Dieter Rams: career timeline

b. 1932 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 25 of 29 lots (86% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Dieter Rams: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1950s	3	3	$5.1kSign up	Sculpture
1960s	21	21	$2kSign up	Sculpture
1980s	1	1	$699Sign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1950s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $6.8kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 19 in (50 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1958 L2 Speaker$2.5kSign up
c. 1959 LE 1 electrostatic loudspeakers, pair$12.7kSign up
1959 Phono-Transistor TP 1 (Taschen-Transistorradio T 4 und tragbarer Plattenspieler P 1)$5.1kSign up

1960s 21 works

Sold: 21 of 21
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $4.9kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 22 in (51 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (11), Other (8), Acrylic (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1960 Desk, model RZ 57$330Sign up
c. 1960 606 Universal Shelving System$7.6kSign up
1961 Tischsuper RT 20 radio$2kSign up
1961 CSV 13 amplifier$508Sign up
1961 Tischsuper RT 20 radio$1.1kSign up
1962 620 lounge chair and ottoman$4.2kSign up
1962 First generation 620 high back lounge chair$1.6kSign up
1962 620 high back lounge chairs, pair$1.3kSign up
1962 620 lounge chair and ottoman$2.3kSign up
1962 A modular system designed in 1962$3.4kSign up
1962 A modular system designed in 1962$3.7kSign up
1962 Stereo$13.8kSign up

Show 9 more (1960s)

1963 CE 16 tuner$330Sign up
c. 1964 Hi-Fi Wall Unit stereo system$25.3kSign up
1964 FS 80 television$2.1kSign up
c. 1964 Hi-Fi Wall Unit stereo system$23.8kSign up
c. 1964 Hi-Fi-Hängesystem – bestehend aus: Steuergerät TS 45 / Tonbandgerät TG 60 / zwei Flachlautsprechern L 450 / Plattenspieler PS 402. 1964 / 1965 / 1965 / 1967$5.8kSign up
1965 Speakers model L 300, pair$865Sign up
1968 T2 Cylindric lighter$1.1kSign up
1968 PS 500 record player$1.1kSign up
1968 PS 500 turntable$786Sign up

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $699Sign up
Average: $699Sign up
Typical size: 3 × 4 in (7 × 10 cm)
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1987 Collection of three alarm clocks$699Sign up

Creation date not recorded

4 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2019 Audio 308 S Record PlayerUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $4.2kSign up
Typical size: 100.5 × 112.5 in (255 × 286 cm)
Mediums: Other (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 606 Universal Shelving System$2.5kSign up
sold 2022 606 Universal Shelving System$8.8kSign up
sold 2024 606 Universal Shelving System$1.2kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Dieter Rams auction results →