeune fille au fond carré. gouache and watercolor | Christie's | $127,000
18. 2025-11-18 | WIFREDO LAM \(1902\-1982\). Femme cheval. charcoal on paper28 7/8 x 23 in. \(73 | Christie's | $57,150
19. 2025-11-18 | WIFREDO LAM \(1902\-1982\). Phénomènie phaline. oil and gouache on paper37 ¼ x | Christie's | $381,000
20. 2025-11-18 | WIFREDO LAM | International Art Sale Italy | N/A
21. 2025-11-18 | WIFREDO LAM | International Art Sale Italy | N/A
22. 2025-11-18 | WIFREDO LAM \(1902\-1982\). Coq des Caraïbes, I. gouache on canvas16 1/8 x 19 | Christie's | $177,800
23. 2025-11-13 | WIFREDO LAM \(1902\-1982\) Chile 11 septembre \- 11 Latino\-américains, 1974 \(Tonneau\-Ryckelynck, 296\)Planche extraite du portfolio éponymeSérigraphie en couleurs sur vélin de lanaSignée et numérotée 43/175Imprimé... | Bonhams | €300
24. 2025-11-13 | WIFREDO LAM \(1902\-1982\) Oiseau de feu et Oiseau de fer, circa 1970 Paire de sculptures l'une en laiton chromé et l'autre en laiton poliSignée et numérotée '188/500A' sur l'une et '188/500B' sur l'autreÉditions limitée... | Bonhams | €4,200

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