Market dispatch·Hong Kong
Vietnamese Painter Tran Luu Hau More Than Doubles His Auction Record at Sotheby's Hong Kong
Tran Luu Hau's 2005 canvas Park hammered for $359,000 at Sotheby's Hong Kong on 29 September, smashing his previous auction record by 125% and selling at more than four and a half times its low estimate.

The Vietnamese artist Tran Luu Hau has a new auction benchmark. His acrylic-on-canvas Park (2005), appearing at auction for the first time, sold for $359,000 (HKD2.82m) at Sotheby's in Hong Kong on 29 September 2026, fetching more than four and a half times its low estimate. The result beats his previous record of $147,500, set by Ancient Street in Hanoi (1997) at Bonhams in March 2025, by $211,600 — a 125% increase. The work was the only lot by the artist in the sale.

