Bernard Buffet
French · 1928–1999 · Painter, Printmaker
Bernard Buffet was a French painter, printmaker, and illustrator. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Toréro DeboutRavenel · NT$18,000,000≈ $610,380≈ £482,934≈ €534,109Sign up to see
La Rue Soufflot et le PanthéonRavenel · NT$16,800,000≈ $550,368≈ £425,487≈ €501,155Sign up to see
Torero rosePhillips · HK$3,528,000≈ $452,254≈ £376,973≈ €435,866Sign up to see
Bernard Buffet’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
6 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
41 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
15 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 85 | 71 | 84% | $133kSign up | $89.3kSign up | $610kSign up |
| Oil | 84 | 70 | 83% | $134kSign up | $90.2kSign up | $610kSign up |
| Mixed media | 1 | 1 | 100% | $34.1kSign up | $34.1kSign up | $34.1kSign up |
| Works on paper | 18 | 18 | 100% | $32.9kSign up | $29.2kSign up | $127kSign up |
| Watercolor | 6 | 6 | 100% | $46.1kSign up | $44.3kSign up | $105kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 1 | 100% | $30kSign up | $30kSign up | $30kSign up |
| Drawing | 7 | 7 | 100% | $4kSign up | $3.6kSign up | $12kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 243 | 198 | 81% | $1.5kSign up | $845Sign up | $30.2kSign up |
| Etching | 10 | 10 | 100% | $703Sign up | $651Sign up | $1.2kSign up |
| Drypoint | 9 | 6 | 67% | $785Sign up | $589Sign up | $1.9kSign up |
| Lithograph | 209 | 168 | 80% | $1.6kSign up | $875Sign up | $30.2kSign up |
| Screenprint | 2 | 2 | 100% | $1kSign up | $1kSign up | $1.1kSign up |
| Print (other) | 13 | 12 | 92% | $658Sign up | $549Sign up | $2.1kSign up |
| Photography | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.4kSign up | $2.4kSign up | $2.4kSign up |
| Photograph | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.4kSign up | $2.4kSign up | $2.4kSign up |
| Other | 19 | 5 | 26% | $879Sign up | $865Sign up | $1.5kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 12 | $949Sign up |
| 2025 | 24 | 21 | $840Sign up |
| 2024 | 18 | 17 | $826Sign up |
| 2023 | 21 | 15 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2022 | 23 | 19 | $1kSign up |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | $832Sign up |
| 2020 | 20 | 19 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2019 | 14 | 11 | $1kSign up |
| 2018 | 27 | 23 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2017 | 38 | 18 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2016 | 12 | 10 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2015 | 13 | 11 | $726Sign up |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | $829Sign up |
| 2013 | 22 | 19 | $700Sign up |
| 2012 | 17 | 5 | $74.5kSign up |
| 2011 | 8 | 6 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2010 | 9 | 7 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 | $45.8kSign up |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | $13kSign up |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | $2.7kSign up |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2005 | 12 | 10 | $2kSign up |
| 2004 | 10 | 10 | $1.8kSign up |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | $974Sign up |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | $628Sign up |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | $715Sign up |