Now that prices have gone up in his later years, he has been even more stingy with his works, parting with only five or six a year at most.
如今的李石樵，擁有一號作品五萬元的身價，但他並不趕這股熱潮，也反對少數同輩畫家趁熱「撈一筆」的心態。晚年致力於用色增強彩度及造型力求簡化的他，在畫價調升後反倒更「惜畫如金」，一年頂多只讓出五、六幅。