In 1997, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Departure of a Friend (1970), offered in the The Indian Sale by Sotheby's, which concluded on 08 May 1997 at London, achieving a sale price of ₹4,67,438 ($13,055). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

An incorrigible eclectic, Bhupen has contrived a style of his own with the assortment of signs and characters picked up from the Indian environment. His work makes sense in the very hodgepodge of India’s urban culture, which is hybrid by circumstance and capable of making outlandish visual combinations.

In 1995, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Weatherman (1979), offered in the Indian Contemporary Paintings: Islamic Works of Art and Indian, Himalaya and South-East Asian Art by Christie's, which concluded on 16 October 1995 at London, achieving a sale price of ₹1,98,996 ($5,803). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

An incorrigible eclectic, Bhupen has contrived a style of his own with the assortment of signs and characters picked up from the Indian environment. His work makes sense in the very hodgepodge of India’s urban culture, which is hybrid by circumstance and capable of making outlandish visual combinations. It is the perpetual paradox of pictorial references in popular art which intrigues Bhupen: the way in which the folk and classical forms mutually transfigure each other, the lavishness with which a realistic figure in the European tradition is overlaid with ornamentation pilfered from the medieval image.

In 2019, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Two Men in Benares (1982), offered in the Coups de Coeur: The Guy And Helen Barbier Collection by Sotheby's, which concluded on 10 June 2019 at London, achieving a sale price of ₹22,37,53,803 ($3,221,342.46). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

On 20 December 1987, Bhupen Khakhar made their debut in the Indian public auction market when Fishermen was presented as Lot 13 in Contemporary Indian Art (Charity Auction), conducted by Christie's in Mumbai, India. This auction marked the artist's first recorded appearance in the public auction market, establishing the earliest chapter of their auction history.

In 2006, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Fisherman (1989), offered in the Masterpieces & Museum Quality Series VI: With Rare Drawings and Books on Indian Contemporary Art by Osian's, which concluded on 01 March 2006 at New Delhi, achieving a sale price of ₹17,25,000 ($38,895). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

In 2018, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (The Bathing Ghat) (1994), offered in the Modern Indian Art by Saffronart, which concluded on 06 December 2018 at Online, achieving a sale price of ₹6,21,00,000 ($900,000). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

In 2006, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Artists Studio (1995), offered in the Modern and Contemporary Indian Art by Christie's, which concluded on 20 September 2006 at New York, achieving a sale price of ₹1,10,52,000 ($240,000). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

I feel much lighter now. My personal tensions have been resolved. At 64, you no longer have the feeling that you will never die. One leaves the ambition to become a great painter and accepts whatever one is. Eariler, I worried all the time about my position as an artist.

In 2014, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Night (1996), offered in the South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art by Christie's, which concluded on 11 June 2014 at London, achieving a sale price of ₹4,31,96,599.6 ($728,134.84). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.