The most expensive Bearbrick ever sold is the Chanel 1000%, which reached $30,000 at a Christie’s auction in November 2019. Below that, the highest recorded sales cluster between $12,000 and $21,000, almost all of them 1000% figures from limited collaborations.

What follows is a ranked list of the highest documented sales, followed by an honest look at what actually drives those numbers — because the pattern behind them is more useful than the prices themselves.

What is the most expensive Bearbrick ever sold?

The Chanel 1000% Bearbrick, at $30,000 through Christie’s in November 2019. It remains the outlier: the next highest recorded sale is roughly a third lower.

Two things made it. It was produced in a very small run as a promotional piece rather than a retail release, and it carried a luxury house’s branding into a market that had never seen one. Scarcity and an unrepeatable collaboration are the combination that produces figures at this level.

Which Bearbricks have sold for the most money?

Ten figures account for most of the top recorded sales, and nine of the ten are 1000% size. The list below is drawn from Complex’s compilation of the highest Bearbrick sales, which sources each figure to its auction or marketplace result.

#	Figure	Sale price	Where and when
1	Chanel 1000%	$30,000	Christie’s, November 2019
2	BAPE × Readymade 1000% set	$20,799	StockX, 2021
3	My First Bearbrick B@by Space Version 1000%	$15,985	StockX, 2022
4	Sorayama × Daniel Arsham 1000%	$14,999	StockX, 2021
5	Readymade × Mickey Mouse 1000%	$14,599	StockX, 2021
6	KAWS Chomper 1000%	$14,200	StockX, 2021
7	Fragment Design World Wide Tour 2 1000%	$14,076	StockX, 2022
8	Karimoku Horizon 1000%	$13,000	StockX
9	KAWS OriginalFake 6th Anniversary 1000%	$12,800	StockX, 2022
10	BAPE × Readymade 100% & 1000% set	$12,000	StockX, 2021

These are individual recorded transactions, not standing market values. A figure that sold for $14,000 in 2021 may trade above or below that today, and marketplace prices for collectibles move considerably.

Why are 1000% Bearbricks worth the most?

Because Medicom produces them in the smallest quantities. The 1000% is the most expensive size to manufacture and ship, so runs are short, and short runs are what create secondary-market scarcity.

Size alone does not do it, though. A 1000% from a large, widely available release will not command these prices. What the figures above share is a limited run and a collaboration that cannot be repeated — a fashion house, a named artist, an anniversary edition. Remove either half and the number collapses.

What makes a Bearbrick valuable?

Edition size and the strength of the collaboration, in that order. Everything else — age, size, condition, packaging — modifies the price rather than setting it.

In practice, four factors do most of the work:

• Production run. The single strongest driver. Figures made in the hundreds behave completely differently from figures made in the tens of thousands.
• The collaborator. Established artists (KAWS, Sorayama, Warhol estate releases) and luxury or heritage brands (Chanel, BAPE, Fragment) carry demand from outside the Bearbrick market itself.
• Whether it can be reissued. Medicom rarely re-releases, and a figure tied to a one-off event or anniversary definitionally cannot be. That certainty supports price.
• Condition and box. Sealed, unopened, with the original box, is the benchmark. An opened figure without packaging can lose a large share of its value.

Are expensive Bearbricks a good investment?

The figures on this list are the extreme tail of the market, not a representative sample. The overwhelming majority of Bearbricks do not appreciate meaningfully, and some sell below retail once initial demand passes.

Treating Bearbricks as an asset class means accepting real illiquidity — you need a buyer, marketplace fees are significant, and prices for collectibles are volatile and sentiment-driven. Nothing here is financial advice, and past sale prices are not an indication of future value. The collectors who do best over time are generally the ones who bought figures they wanted to display, and treated appreciation as an accident rather than a strategy.

Can you still buy the expensive ones?

Rarely at anything close to their original prices. Figures at this level trade through auction houses and specialist secondary marketplaces, and when they surface they sell at or above the numbers above.

What is realistically available is the tier below: current and recent 1000% collaborations from artists and brands with the same characteristics — a limited run and a collaboration that will not be repeated. Those are the figures that occupy this list in ten years. You can browse current 1000% Bearbricks, BAPE, Sorayama and Fragment collaborations to see what is in stock.

Frequently asked questions

What is the most expensive Bearbrick?

The Chanel 1000% Bearbrick, which sold for $30,000 at Christie’s in November 2019.

How much is a 1000% Bearbrick worth?

Current retail 1000% figures generally sell from several hundred dollars upward. Retired limited collaborations range far higher, with the top recorded sales between $12,000 and $30,000.

Which Bearbrick artist collaborations are worth the most?

KAWS, Hajime Sorayama and Daniel Arsham editions appear repeatedly among the highest recorded sales, alongside brand collaborations with Chanel, BAPE, Readymade and Fragment Design.

Does the box affect a Bearbrick’s value?

Substantially. Sealed figures with original packaging command a clear premium, and an opened figure without its box can be worth considerably less.

Do Bearbricks get re-released?

Rarely. Medicom’s editions are limited and re-issues are uncommon, which is a large part of why retired figures hold their prices.

Buying authentic figures

At these values, provenance matters more than anything else — the secondary market for high-value Bearbricks attracts convincing replicas. Buying from an authorised source removes that risk entirely, and it is worth reading how to identify a genuine figure before spending at any level.

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