Richard Lin Auction Prices and Value Guide
Richard Lin auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 229 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Richard Lin auction prices: quick answer
Richard Lin auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Richard Lin
- Source records
- 229
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Richard Lin market snapshot
Richard Lin shows deep auction liquidity with 180 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $43,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (9.9% · 14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (18.3% · 26 sales)
- $10,000+ (71.8% · 102 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $6,350
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 10
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-10
Artist context
About Richard Lin
Born
1933
Died
2011
Nationality
Taiwanese, British
Also known as
Richard Lin Show Yu, Lin Show Yu, Lin Shouyu, 林壽宇
Richard Lin (1933–2011), also known as Lin Show Yu, Lin Shouyu, and 林壽宇, was a Taiwan-born painter and sculptor whose career crossed Taiwanese and British art contexts. Authority records connect his English and Chinese name forms, although they vary in how they describe his nationality. Lin worked in Europe for approximately three decades beginning in the 1950s and returned to Taiwan in the early 1980s. His practice is associated with postwar abstraction, restrained geometry, minimalist reduction, and abstract reliefs; biographical material also identifies Piet Mondrian as an influence. Collectors may encounter paintings, sculptures, and relief-like works catalogued under different versions of his name. Careful entity matching is therefore important: records for Richard Lin, Richard Lin Show Yu, Lin Show Yu, Lin Shouyu, or 林壽宇 may concern the same artist. His cross-cultural career and spare formal language provide the principal context for understanding his work.
Abstract artMinimalist abstractionPaintingSculptureAbstract reliefs
Common works and media
Identity and biographical sources consistently describe Richard Lin as a painter and sculptor, while another source specifically highlights his abstract reliefs. Auction and appraisal research may therefore encounter paintings, sculptural objects, and relief-like abstract constructions under several English and Chinese name forms. The collected evidence does not establish that prints, editions, ceramics, drawings, or posters are characteristic auction categories for this artist.
Market and appraisal context
Richard Lin's market record should be assessed by matching the object to the correct artist and comparing it with documented sales of the same work type. Paintings, sculptures, and abstract reliefs should not be treated as interchangeable categories. The object's date and relationship to Lin's abstract or minimalist practice may also help establish an appropriate comparison set. Because the supplied sources do not expose individual realized prices, dimensions, provenance, condition, or edition information, they do not support a price forecast or trend claim. A defensible appraisal should instead examine the specific work's attribution, physical characteristics, condition, ownership history, and relevant public auction comparables.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Sculptures and abstract reliefs
Value drivers
- Work type and medium, particularly the distinction among paintings, sculptures, and reliefs
- Attribution and catalogue matching across the names Richard Lin, Lin Show Yu, Lin Shouyu, and 林壽宇
- Date and relationship to the artist's abstract or minimalist practice
- Comparison with relevant public auction records for the same work type when sufficiently documented records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not provide individual lot descriptions, realized prices, dimensions, provenance, condition reports, or edition details, so it cannot support a price trend or category-frequency conclusion.
- Do not infer a current value from the artist identity profile alone; examine the specific object's attribution, medium, date, dimensions, condition, provenance, and genuinely comparable public sales.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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 Richard Lin 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 Richard Lin artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.