# Erté - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T00:59:51.630Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 750
- Lots with prices: 608
- First auction date: 2003-12-01
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-28
- Median realised price: $550
- Price range: $20 to $30,480

## Market Takeaway
Erté shows very deep auction liquidity with 753 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 86 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-12.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $325 and $1,400.
- 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: 64% (395 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 34.7% (214 sales)
- $10,000\+: 1.3% (8 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 86
- Previous 12 months sales: 137
- Recent 12 months median: $450
- Previous 12 months median: $750
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-12
- Days since latest sale: 68
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Heritage Auctions: 84 lots
- Finarte: 78 lots
- Bonhams: 60 lots
- Time & Again Galleries: 35 lots
- Weschler's: 24 lots
- Bradford's: 23 lots
- Fontaine's Auction Gallery: 23 lots
- RoGallery: 23 lots
- Burchard Galleries Inc: 22 lots
- Akiba Galleries: 19 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-02-17 | Erté \(French, 1892\-1990\) "Kiss of Fire" Bronze Sculpture | Akiba Galleries | $3,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-french-1892-1990-kiss-of-fire-bronze-sculpture-130-c-bceec9209b
2. 2025-12-12 | Erté \(Russian, 1892\-1990\) 'Je L'Aime' polychrome bronze sculpture | Freeman’s | $1,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-russian-1892-1990-je-l-aime-polychrome-bronze-sculpture-168-c-5a882a4922
3. 2025-12-09 | Erté \(Romain De Tirtoff\) Signed “Symphony In Black” Silver Foil Serigraph | Akiba Galleries | $275 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-romain-de-tirtoff-signed-symphony-in-black-silver-foil-serigraph-444-c-229f6919f0
4. 2025-11-04 | Erté \(Russian/French, 1892\-1990\) "Splendor" Bronze Sculpture | Akiba Galleries | $850 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-russian-french-1892-1990-splendor-bronze-sculpture-12-c-53107f9bd6
5. 2025-09-27 | Erté \(Romain de Tirtoff\), \(Russian/French, 1892\-1990\), "Emerald Vase" | Fontaine's Auction Gallery | $2,125 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-romain-de-tirtoff-russian-french-1892-1990-emerald-vase-381-c-c714059a7c
6. 2025-07-30 | ERTÉ, MELISANDE, SCREENPRINT | RoGallery | $1,500
7. 2025-05-17 | ERTÉ \(ROMAIN DE TIRTOFF\) \(Russian/French 1892\-1990\) "Amazon," 1985, 17 x 13 x 5 in. \(43.2 x 33 x 12.7 cm.\) | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $1,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-romain-de-tirtoff-russian-french-1892-1990-amazon-1985-17-x-13-x-5-in-43-2-x-33-x-12-7-cm-213-c-7e34745b49
8. 2025-04-18 | Erté \(Romain De Tirtoff\) \(French, 1892\-1990\) Cold Painted And Partial Gilt Bronze Sculpture, 1984, 'Liberty, Fearless And Free' | DuMouchelles | $1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-romain-de-tirtoff-french-1892-1990-cold-painted-and-partial-gilt-bronze-sculpture-1984-liberty-fearless-and-free-1043-c-93744b5924
9. 2025-02-12 | Romain de TIRTOFF dit ERTE | Artcurial | €1,200
10. 2024-12-18 | Erté \(Romain de Tirtoff\) \(1892\-1990\) | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,000
11. 2024-12-07 | Erte 'Debutante' Serigraph Signed | Atlanta Auction Gallery, ltd | $90
12. 2024-11-29 | Erté \(Romain de Tirtoff\) | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €2,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-romain-de-tirtoff-236-c-32240f4a4a
13. 2024-11-29 | Erté \(Romain de Tirtoff\) | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | N/A
14. 2024-10-25 | Erté \(Romain de Tirtoff\) \- Maxim's, 1971 | Finarte | N/A
15. 2024-10-25 | Erté \(Romain de Tirtoff\) \- Maxim's, 1971 | Finarte | €2,000
16. 2024-10-25 | Erté \(Romain de Tirtoff\) \- Maxim's, 1971 | Finarte | €3,000
17. 2023-12-23 | ART DECO FRENCH OPERA SILK SCARF ART BY ERTE SIGNED | Antique Arena Inc | $175 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-art-deco-french-opera-silk-scarf-art-by-erte-signed-22-c-efd4e94b30
18. 2023-12-23 | ART DECO FRENCH NILE SILK SCARF ART BY ERTE SIGNED | Antique Arena Inc | $325 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-art-deco-french-nile-silk-scarf-art-by-erte-signed-21-c-0e14e5eb15
19. 2023-12-23 | ART DECO FRENCH NILE SILK SCARF ART BY ERTE SIGNED | Antique Arena Inc | $500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-art-deco-french-nile-silk-scarf-art-by-erte-signed-20-c-ca84dbf862
20. 2023-09-22 | Erté \(Romain De Tirtoff\), \(Russian/French 1892\-1990\), Radiance, 1988, Cold Painted and Patinated Bronze Sculpture | Weschler's | $1,700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-romain-de-tirtoff-russian-french-1892-1990-radiance-1988-cold-painted-and-patinated-bronze-sculpture-189-c-b5b400fb7e
21. 2023-09-08 | Erté \(Romain de Tirtoff\) | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €2,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-romain-de-tirtoff-774-c-2a340679d7
22. 2022-11-18 | Erté \(Romain de Tirtoff\) \(Russian/French, 1892\-1990\) 'Le Flambeau' Candelabrum, | Heritage Auctions | $1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-romain-de-tirtoff-russian-french-1892-1990-le-flambeau-candelabrum-25087-c-4ab4454bea
23. 2022-09-16 | Erté \(Romain De Tirtoff\), \(Russian/French 1892\-1990\), Starstruck, Cold Painted Bronze Sculpture | Weschler's | $2,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-romain-de-tirtoff-russian-french-1892-1990-starstruck-cold-painted-bronze-sculpture-154-c-bf84eefaa2
24. 2022-09-16 | Erté \(Romain De Tirtoff\), \(Russian/French 1892\-1990\), Triumph, Cold Painted Bronze Sculpture | Weschler's | $2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erte-romain-de-tirtoff-russian-french-1892-1990-triumph-cold-painted-bronze-sculpture-152-c-19b4303abb

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