PHILLIPS’ MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART FALL AUCTIONS IN HONG KONG REALISES HK$218 MILLION/ US$28 MILLION
54% of Lots Sold Secured via Priority Bidding
Combined Total for Evening and Day Sales: HK$217,721,163/ US$27,977,169
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Hong Kong Head of Auctions and Auctioneer Danielle So selling lot 182, Zao Wou-Ki’s Untitled |
Danielle So, Hong Kong Head of Auctions, Phillips, and Rebecca Hu, Head of Sale, Modern & Contemporary Art, Phillips Hong Kong, jointly said: "Innovation lies at the heart of Phillips’ DNA. We are constantly looking to improve and evolve our business, and this season we introduced Priority Bidding—a first-of-its-kind Buyer’s Premium structure that rewards early participation with lower rates. The results have been encouraging, with the 116 lots sold across our Modern & Contemporary Art Evening and Day Sales in Hong Kong, 54% benefited from priority bids. Building on the success of yesterday’s Evening Sale, which saw strong demand for works by 20th-century masters, today’s Day Sale carried the momentum forward. Works by Zao Wou-Ki, Chu Teh-Chun, Sanyu, Mai Trung Thứ, Ju Ming, and Li Chen achieved results well above their pre-sale estimates. Having established ourselves in recent years as a leading auction house for Yoshitomo Nara, we were delighted to once again achieve strong results for the artist’s work in the Day Sale, followed by the star lot Pinky, which headlined our Evening Sale yesterday.”
Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale Achieves HK$58 Million/ US$7.4 Million
Hong Kong, 28 September 2025 | Day Sale Total: HK$57,759,363/ US$7,422,078
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Lots Sold: 96 | Lots Offered: 121 |
Sold by Lot: 79% | Sold by Value: 88% |
Top 10 Lots
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Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
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182 |
Zao Wou-Ki, Untitled, 1948 |
HK$2,000,000 - 3,000,000 US$256,000 - 385,000 |
HK$2,838,000 US$364,683 |
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198 |
Chu Teh-Chun, Transparence voilée, 2003 |
HK$2,000,000 - 3,000,000 US$256,000 - 385,000 |
HK$2,580,000 US$331,530 |
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165 |
Li Chen, Angelic Smile, 2010 |
HK$1,200,000 - 2,400,000 US$154,000 - 308,000 |
HK$2,193,000 US$281,801 |
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177 |
Mai Trung Thứ, Walk in the Garden, 1971 |
HK$800,000 - 1,200,000 US$103,000 - 154,000 |
HK$2,193,000 US$281,801 |
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175 |
Mai Trung Thứ, Girl Serving Tea, 1971 |
HK$800,000 - 1,200,000 US$103,000 - 154,000 |
HK$1,806,000 US$232,071 |
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114 |
Takashi Murakami & Virgil Abloh, "FLOWER", 2018 |
HK$1,200,000 - 2,200,000 US$154,000 - 282,000 |
HK$1,677,000 US$215,495 |
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122 |
Yoshitomo Nara, Kleine Taucherin auf der Wolke, 1996 |
HK$1,000,000 - 2,000,000 US$128,000 - 256,000 |
HK$1,677,000 US$215,495 |
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131 |
Yayoi Kusama, Visionary Wave Crest, 1978 |
HK$1,500,000 - 2,500,000 US$192,000 - 321,000 |
HK$1,677,000 US$215,495 |
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127 |
Yoshitomo Nara, In the Floating World (set of 16), 1999 |
HK$1,200,000 - 2,200,000 US$154,000 - 282,000 |
HK$1,548,000 US$198,918 |
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208 |
Chen Yifei, Blue Water Village |
HK$1,000,000 - 2,000,000 US$128,000 - 256,000 |
HK$1,548,000 US$198,918 |
Exchange Rate on 27 & 28 September 2025: HK$1= US$0.1285
Please click here to download the Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale result.
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