# Elke Sommer - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T08:00:50.308Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 59
- Lots with prices: 14
- First auction date: 2010-08-15
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-26
- Median realised price: $50
- Price range: $10 to $650

## Market Takeaway
Elke Sommer has 59 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $50. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 7 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 \($50\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($40 to $100\) 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: 100% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 20
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $10
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-26
- Days since latest sale: 61
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- The Rug Life Auctions: 36 lots
- Dargate Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 2 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 2 lots
- RoGallery: 2 lots
- Auktionshalle Cuxhaven: 1 lots
- DuMouchelles: 1 lots
- Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC: 1 lots
- Greenwich Auction: 1 lots
- Kaminski Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-29 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
2. 2025-07-15 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
3. 2025-07-01 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
4. 2025-06-12 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
5. 2025-05-29 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
6. 2025-05-08 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
7. 2025-04-10 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
8. 2025-03-13 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
9. 2025-02-18 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
10. 2025-01-28 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
11. 2025-01-07 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
12. 2025-01-05 | Elke Sommer, Large Color Serigraph on Laid Paper, Signed | Lion and Unicorn | $10
13. 2024-12-17 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
14. 2024-11-29 | Elke Sommer \(1940\), 2x Farblithographien, Handsigniert und nummeriert, je gut gerahmt/Glas, RG 100 x 79cm u. 66 x 80cm | Auktionshalle Cuxhaven | N/A
15. 2024-11-26 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
16. 2024-11-04 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
17. 2024-10-15 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
18. 2024-09-24 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
19. 2024-09-03 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
20. 2024-08-13 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
21. 2024-07-23 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
22. 2024-07-02 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
23. 2024-06-11 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A
24. 2024-05-21 | ELKE SOMMER \(1940\) LIMITED EDITION, HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED THE GAMBLERS – 28IN x 33IN | The Rug Life Auctions | N/A

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