Pablo Picasso Work Sells for $179,900 to Deliver a 11% Annualized Return

Pablo Picasso Work Sells for $179,900 to Deliver a 11% Annualized Return

3 min read  ·  30 Mar 2026

Quatres personnages. Image courtesy of Sotheby's Hong Kong

Quatres personnages. Image courtesy of Sotheby's Hong Kong

Pablo Picasso, Quatres personnages (1969), sold for $179,900 (HKD1.41m), more than one and a half times the low estimate at Sotheby's Hong Kong in Hong Kong on March 30.

The sale beat the previous auction result for this work by $136,900, equivalent to an annualized return of 11%. It last sold at auction in 2013 for $42,900 at Piasa.

Ink on paper, 21.0 x 27.0cm. The work has been traded twice in the past.

Sale Date
Price
Price Increase
Venue
City
March 30, 2026
$179,900
319 %
Sotheby's Hong Kong
Hong Kong
November 26, 2013
-
-
Piasa
Paris
April 12, 2013
$42,900
-
Piasa
Paris

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