Bui Xuan Phai

Vietnamese · 1920–1988 · Painter

Bùi Xuân Phái was a Vietnamese painter. He is famous for the painting of Hanoi Old Quarters. He also painted the actors and musicians of Vietnamese opera. (Wikipedia)

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5auction results2009–2026years recorded60%sold (3)$21kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Bui Xuan Phai, Street Scene, 1982, oil on canvas laid on cardboardStreet ScenePhillips · HK$387,000≈ $49,323≈ £37,233≈ €43,437Sign up to see
  2. Bui Xuan Phai, Woman and Horse, oil on canvasWoman and HorsePhillips · HK$163,800≈ $21,001≈ £15,753≈ €18,624Sign up to see
  3. Bui Xuan Phai, Du Cheo, 1966, oil on paper boardDu CheoBonhams · $2,440≈ £1,454≈ €1,640Sign up to see

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Average price
median $21kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
3
of 5 offered · 2009–2026
Sell-through
60%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$10k$100k201120132015201720192021202320252009-11-17 · $2,4402021-11-29 · $21,0012026-09-30 · $49,323
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.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings3267%$35.2kSign up$35.2kSign up$49.3kSign up
Oil3267%$35.2kSign up$35.2kSign up$49.3kSign up
Works on paper2150%$2.4kSign up$2.4kSign up$2.4kSign up
Gouache100%—Sign up—Sign 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
202621$49.3kSign up
202310—Sign up
202111$21kSign up
200911$2.4kSign up

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