Songyan Qian Auction Prices and Value Guide

Songyan Qian auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 666 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Songyan Qian auction prices: quick answer

Songyan Qian auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist: Songyan Qian
Source records: 666
Market update: 2026-02-16

Songyan Qian market snapshot

Songyan Qian shows deep auction liquidity with 176 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 15 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

Realized price distribution

Under $1,000 (36.5% · 38 sales)
$1,000 to $10,000 (19.2% · 20 sales)
$10,000+ (44.2% · 46 sales)

Median sale (last 12 months): $214,200
Sales recorded (last 12 months): 15
Median shift vs prior year: +100.0%
Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16

Artist context

About Songyan Qian

Born

1899

Died

1985

Nationality

Chinese

Also known as

Qian Songyan, 錢松岩, Ch'ien Sung-Yen, Ts'ien Song-Yen

Songyan Qian, more commonly ordered as Qian Songyan (錢松岩), was a Chinese painter who lived from 1899 to 1985. Public reference sources associate him with the New Nanjing, or Jinling, Art Style and identify landscapes and traditional scenes among his subjects. His professional standing also included leadership roles in Chinese arts organizations: he served as president of the Jiangsu Academy of Chinese Painting, as an executive director of the Association of Chinese Artists, and as honorary chairman of the association's Jiangsu branch. Collectors may encounter his name in several romanized forms, including Qian Songyan, Ch'ien Sung-Yen, and Ts'ien Song-Yen. These variations matter when linking an object, catalogue entry, or auction result to the correct artist entity. Appraisily therefore treats the Chinese name and established authority identifiers as important identity evidence while keeping object-level attribution separate from biographical identification.

New Nanjing (Jinling) Art StylePaintingLandscapesTraditional scenes

Common works and media

The available biographical sources identify Qian Songyan as a painter of landscapes and traditional scenes. Accordingly, paintings—especially works catalogued as Chinese landscapes or scene paintings—are the most clearly supported work type for auction and appraisal research. The source pack does not provide enough evidence to characterize particular formats, materials, editions, prints, drawings, sculptures, or recurring named series as common parts of his market.

Market and appraisal context

Works catalogued under Qian Songyan or Songyan Qian appear principally in Chinese-painting and landscape-painting contexts. For an individual appraisal, the name attached to a work is only a starting point. The attribution should be evaluated alongside inscriptions, seals, medium, dimensions, subject, date, provenance, and condition, followed by comparison with genuinely similar public auction lots. Romanization differences can fragment search results, so comparable-record research should include Qian Songyan, Songyan Qian, established older transliterations, and 錢松岩. The collected source pack does not include an accessible major-auction-house biography or detailed lot catalogue, so it does not justify claims about price trends, scarcity, or likely value.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

Chinese paintings
Landscape paintings

Value drivers

A secure attribution to Qian Songyan, including reconciliation of romanized names and the Chinese name 錢松岩
Comparison with public auction records catalogued under the artist's identity and name variants

Appraisal caveats

The collected source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house catalogue entry, so it does not support conclusions about price direction, record prices, scarcity, or relative demand.
An appraisal should independently examine attribution, inscriptions or seals, medium, dimensions, date, provenance, condition, and the relevance of comparable lots; the collected sources do not establish those details for any individual object.
Romanized name order varies between Songyan Qian and Qian Songyan, so auction-record matching should consider both forms and the Chinese name.

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
Library of Congress library authority
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek library authority
ISNI library authority

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Songyan Qian 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 Songyan Qian artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.