# Ernst Barlach - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T11:20:23.719Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 533
- Lots with prices: 264
- First auction date: 1998-10-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-25
- Median realised price: $650
- Price range: $10 to $622,500

## Market Takeaway
Ernst Barlach shows very deep auction liquidity with 533 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $650. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 69 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($650\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $250 and $6,250.
- 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: 58.7% (155 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 20.1% (53 sales)
- $10,000\+: 21.2% (56 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 69
- Previous 12 months sales: 62
- Recent 12 months median: $260
- Previous 12 months median: $390
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-06
- Days since latest sale: 73
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Grisebach: 53 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 42 lots
- Christie's: 34 lots
- Das Kunst\- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG: 25 lots
- Auktionshaus Stahl: 20 lots
- Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG: 17 lots
- Dannenberg: 16 lots
- Dorotheum: 16 lots
- Sotheby's: 16 lots
- Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH: 14 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-05-24 | Ernst Barlach \(Wedel/Holst. 1870 \- Rostock 1938\). Capitain Kornelius. | Auktionshaus Stahl | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ernst-barlach-wedel-holst-1870-rostock-1938-capitain-kornelius-608-c-baa4d07892
2. 2024-09-28 | Ernst Barlach \(Wedel/Holst. 1870 \- Rostock 1938\). Floating God the Father. | Auktionshaus Stahl | €2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ernst-barlach-wedel-holst-1870-rostock-1938-floating-god-the-father-545-c-3a44367b24
3. 2024-09-28 | Ernst Barlach \(Wedel/Holst. 1870 \- Rostock 1938\). Christusmaske VI. | Auktionshaus Stahl | €2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ernst-barlach-wedel-holst-1870-rostock-1938-christusmaske-vi-544-c-9f64166b06
4. 2026-03-25 | ERNST BARLACH \(1870 WEDEL \- 1938 ROSTOCK\), SCULPTURE 'TANZENDE ALTE' \('TANZENDES WEIB'\), 1920 \(DESIGN\), POSTHUMOUS CAST AFTER 1951 | Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen GmbH | €15,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ernst-barlach-1870-wedel-1938-rostock-sculpture-tanzende-alte-tanzendes-weib-1920-design-posthumous-cast-after-1951-719-c-2c65dfe785
5. 2025-12-06 | Ernst Barlach \(1870 Wedel \- Rostock 1938\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €120
6. 2025-12-06 | Ernst Barlach \(1870 Wedel \- Rostock 1938\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €450
7. 2025-12-06 | ERNST BARLACH \(NACH\) \- 'STZENDES MÄDCHEN' | Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf | €260
8. 2025-12-05 | ERNST BARLACH \(1870\-1938\), ''Die Wandlungen Gottes'', 7 Holzschnitte \(unsigniert\), Mappenwerk aufgelöst/ beschädigt. | Auktionshaus Königstein GmbH | €85
9. 2025-12-05 | Ernst Barlach, Christusmaske I, 1931 | Lempertz | N/A
10. 2025-12-05 | Ernst Barlach, Der Rächer, 1914 | Lempertz | N/A
11. 2025-12-05 | Ernst Barlach \(1870 Wedel \- Rostock 1938\) – Christusmaske VI \(Mask of Christ VI\) | Karl & Faber | N/A
12. 2025-12-04 | Ernst Barlach: Frau im Wind | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | N/A
13. 2025-12-04 | ERNST BARLACH \(WEDEL 1870 \- ROSTOCK 1938\) , "MIT FREMDER SCHULD BELADEN" FOR THE PLAY "DER TOTE TAG" 1912 | Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l. | N/A
14. 2025-12-04 | ERNST BARLACH \(WEDEL 1870 \- ROSTOCK 1938\) , "DER SEUFZERSTEIN" FOR THE PLAY "DER TOTE TAG" | Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l. | N/A
15. 2025-11-28 | ”Der Zweifler” | Grisebach | N/A
16. 2025-11-27 | ”Lachende Alte” | Grisebach | N/A
17. 2025-11-27 | ”Pierrot und Colombine” | Grisebach | N/A
18. 2025-11-27 | ”Der Wartende” | Grisebach | N/A
19. 2025-11-27 | ”Frierendes Mädchen” | Grisebach | N/A
20. 2025-11-22 | Ernst Barlach, "Blocksberggelichter" | Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH | €80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ernst-barlach-blocksberggelichter-3509-c-8b2bbce543
21. 2025-11-22 | Ernst Barlach, "Das Wiedersehen" | Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH | €1,200
22. 2025-11-22 | Ernst Barlach, r.u.handsig., | Auktionshaus Arnold | N/A
23. 2025-11-18 | Ernst Barlach | Dorotheum | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ernst-barlach-95-c-5ba469635d
24. 2025-11-12 | Ernst Barlach Lithograph on Paper On the Eastern Frontier | Concept Art Gallery | $40

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