Ju Ming Auction Prices and Value Guide
Ju Ming auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 279 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Ju Ming auction prices: quick answer
Ju Ming auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Ju Ming
- Source records
- 279
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Ju Ming market snapshot
Ju Ming shows very deep auction liquidity with 501 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $860,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 28 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-30.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (0.8% · 3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (1.3% · 5 sales)
- $10,000+ (97.9% · 367 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $508,000
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 28
- Median shift vs prior year
- +1.6%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-30
Artist context
About Ju Ming
Born
1938
Died
2023
Nationality
Taiwanese
Also known as
Zhu, Ming, Ming Zhu, Zhu Ming, Chu Ming
Ju Ming (1938–2023) was a Taiwanese sculptor whose identity is also recorded under authority forms such as Zhu Ming, Ming Zhu, Chu Ming, and the Chinese name 朱銘. He trained as a woodcarver, developing a direct understanding of carving before extending his practice into bronze, ceramics, Styrofoam, and stainless steel. Public biographical material associates his rise to recognition with Taiwan in the 1970s and New York City in 1983. Museum-style authority records consistently classify him as a Taiwanese sculptor, although the collected sources do not assign him to a specific art movement. Collectors may therefore encounter his name attached to sculpture in materially diverse forms, as well as under variant romanizations in catalogues and archival records. Matching the artist across those name forms is especially important when researching provenance, exhibition references, bibliographic records, and auction comparables.
WoodBronzeStyrofoamCeramics
Common works and media
The available sources identify sculpture as Ju Ming's principal work type. Documented materials include carved wood, bronze, ceramics, Styrofoam, and stainless steel. The source pack does not provide enough institution-grade evidence to define recurring subjects, named series, edition structures, or typical dimensions, so individual works should be catalogued from their physical characteristics and supporting documentation rather than assigned to a series by appearance alone.
Market and appraisal context
The collected Appraisily input identifies 279 auction records associated with Ju Ming, indicating a meaningful body of public-market material for comparison. The clearest supported distinctions are the type of sculpture and its material, since available biographical evidence identifies work in wood, bronze, ceramics, Styrofoam, and stainless steel. A responsible appraisal should compare the specific object with verified, sufficiently similar sale records rather than infer a price trend from record count alone. The supplied pack does not document lot-level condition, provenance, edition or cast practices, dimensions, signatures, foundries, sale dates, or realized prices; those details require object-level examination and fuller auction evidence.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Sculpture
Value drivers
- Work type and material, including distinctions among wood, bronze, ceramic, Styrofoam, and stainless-steel sculpture
- Comparability of documented public auction records
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack identifies 279 Appraisily auction records but does not provide lot-level descriptions, realized prices, sale dates, or attribution details.
- No major auction-house biography or market essay was available in the collected source pack, so no price trend, market ranking, or scarcity claim is made.
- Condition, provenance, edition or cast information, dimensions, signatures, and foundry details require object-level and lot-level verification.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Ju Ming 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 Ju Ming artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.