# Zhang Ruitu - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T23:33:27.215Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 84
- Lots with prices: 59
- First auction date: 2002-04-28
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-02
- Median realised price: $190,500
- Price range: $250 to $8,440,000

## Market Takeaway
Zhang Ruitu shows solid auction liquidity with 84 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $190,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-02.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($190,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $48,000 and $819,000.
- 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: 8.5% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 11.9% (7 sales)
- $10,000\+: 79.7% (47 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $819,000
- Previous 12 months median: $239,400
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-02
- Days since latest sale: 108
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 57 lots
- China Arts Auction: 10 lots
- Sotheby's: 8 lots
- Linwoods Auction: 3 lots
- Dynasty Auctions International: 1 lots
- Fukuoka Yumekai Auction: 1 lots
- Golden State Auction Gallery: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots
- Hughes Auctions: 1 lots
- New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2023-03-21 | Zhang Ruitu \(Chinese, 1898\-1982\) Calligraphy Ink on paper 49\-5/8 x 21\-1/2 inches | Heritage Auctions | N/A
2. 2016-09-15 | ZHANG RUITU 1570\-1641 \| EIGHTEEN LUOHAN | Sotheby's | $1,850,000
3. 2025-11-02 | Zhang Ruitu \(1570\-1641\) Calligraphy Fans on Silk Scroll, Ming Dynasty | Hughes Auctions | $550 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-zhang-ruitu-1570-1641-calligraphy-fans-on-silk-scroll-ming-dynasty-206-c-18642bb1af
4. 2025-10-28 | ZHANG RUITU \(1570\-1641\). Calligraphy in Cursive Script. Handscroll, ink on | Christie's | HK$3,302,000
5. 2025-10-28 | ZHANG RUITU \(1570\-1641\). Calligraphy in Running Script. Hanging scroll, ink | Christie's | N/A
6. 2025-10-28 | ZHANG RUITU \(1570\-1641\). Calligraphy in Running Script. Handscroll, ink on | Christie's | HK$190,500
7. 2025-04-30 | ZHANG RUITU \(1570\-1641\). Tang Poem in Running Script. Hanging scroll, ink o | Christie's | HK$819,000
8. 2025-04-30 | ZHANG RUITU \(1570\-1641\). Panel Screen of Du Fu’s Verses. Eight scrolls, mou | Christie's | HK$3,780,000
9. 2025-04-30 | ZHANG RUITU \(1570\-1641\). Tang Poems in Running\-Cursive Script. Handscroll, | Christie's | HK$2,646,000
10. 2024-11-27 | ZHANG RUITU, ATTRIBUTED TO, CALLIGRAPHY | China Arts Auction | N/A
11. 2024-11-27 | ZHANG RUITU \(1570\-1644\). Calligraphy in Running Script. Scroll, mounted and | Christie's | HK$239,400
12. 2024-10-05 | ZHANG RuiTu, CALLIGRAPHY | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | HK$140,000
13. 2024-06-01 | ZHANG RUITU \(1570\-1641\) Tang Poems Calligraphic Couplet in Running\-Cursive | Christie's | HK$2,520,000
14. 2023-12-02 | ZHANG RUITU \(1570\-1641\) \- Calligraphy in Cursive Script | Christie's | HK$1,512,000
15. 2023-10-07 | Zhang Ruitu, Landscape \| 張瑞圖 山水 | Sotheby's | HK$381,000
16. 2023-06-09 | Zhang ruitu,Attributed to,Calligraphy  | China Arts Auction | $650
17. 2023-05-28 | ZHANG RUITU \(1570\-1644\), CALLIGRAPHY, TWO\-PANEL FOLDING SCREEN 張瑞圖 巨筆如椽「田园樂」書法屏風 | Fukuoka Yumekai Auction | ¥4,500,000
18. 2023-02-27 | ZHANG RUITU, ATTRIBUTED TO, CALLIGRAPHY | China Arts Auction | N/A
19. 2022-10-01 | ZHANG RUITU, ATTRIBUTED TO, CALLIGRAPHY | China Arts Auction | N/A
20. 2022-08-05 | ZHANG RUITU,chinese calligraphy | China Arts Auction | $1,100
21. 2022-03-31 | A CHINESE PAINTING OF CALLIGRAPHY, MARKED BY ZHANG RUITU | China Arts Auction | N/A
22. 2022-03-17 | ZHANG RUITU, ATTRIBUTED TO, CALLIGRAPHY | China Arts Auction | N/A
23. 2022-03-03 | ZHANG RUITU \(1570\-1641\), LANDSCAPE | Linwoods Auction | $3,250
24. 2022-02-06 | ZHANG RUITU, ATTRIBUTED TO, CALLIGRAPHY | China Arts Auction | $250

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