Li Hei Di's Auction Record Jumps 23%
3 min read · 28 Sep 2026
The Heaviest of Burdens Crushes Us, We Sink Beneath It, It Pins Us to the Ground. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
Li Hei Di, The Heaviest of Burdens Crushes Us, We Sink Beneath It, It Pins Us to the Ground (2023) sold for $424,300 (HKD3.33m), more than four times the low estimate at Sotheby's in Hong Kong on September 28. The oil on canvas work has been traded once in the past.
The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $81,500, a 23% rise.
There Was One Summer Returning Over and Over; There Was One Dawn I Grew Old Watching (2023). Sold for $342,800 in 2025. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
The previous record was set by There Was One Summer Returning Over and Over; There Was One Dawn I Grew Old Watching (2023), which sold for $342,800 at Sotheby's on September 28, 2025. The work had been traded twice in the past.
Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 28, 2026 | The Heaviest of Burdens Crushes Us, We Sink Beneath It, It Pins Us to the Ground | $424,300 | 24 % | Sotheby's | Hong Kong |
September 28, 2025 | There Was One Summer Returning Over and Over; There Was One Dawn I Grew Old Watching | $342,800 | 91 % | Sotheby's | Hong Kong |
March 29, 2025 | Drifted Petals on Her Lifted Mound 在死的冰上起愛的火災 | $179,500 | 16 % | Sotheby's | Hong Kong |
November 25, 2024 | Orange Swim | $155,100 | 22 % | Phillips | Hong Kong |
November 19, 2024 | Unfolding a flood | $127,000 | - | Phillips | New York |
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