In 2006, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Terrace I (1973), offered in the Forty Masterpieces Museum Quality Series VII by Osian's, which concluded on 09 September 2006 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹1,20,00,000 ($259,347). 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.

K.G. Subramanyan’s ability to use the human form, especially the female face, as a means of creating images which fuse the playful and the harsh, the erotic and detached, so evolving an iconicity through the mood of an iconoclast, is unique. The pictorial techniques and modes of traditional Indian glass painting, the Kalighat pats, the Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut prints and the art of Matisse, are all fused within his original artistic mind and hand, so revealing a style and idiom, totally his own

In 1983, K. G. Subramanyan Retrospective Exhibition marked a major milestone in the exhibition history of K.G. Subramanyan, offering a retrospective survey of the artist's artistic production

On 20 December 1987, K.G. Subramanyan made their debut in the Indian public auction market when Faces was presented as Lot 32 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 Rain On High Street (1987), 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 ₹27,60,000 ($62,232). 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 Training For Circus (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 ₹32,20,000 ($72,604). 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 Symbols Of Liberty (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 ₹34,50,000 ($77,790). 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 2005, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1990), offered in the Modern and Contemporary Paintings by Nine Masters: Spring Online Auction by Saffronart, which concluded on 02 March 2005 at Online, achieving a sale price of ₹9,61,400 ($22,000). 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 2005, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Odd Encounters (1994), offered in the Modern and Contemporary Paintings by Nine Masters: Spring Online Auction by Saffronart, which concluded on 02 March 2005 at Online, achieving a sale price of ₹19,25,597 ($44,064). 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 Two Women (1999), offered in the The Bengal Art Auction: Early and Current Art of the Region by Apparao Art, which concluded on 03 September 2006 at Online, achieving a sale price of ₹70,85,000 ($152,562). 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 2001, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Buss Cola And The Beauty Queens (2000), offered in the Indian Contemporary Fine Art by Saffronart, which concluded on 21 September 2001 at Los Angeles, achieving a sale price of ₹3,84,080 ($8,000). 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 2002, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Mask, Icon, Mount, Mascot (2000), offered in the Modern Indian Paintings by Saffronart, which concluded on 16 May 2002 at Online, achieving a sale price of ₹3,98,400 ($8,121). 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.