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Bernard Buffet

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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407lots offered2000–2026years recorded80%sold (293)$1.1kSign up free to seemedian price

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Record prices

  1. Bernard Buffet, Toréro Debout, 1961, Oil on canvasToréro DeboutRavenel · NT$18,000,000≈ $610,380≈ £482,934≈ €534,109Sign up to see
  2. Bernard Buffet, La Rue Soufflot et le Panthéon, 1956, Oil on canvasLa Rue Soufflot et le PanthéonRavenel · NT$16,800,000≈ $550,368≈ £425,487≈ €501,155Sign up to see
  3. Bernard Buffet, Torero rose, 1960, oil on canvasTorero 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).

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Average price
$29.9kSign up free to see
median $1.1kfree account
High
$610kSign up free to see
auction record in database
Lots sold
293
of 366 offered · 2000–2026
Sell-through
80%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$10$100$1k$10k$100k$1M200320062009201220152018202120242000-11-05 · $7152001-12-07 · $6282002-03-23 · $8092002-06-04 · $8352002-06-04 · $1,1132002-12-06 · $2,3012003-06-04 · $1,6132003-06-04 · $9412003-06-06 · $3,5322003-10-24 · $1,3552003-10-24 · $1,0842003-10-24 · $6772004-03-26 · $4,5582004-03-26 · $4,2732004-03-26 · $3,1332004-03-26 · $3572004-10-29 · $1,6392004-10-29 · $8652004-10-29 · $8202004-12-05 · $2,0582004-12-05 · $6332004-12-07 · $4,7232005-09-17 · $5612005-10-28 · $4,1892005-10-28 · $4,0442005-10-28 · $2,3112005-10-28 · $2,3112005-10-28 · $2,1672005-10-28 · $1,8782005-10-28 · $1,8782005-10-28 · $1,5892005-10-28 · $1,1562006-03-31 · $2,1612006-03-31 · $1,4402006-03-31 · $1,3692007-02-02 · $10,9252007-05-22 · $51,0002007-06-03 · $60,7582007-06-24 · $1502007-10-27 · $2,0712007-11-09 · $4002007-11-09 · $4752007-11-09 · $3,2502008-04-18 · $170,0002008-09-12 · $14,0002008-11-14 · $6002008-11-15 · $3042008-11-18 · $12,0002008-12-07 · $48,6342009-05-29 · $103,1972009-11-13 · $4252009-11-17 · $45,7502010-04-24 · $3,2482010-04-24 · $1,9492010-04-24 · $1,2992010-05-23 · $9802010-05-24 · $1,0702010-10-23 · $1,7002010-12-04 · $79,4762011-03-07 · $7682011-05-07 · $4,8942011-11-25 · $61,3302011-11-28 · $9942011-11-28 · $1,6892011-11-28 · $6952012-01-08 · $3502012-09-27 · $74,5002012-11-18 · $1,6532012-11-25 · $85,1602012-11-25 · $92,9022013-01-13 · $5632013-02-03 · $3502013-02-03 · $8502013-02-03 · $7002013-03-24 · $5632013-04-21 · $3752013-05-05 · $1,2002013-05-26 · $77,2862013-06-03 · $70,0002013-06-03 · $2502013-06-03 · $8002013-07-07 · $5502013-07-14 · $4382013-07-14 · $4382013-08-20 · $1212013-09-20 · $9502013-10-13 · $2,5002013-11-11 · $126,2092013-11-15 · $8162014-01-26 · $1752014-02-04 · $8292014-02-04 · $882014-03-16 · $3002014-06-07 · $5,1162014-11-16 · $4002014-11-23 · $1,6632014-11-25 · $166,5292014-12-02 · $29,5412015-03-26 · $44,2802015-04-20 · $7262015-04-21 · $1,2502015-06-02 · $6542015-06-02 · $5692015-06-02 · $4272015-06-02 · $9252015-09-12 · $1,6002015-10-11 · $2752015-11-25 · $3422015-12-14 · $1,6252016-05-24 · $7502016-06-01 · $158,5592016-06-01 · $5772016-11-05 · $1,5002016-11-05 · $6882016-11-20 · $120,3072016-11-20 · $206,7782016-12-09 · $8862016-12-09 · $2,7242016-12-09 · $3272017-02-22 · $9342017-03-05 · $3752017-05-21 · $3502017-06-03 · $127,4112017-10-17 · $4,5002017-10-17 · $2,7502017-10-17 · $2,1252017-10-17 · $2,0002017-10-17 · $2,0002017-10-17 · $2,5002017-10-17 · $2,2502017-10-17 · $1,3752017-10-17 · $1,5002017-10-17 · $1,8752017-10-17 · $2,2502017-10-17 · $1,6252017-12-06 · $3052017-12-11 · $6132018-01-12 · $1702018-01-27 · $2002018-03-10 · $87,5002018-03-10 · $72,5002018-03-10 · $3752018-04-19 · $30,0002018-04-20 · $1,9052018-04-20 · $1,0332018-04-20 · $1,9052018-05-24 · $1492018-06-02 · $88,4142018-06-02 · $301,4102018-06-02 · $4,4212018-06-17 · $1,7002018-08-31 · $1,9542018-08-31 · $6472018-08-31 · $1,9542018-11-04 · $4922018-12-01 · $77,8562018-12-01 · $259,5202018-12-01 · $27,2502018-12-09 · $5672018-12-14 · $9002019-01-11 · $2382019-01-11 · $4462019-05-10 · $5502019-05-17 · $1,1002019-05-29 · $2,4472019-05-29 · $8632019-06-01 · $34,1502019-06-01 · $295,9632019-07-30 · $1,0002019-11-09 · $1,0202019-12-01 · $550,3682020-01-19 · $3252020-02-08 · $40,0002020-04-17 · $7752020-04-26 · $7002020-06-10 · $1,2152020-06-23 · $9372020-06-26 · $33,2802020-06-26 · $1,3022020-06-26 · $1,0132020-06-26 · $1,0852020-06-26 · $1,1572020-07-18 · $1232020-07-19 · $610,3802020-08-01 · $2,2002020-12-05 · $9002020-12-08 · $52,9202020-12-08 · $252,0002020-12-17 · $1,0032021-02-06 · $1152021-04-08 · $5502021-04-10 · $8502021-04-10 · $6502021-04-11 · $4252021-05-19 · $8652021-05-23 · $5502021-06-09 · $3,6402021-08-28 · $8232021-10-10 · $8502021-10-16 · $6602021-10-16 · $8402021-10-19 · $30,2402021-11-29 · $105,0042022-02-09 · $9812022-02-09 · $6792022-02-10 · $4502022-03-24 · $552022-04-25 · $2242022-04-27 · $2,7942022-04-27 · $1,1182022-04-27 · $8382022-05-20 · $1,1172022-09-15 · $1202022-09-21 · $90,2392022-10-12 · $2212022-10-13 · $333,3202022-10-13 · $85,1032022-10-26 · $7282022-11-30 · $129,2162022-11-30 · $452,2542022-12-08 · $110,7652023-01-11 · $5502023-01-22 · $5502023-03-03 · $167,5002023-03-15 · $113,4002023-03-15 · $113,4002023-05-30 · $2042023-09-20 · $1,2262023-09-20 · $2,6752023-09-27 · $9742023-11-01 · $302023-11-21 · $52,4782023-11-29 · $1262023-12-08 · $45,1662024-01-03 · $7932024-04-14 · $4412024-06-01 · $73,1012024-06-12 · $4972024-06-27 · $28,9062024-09-25 · $64,8402024-10-10 · $3502024-11-01 · $4412024-11-14 · $56,7002024-12-08 · $2502024-12-11 · $9622024-12-11 · $5092024-12-17 · $8602024-12-17 · $9922025-01-30 · $3642025-04-18 · $6002025-04-18 · $5002025-05-21 · $127,0002025-05-22 · $4102025-06-26 · $2,1202025-07-30 · $1,0242025-09-09 · $2502025-09-09 · $5002025-11-20 · $25,6002025-11-20 · $44,8002025-11-21 · $180,6002025-12-03 · $44,6452025-12-03 · $18,8882025-12-03 · $80,7052025-12-04 · $6572025-12-04 · $5472025-12-05 · $3502026-01-11 · $7002026-01-22 · $9602026-03-13 · $4452026-03-22 · $9382026-04-16 · $83,8642026-04-16 · $96,0952026-04-16 · $113,5662026-04-28 · $4712026-05-21 · $254,5002026-06-05 · $103,4802026-07-22 · $2662026-07-25 · $286
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

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

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings857184%$133kSign up$89.3kSign up$610kSign up
Oil847083%$134kSign up$90.2kSign up$610kSign up
Mixed media11100%$34.1kSign up$34.1kSign up$34.1kSign up
Works on paper1818100%$32.9kSign up$29.2kSign up$127kSign up
Watercolor66100%$46.1kSign up$44.3kSign up$105kSign up
Pastel11100%$30kSign up$30kSign up$30kSign up
Drawing77100%$4kSign up$3.6kSign up$12kSign up
Prints & multiples24319881%$1.5kSign up$845Sign up$30.2kSign up
Etching1010100%$703Sign up$651Sign up$1.2kSign up
Drypoint9667%$785Sign up$589Sign up$1.9kSign up
Lithograph20916880%$1.6kSign up$875Sign up$30.2kSign up
Screenprint22100%$1kSign up$1kSign up$1.1kSign up
Print (other)131292%$658Sign up$549Sign up$2.1kSign up
Photography11100%$2.4kSign up$2.4kSign up$2.4kSign up
Photograph11100%$2.4kSign up$2.4kSign up$2.4kSign up
Other19526%$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

YearOfferedSoldMedian
20261712$949Sign up
20252421$840Sign up
20241817$826Sign up
20232115$1.2kSign up
20222319$1kSign up
20211919$832Sign up
20202019$1.1kSign up
20191411$1kSign up
20182723$1.9kSign up
20173818$1.9kSign up
20161210$1.2kSign up
20151311$726Sign up
201499$829Sign up
20132219$700Sign up
2012175$74.5kSign up
201186$1.3kSign up
201097$1.7kSign up
200943$45.8kSign up
200866$13kSign up
200788$2.7kSign up
200633$1.4kSign up
20051210$2kSign up
20041010$1.8kSign up
200366$1.2kSign up
200244$974Sign up
200111$628Sign up
200011$715Sign up

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