Lai Afong
Chinese · 1839–1890 · Photographer
Lai Afong or Lai Fong was a Chinese photographer who established Afong Studio, considered to be the most successful photographic studio in the late Qing dynasty. He is widely… (Wikipedia)
Record prices
Album of photographs of Peking and its environsChiswick Auctions · £3,000≈ $4,018≈ €3,466Sign up to see
Pagoda of the Five Hundred GeniusesChiswick Auctions · £320≈ $429≈ €370Sign up to see
Lai Afong’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).
ArtSell has recorded 2 auction results for Lai Afong in 2026, and 2 of them sold (100%). Half of the priced sales fell between $1.3kSign up free to see and $3.1kSign up free to see, with a median of $2.2kSign up free to see. The auction record in our data is Album of photographs of Peking and its environs, sold at Chiswick Auctions in March 2026 for $4kSign up free to see. The houses with the most results are Chiswick Auctions (2).
Lai Afong at auction: key figures
- Auction results
- 2
- Sold rate
- 100%
- Active at auction
- 2026
- Median price
- $2.2kSign up free to see
- Record price
- $4kSign up free to see Album of photographs of Peking and its environs, Chiswick Auctions, Mar 2026
Top auction houses: Chiswick Auctions (2)
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Typical range is the middle half of priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). Past auction results, not a valuation.
2 results
- £320≈ $429≈ €370Sign up free to see
- £3,000≈ $4,018≈ €3,466Sign up free to see
Lai Afong: quick facts
What is the highest price paid for a work by Lai Afong at auction?
$4,018Sign up free to see, for Album of photographs of Peking and its environs at Chiswick Auctions (March 2026) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.
What is a typical auction price for Lai Afong?
The median sale price is $2.2kSign up free to see across 2 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.
How many works by Lai Afong have sold at auction?
2 of 2 recorded lots sold in 2026.
Which auction houses sell Lai Afong?
Chiswick Auctions accounts for the most recorded results. Chiswick Auctions
About Lai Afong
Lai Afong or Lai Fong was a Chinese photographer who established Afong Studio, considered to be the most successful photographic studio in the late Qing dynasty. He is widely acknowledged as the most significant Chinese photographer of the nineteenth century.
From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
In museum collections
Untitled (Hong Kong, St. John’s Cathedral, from the Parade Ground, H.M. Regiment on Parade), 1866–73
Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A Commercial Street in Guangzhou, c. 1880
Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Commercial Street, Canton (recto), c. 1860s
Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Commercial Street, Canton (recto); Untitled (man being carried in sedan chair, verso), c. 1860s & c. 1880s
Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0