Wang Hui Auction Prices and Value Guide
Wang Hui auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 551 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Wang Hui auction prices: quick answer
Wang Hui auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Wang Hui
- Source records
- 551
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Wang Hui market snapshot
Wang Hui shows deep auction liquidity with 211 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $70,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 18 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-18.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (13.6% · 16 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (25.4% · 30 sales)
- $10,000+ (61.0% · 72 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $11,430
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 18
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-18
Artist context
About Wang Hui
Born
1632
Died
1717
Nationality
Chinese
Also known as
Shigu, Gengyan, Wang Shigu, Wang Shih-ku
Wang Hui (1632–1717) was a Chinese landscape painter whose career belongs to the transition from the late Ming to the early Qing period. He is associated with the Four Wangs and the orthodox tradition in Chinese painting, a historical context in which engagement with earlier artistic models was especially important. Landscape is the subject most consistently identified in the collected sources. Collectors and cataloguers may encounter his work under Wang Hui or under names and transliterations including Shigu, Gengyan, Wang Shigu, and Wang Shih-ku. Those variants are valuable for entity matching, but the common romanization “Wang Hui” also creates a risk of confusing the painter with unrelated people. An appraisal should therefore connect the individual object to the historical artist through its catalog attribution and supporting evidence, rather than relying on the name alone. The available authority records establish a useful identity framework for researching works offered under these variants.
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Common works and media
The collected sources most clearly associate Wang Hui with landscape painting and the orthodox tradition of Chinese art. Works encountered in appraisal or auction research may be cataloged under several names and transliterations, especially Shigu, Gengyan, Wang Shigu, or Wang Shih-ku. The source pack does not establish more granular information about supports, formats, editions, or other media, so those characteristics should be documented from the object and its original catalog record rather than inferred from the artist name.
Market and appraisal context
Auction evidence for Wang Hui should be interpreted only after confirming that a lot refers to the Qing-dynasty landscape painter. Catalog attribution and name variants are central because records may appear under Wang Hui, Shigu, Gengyan, or alternative transliterations. Comparable results are most useful when the attributed artist, work type, landscape subject, sale date, and catalog context align. The collected pack does not provide lot-level information about support, dimensions, inscriptions, seals, condition, provenance, or the precise strength of attribution; those details should be checked in original auction catalogues and physical documentation. The available evidence supports an identity and comparison framework, not a price prediction or authentication conclusion.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Chinese landscape paintings
Value drivers
- Object-level attribution to the Qing-dynasty painter rather than another person sharing the romanized name Wang Hui
- Catalog matching across names and transliterations such as Shigu, Gengyan, Wang Shigu, and Wang Shih-ku
- Consistency of the cataloged work type and landscape subject with the documented artistic context
- Comparable public auction records matched by attribution, work type, sale date, and lot context when those details are available
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack does not contain lot-level evidence for support, dimensions, inscriptions, seals, condition, provenance, or attribution wording.
- The romanized name Wang Hui is not uniquely identifying; auction records require object-level review before they can be assigned to the Qing-dynasty painter.
- No major-auction-house biography or individual lot record was successfully collected, so market conclusions should remain provisional.
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 Wang Hui 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 Wang Hui artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.