# Adolf Luther - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T14:51:50.132Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 274
- Lots with prices: 200
- First auction date: 2005-11-29
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-28
- Median realised price: $6,500
- Price range: $100 to $182,500

## Market Takeaway
Adolf Luther shows deep auction liquidity with 274 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 38 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($6,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,400 and $16,250.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 8% (16 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 52.5% (105 sales)
- $10,000\+: 39.5% (79 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 38
- Previous 12 months sales: 32
- Recent 12 months median: $5,000
- Previous 12 months median: $3,500
- Median shift: 42.9%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-28
- Days since latest sale: 21
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 43 lots
- Van Ham Kunstauktionen: 31 lots
- Christie's: 26 lots
- Wettmann: 21 lots
- Dorotheum: 14 lots
- Sotheby's: 12 lots
- Grisebach: 11 lots
- Artcurial: 9 lots
- Koller Auctions: 8 lots
- Antikauktion Krefeld: 7 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-28 | Adolf Luther \(1912\-1990\) et Günther Uecker \(né en 1930\). Luther\-Uecker\-Obje | Christie's | €47,880
2. 2024-11-18 | Adolf Luther \(1912 \- Krefeld \- 1990\) – „Das Licht des Raumes“ | Karl & Faber | N/A
3. 2024-09-06 | Adolf Luther | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-adolf-luther-346-c-83c4d058b2
4. 2026-01-28 | ADOLF LUTHER \(1912\-1990\), ONE OF THE MOST | Historia Auctionata | N/A
5. 2025-12-04 | Adolf Luther: Stele mit 6 Doppellinsen | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €20,000
6. 2025-12-04 | Adolf Luther: Untitled | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €13,000
7. 2025-12-04 | Adolf Luther: Materialbild | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €5,000
8. 2025-12-02 | Adolf Luther \(1912 Krefeld\-Uerdingen \- 1989 Krefeld\) \(F\) | Wettmann | N/A
9. 2025-12-02 | Adolf Luther \(1912 Krefeld\-Uerdingen \- 1989 Krefeld\) \(F\) | Wettmann | N/A
10. 2025-12-02 | Adolf Luther \(1912 Krefeld\-Uerdingen \- 1989 Krefeld\) \(F\) | Wettmann | €1,400
11. 2025-12-02 | Adolf Luther \(1912 Krefeld\-Uerdingen \- 1989 Krefeld\) \(F\) | Wettmann | €1,400
12. 2025-11-27 | ADOLF LUTHER | Koller Auctions | CHF 2,400
13. 2025-11-19 | Adolf Luther \* | Dorotheum | €40,000
14. 2025-11-19 | Adolf Luther \* | Dorotheum | N/A
15. 2025-10-15 | Adolf Luther \(1912 Krefeld \- 1990 ibid\), Integration 'Sphärische Hohlspiegelwand' \(Spherical concave mirror wall\), early 1970s | Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen GmbH | €80,000
16. 2025-10-08 | Adolf Luther \(1912 \- Krefeld \- 1990\) – Lichtschleuse | Karl & Faber \- Timed | €2,400
17. 2025-09-19 | Adolf Luther \(1912 Uerdingen \- Krefeld 1990\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €1,300
18. 2025-09-19 | Adolf Luther \(1912 Uerdingen \- Krefeld 1990\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €4,000
19. 2025-06-30 | Adolf Luther 1912–1990 | Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer | CHF 2,800
20. 2025-06-07 | Adolf LUTHER \(1912\-1990\) Mirror object with 8 stripes 1974, | Antikauktion Krefeld | €800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-adolf-luther-1912-1990-mirror-object-with-8-stripes-1974-828-c-c7f49bd84a
21. 2025-06-07 | Adolf LUTHER \(1912\-1990\) Light Lock 1986, | Antikauktion Krefeld | €550
22. 2025-06-07 | Adolf LUTHER \(1912\-1990\) Light Lock 1982, | Antikauktion Krefeld | €800
23. 2025-06-07 | Adolf LUTHER \(1912\-1990\) Mirror object with 7 stripes 1973, | Antikauktion Krefeld | €3,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-adolf-luther-1912-1990-mirror-object-with-7-stripes-1973-825-c-97c41e9af3
24. 2025-06-07 | Adolf LUTHER \(1912\-1990\) Lens 1974, | Antikauktion Krefeld | €5,200

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