CONTEMPORARY, b. Hirosaki, Japan
Yoshitomo Nara. Photo: Mark Von Holden/WireImage
Auction totals
| Price confidence | Price momentum | Average lot Price |
| 68.8% | -28.2% | $4.9m |
| Percentage of lots sold above low estimate | Change in average lot value 2022 to 2023 (H1) | Average lot value over the period 2018–23 |
| (2018 to H1 2023) |
| $51.6m | 11 | $4.7m |
| Private sales value | Sold lots | Average price |
Top 10 artworks sold at auction
| (2018 to H1 2023) |
| RANK | TITLE | DATE | WHERE | WHEN | SOLD FOR |
| 1 | Knife Behind Back | 2000 | Sotheby's Hong Kong | 6 Oct 2019 | $25m |
| 2 | Missing in Action | 2000 | Phillips Hong Kong | 8 Jun 2021 | $15.9m |
| 3 | Nice to See You Again | 1996 | Sotheby's New York | 18 Nov 2021 | $15.4m |
| 4 | Oddly Cozy | 2013 | Sotheby's Hong Kong | 27 Apr 2022 | $14.3m |
| 5 | Hothouse Doll | 1995 | Phillips Hong Kong | 3 Dec 2020 | $13.3m |
| 6 | In the Milky Lake | 2012 | Sotheby's Hong Kong | 5 Apr 2023 | $12.8m |
| 7 | Frog Girl | 1998 | Sotheby's Hong Kong | 19 Apr 2021 | $12.4m |
| 8 | Wish World Peace | 2014 | Christie's Hong Kong | 26 May 2022 | $12.4m |
| 9 | Light Haze Days / Study | 2020 | Sotheby's New York | 16 Nov 2022 | $11.9m |
| 10 | Can't Wait 'til the Night Comes | 2012 | Christie's Hong Kong | 23 Nov 2019 | $11.9m |
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