# Y. Z. Kami - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-19T01:52:56.654Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 27
- Lots with prices: 21
- First auction date: 2005-01-26
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-30
- Median realised price: $28,000
- Price range: $800 to $161,000

## Market Takeaway
Y. Z. Kami has 27 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $28,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. 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 \($28,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($8,750 to $73,250\) 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: 4.8% (1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 23.8% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 71.4% (15 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $40,640
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-30
- Days since latest sale: 261
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Sotheby's: 12 lots
- Christie's: 9 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 2 lots
- Phillips: 2 lots
- Lyon & Turnbull: 1 lots
- Skinner: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-30 | Y. Z. KAMI \(B. 1956\). Untitled. oil on canvas58 x 29 1/8 in. \(147.3 x 74 cm | Christie's | $40,640
2. 2023-04-27 | Y. Z. Kami \(Iranian/American 1956\- \) Tara, 2015 | Lyon & Turnbull | £800
3. 2022-11-10 | Y. Z. KAMI \(B. 1956\) Untitled \(Maryam\) oil on canvas 116 x 66 in. \(294.6 x | Christie's | $153,720
4. 2020-12-15 | Y. Z. Kami \(b. 1956\) \- Untitled \(Toby\) | Christie's | N/A
5. 2018-10-24 | Y. Z. Kami \(Iranian, b. 1956\) \- Blue Dome II | Christie's | £87,500
6. 2017-12-18 | Y. Z. KAMI \(B. 1956\) \| Untitled | Sotheby's | $1,800
7. 2017-03-02 | Y. Z. KAMI \| Self\-Portrait as a Child | Sotheby's | $25,000
8. 2016-06-28 | Y. Z. KAMI \- Endless Prayers, 2007 | Phillips | £8,750
9. 2015-09-17 | Y. Z. KAMI \- Self\-Portrait as a Child, 1989 | Phillips | $161,000
10. 2015-03-10 | Y. Z. KAMI \| Untitled | Sotheby's | £15,000
11. 2013-04-17 | Untitled lot | Christie's | N/A
12. 2012-05-10 | Y.  Z.  KAMI | Sotheby's | N/A
13. 2011-09-21 | Y. Z. Kami \(b. 1956\) | Christie's | $68,500
14. 2010-10-20 | Y. Z. KAMI | Sotheby's | £91,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-y-z-kami-30-c-466c6209ef
15. 2010-04-27 | Y. Z. Kami \(Iranian, b. 1956\) | Christie's | $122,500
16. 2009-10-17 | Y. Z. Kami \(b. 1962\) | Christie's | £16,250
17. 2009-10-16 | Y. Z. KAMI | Sotheby's | £11,000
18. 2009-10-16 | Y. Z. KAMI | Sotheby's | £73,250
19. 2009-05-15 | Y. Z. Kami \(Iranian/American, b. 1956\) Face \#13/From the series Faces \#42, 1992\-1993 ... | Skinner | $2,844
20. 2008-09-10 | Y. Z. Kami , b. 1966 Untitled oil and pencil on canvas | Sotheby's | $6,250
21. 2008-09-10 | Y. Z. Kami , b. 1966 Untitled oil and pencil on canvas | Sotheby's | $6,250
22. 2007-11-15 | Y. Z. Kami , B. 1966 Nane and Kami in front of Picasso's Parade oil on canvas | Sotheby's | $28,000
23. 2007-11-15 | Y. Z. Kami , B. 1966 Untitled oil on cut canvas mounted to linen, in 6 parts | Sotheby's | $43,000
24. 2007-02-28 | Untitled | Christie's | N/A

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