# Carl Herpfer - Auction Profile

Canonical: https://appraisily.com/artist/carl-herpfer/
Snapshot URL: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/carl-herpfer/llm.md
Updated: 2026-04-28T20:35:47.582Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 31
- Lots with prices: 19
- First auction date: 1999-10-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-02
- Median realised price: $6,000
- Price range: $125 to $109,000

## Market Takeaway
Carl Herpfer has 31 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($6,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,500 to $13,440\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 15.8% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 52.6% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 31.6% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $140
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-02
- Days since latest sale: 238
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 4 lots
- Sotheby's: 4 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 3 lots
- Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions: 2 lots
- Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.: 2 lots
- Apple Tree Auction Center: 1 lots
- Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches: 1 lots
- Auction House Zezula: 1 lots
- Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-02 | Carl Herpfer \(German, 1836\-1897\) oil on relined canvas, 19th Century Classical Interior Scene Signed "CH" lower left. Oil on board. Painting size 18 x 14\-1/2 overall size is 22 x 19 inches. | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $140
2. 2025-06-11 | CARL HERPFER \(GERMAN 1836\-1897\), AN EVENINGS ENTERTAINMENT | Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales | £16,000
3. 2024-04-21 | CARL HERPFER \(GERMAN, 1836\-1897\), The Marriage Contract | Gibson's | A$6,000
4. 2022-09-21 | Carl Herpfer \(German, 1836\-1897\) The christening party | Bonhams | £6,000
5. 2022-02-27 | CARL HERPFER \(1836 DINKELSBÜHL \- 1897 MÜNCHEN\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | €1,200
6. 2021-07-20 | Carl Herpfer \(German, 1836\-1897\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,500
7. 2021-01-30 | CARL HERPFER \(German. 1836\-1897\) | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | N/A
8. 2020-08-29 | Carl Herpfer, attr., Frau vor dem Spiegel | Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH | €200
9. 2020-07-08 | Carl Herpfer \(German, 1836\-1897\) The first born 51 x 36 1/4in \(129.5 x 92.1cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
10. 2018-12-07 | CARL HERPFER \(GERMAN, 1836\-1897\) THE NEW MOTHER OIL ON CANVAS 30 X 37 INCHES \(76 | Heritage Auctions | $7,250
11. 2018-03-01 | CARL HERPFER \(GERMAN 1836\-1897\) OIL ON CANVAS "READING A LETTER BY THE FIRE", SIGNED, IMAGE SIZE 16.5" X 24" | Apple Tree Auction Center | $8,000
12. 2017-09-17 | Carl Herpfer, late 19th c. chromolithograph, stamped | Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc. | $125
13. 2017-02-12 | Carl Herpfer, late 19th c. chromolithograph, stamped | Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc. | N/A
14. 2014-12-10 | CARL HERPFER \(German, 1836\-1897\) Weaving Garlands Oil o | Heritage Auctions | N/A
15. 2014-06-21 | CARL HERPFER \(German, 1836\-1897\) Weaving Garlands Oil o | Heritage Auctions | N/A
16. 2013-05-09 | CARL  HERPFER | Sotheby's | N/A
17. 2012-06-09 | Carl Herpfer \(1836\-1897\) REST. 1869. Quiet | Auction House Zezula | N/A
18. 2010-04-22 | Carl Herpfer \(German, 1836\-1897\) A musical evening | Bonhams | £12,000
19. 2009-10-21 | Carl Herpfer \(German, 1836\-1897\) Daydreaming 21 1/2 x 14 1/4in \(54.6 x 36.8cm\) | Bonhams | N/A
20. 2009-10-20 | CARL HERPFER, German 1836\-1897, "The Chess Game", | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | N/A
21. 2008-08-28 | CARL HERPFER \(German 1836\-1897\) A BREAK FROM | James D. Julia | $2,875
22. 2007-10-23 | Carl Herpfer , German 1836\-1897 The Wedding Party oil on canvas | Sotheby's | $109,000
23. 2006-11-16 | Carl Herpfer \(German, 1836\-1897\) | Christie's | N/A
24. 2006-06-21 | CARL HERPFER 1836\-1897 | Sotheby's | $9,000

## Comparable Artists To Watch
- [Keith Haring](https://appraisily.com/artist/keith-haring/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [Hiroshige \(1797\)](https://appraisily.com/artist/hiroshige-1797/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [David Hockney](https://appraisily.com/artist/david-hockney/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.

## Related Artists
- [Keith Haring](https://appraisily.com/artist/keith-haring/)
- [Hiroshige \(1797\)](https://appraisily.com/artist/hiroshige-1797/)
- [David Hockney](https://appraisily.com/artist/david-hockney/)
- [Damien Hirst](https://appraisily.com/artist/damien-hirst/)
- [Pro Hart](https://appraisily.com/artist/pro-hart/)
- [Al Hirschfeld](https://appraisily.com/artist/al-hirschfeld/)
- [Friedensreich Hundertwasser](https://appraisily.com/artist/friedensreich-hundertwasser/)
- [Larissa Holt](https://appraisily.com/artist/larissa-holt/)

## JSON Source
https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/carl-herpfer/seo-profile