Don Hong-Oai Auction Prices and Value Guide
Don Hong-Oai auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 112 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Don Hong-Oai auction prices: quick answer
Don Hong-Oai auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Don Hong-Oai
- Source records
- 112
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Don Hong-Oai market snapshot
Don Hong-Oai shows developing auction liquidity with 41 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,116. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-05.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (46.9% · 15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (53.1% · 17 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $120
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 4
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-05
Artist context
About Don Hong-Oai
Born
1929
Died
2004
Nationality
Chinese
Also known as
Hong-Oai, Don, 單雄威
Don Hong-Oai (1929–2004) is identified by Wikidata and VIAF as a Chinese photographer. VIAF also records the inverted name form Hong-Oai, Don and the Chinese name 單雄威. The available authority evidence establishes his identity and profession, but the collected source pack does not include a museum biography, estate archive, or scholarly catalogue supporting a detailed account of his training, chronology, or movement affiliation. This profile therefore treats photography, rather than a more specific school, as the firm art-historical context. Collectors encounter his name in public auction data: Appraisily's collected page snapshot reports matched records spanning 2010–2026. Those records can help locate comparable objects, but each entry should be examined for photographic process, dimensions, date, inscriptions, edition information, provenance, condition, and confidence in attribution. More specific claims about pictorialism or national identity beyond the Chinese authority description require further institutional research.
Photography
Common works and media
Authority records identify Don Hong-Oai as a photographer, making photographic works the best-supported category for appraisal and auction research. The collected sources do not establish a dependable list of specific processes, subjects, series, or edition practices. Each encountered work should therefore be catalogued from its own physical and documentary evidence, including process, support, dimensions, image and printing dates, signature or inscriptions, edition markings, condition, and provenance.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily's collected snapshot lists 46 matched auction records, including 37 with reported prices, and an observed range of $30 to $6,000. It also reports a median realized result around $1,116. These figures describe the indexed sample, not a prediction for another photograph. An appraisal should prioritize records with a comparable photographic process, size, date, subject, condition, attribution, and edition status. Signatures and inscriptions, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, restoration history, and current demand may also affect how a work compares with the public record. Private transactions, incomplete feeds, reporting conventions, and later attribution changes can limit direct comparisons, so auction data should be combined with object-specific examination and documentation.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Photographic works
Value drivers
- Photographic medium or process, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and confidence in attribution
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Comparable public auction sales for works with similar characteristics
- Subject matter, rarity, and demand represented in the available market sample
Appraisal caveats
- Treat public auction records as contextual evidence rather than a final appraisal.
- Compare records with similar photographic processes, dimensions, dates, condition, provenance, edition details, and attribution status.
- Do not treat an indexed price range or median as a prediction for an individual work.
- Confirm authorship, condition, and cataloguing details before drawing a valuation conclusion.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- ISNI library authority
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
- Wikipedia wikipedia
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Don Hong-Oai worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
Can Appraisily value my Don Hong-Oai artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.