Albrecht Durer

German · 1471–1528 · Painter, Printmaker

Albrecht Dürer, sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established… (Wikipedia)

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489lots offered1994–2026years recorded82%sold (360)$2.9kSign up free to seemedian price

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Adam und EvaKornfeld · Sep 2021CHF 800,000≈ $862,160≈ £624,754≈ €731,885Sign up to see
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Melencolia I (Die Melancholie)Ketterer Kunst · Dec 2023€279,400≈ $301,109≈ £239,413Sign up to see

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Average price

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median $2.9kfree account

High

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Lots sold

360

of 440 offered · 1994–2026

Sell-through

82%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

37 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

49 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

3 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Works on paper	2	2	100%	$552Sign up	$552Sign up	$706Sign up
Drawing	1	1	100%	$706Sign up	$706Sign up	$706Sign up
Prints & multiples	361	305	84%	$12.4kSign up	$2.3kSign up	$862kSign up
Etching	28	21	75%	$10.7kSign up	$2.8kSign up	$94.4kSign up
Engraving	129	111	86%	$24kSign up	$4kSign up	$862kSign up
Drypoint	1	1	100%	$5kSign up	$5kSign up	$5kSign up
Lithograph	1	0	0%	—Sign up	—Sign up	—
Woodcut / linocut	163	136	83%	$4.6kSign up	$1.6kSign up	$100kSign up
Print (other)	39	36	92%	$7.1kSign up	$3.6kSign up	$92.3kSign up
Sculpture	2	1	50%	$380Sign up	$380Sign up	$380Sign up
Other	75	52	69%	$26kSign up	$8.8kSign up	$431kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	9	9	$4.3kSign up
2025	54	40	$4.1kSign up
2024	34	17	$6.5kSign up
2023	13	11	$2.5kSign up
2022	24	18	$1.2kSign up
2021	65	52	$5.6kSign up
2020	26	15	$650Sign up
2019	18	16	$9.5kSign up
2018	4	4	$3.1kSign up
2017	23	22	$5.6kSign up
2016	5	5	$247Sign up
2015	15	11	$2.9kSign up
2014	24	18	$2.2kSign up
2013	18	16	$2.9kSign up
2012	15	14	$3.1kSign up
2011	4	4	$7.9kSign up
2010	11	11	$1.8kSign up
2009	19	19	$2.7kSign up
2008	9	9	$1.4kSign up
2007	10	10	$4.2kSign up
2006	5	5	$25Sign up
2005	9	8	$1.8kSign up
2004	9	9	$2.1kSign up
2003	14	14	$1.3kSign up
1997	2	2	—Sign up
1994	1	1	—Sign up