# Erwin Blumenfeld - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T11:20:26.321Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 198
- Lots with prices: 110
- First auction date: 2001-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-15
- Median realised price: $3,600
- Price range: $20 to $111,750

## Market Takeaway
Erwin Blumenfeld shows deep auction liquidity with 198 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-15.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $450 and $11,400.
- 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: 27.3% (30 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 43.6% (48 sales)
- $10,000\+: 29.1% (32 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $2,772
- Previous 12 months median: $1,800
- Median shift: 54%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-15
- Days since latest sale: 156
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 57 lots
- Sotheby's: 15 lots
- Finarte: 14 lots
- Bonhams: 13 lots
- STAIR: 10 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 9 lots
- Phillips: 9 lots
- Art Atelier: 6 lots
- Auction Partners: 6 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 6 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-15 | Erwin Blumenfeld \(German 1897 \- 1969\). Tedi Thurman, New York, c. 1945. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €4,000
2. 2025-06-05 | ERWIN BLUMENFELD \(1897\-1969\). Doe Eye, Jean Patchette, Vogue New York, 1 Ja | Christie's | £2,772
3. 2025-02-13 | ERWIN BLUMENFELD \(1897\-1969\) Untitled \(Monsavon au Lait\). 1936. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erwin-blumenfeld-1897-1969-untitled-monsavon-au-lait-1936-166-c-2824b7388d
4. 2024-11-27 | Erwin Blumenfeld \(1897\-1969\) Lisa, Vogue USA cover, October 1952\-1984 Chromogenic print Erwin Blumenfeld estate stamp, and numbered:.. | Piasa | €1,800
5. 2024-08-28 | Erwin Blumenfeld \(American, 1897\-1969\) | Sworders | N/A
6. 2024-07-30 | Erwin Blumenfeld \(American, 1897\-1969\) | Sworders | N/A
7. 2024-06-18 | Erwin Blumenfeld \- Paris 1950 Look \- 1985 Offset Lithograph 35.75" x 23" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
8. 2024-03-26 | Erwin Blumenfeld \- Paris 1950 Look \- 1985 Offset Lithograph 35.75" x 23" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
9. 2024-03-14 | Erwin Blumenfeld \(1897\-1969\) \- Elongated nude New York, 1946 | Finarte | €220
10. 2024-01-21 | Erwin Blumenfeld \(1897\-1969\) Nude V 1930s B&W | Sarasota Estate Auction | $150
11. 2023-12-05 | Erwin Blumenfeld \- Paris 1950 Look \- 1985 Offset Lithograph 35.75" x 23" | DUMBO Auctions | N/A
12. 2023-12-01 | Erwin Blumenfeld, Blumenfeld Color, 1940s/1950s | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €9,000
13. 2023-10-19 | Erwin Blumenfeld \(1897\-1969\) Lisette, Paris, 1936 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $9,500
14. 2023-04-13 | ERWIN BLUMENFELD \(1897–1969\) Young Eyes, c. 1937 stamped photographer's Est | Christie's | $15,120
15. 2023-01-07 | Erwin Blumenfeld\(1897\-1969\) "Nude",photographic reproduction,heliogravure,Verve 1938,Draeger Frères,Tériade Paris,28x22cm,unframed | Auction Partners | N/A
16. 2022-12-06 | Erwin Blumenfeld   \(1897\-1969\) Three Times Petersen, Dinner Dress by Cadwallader, Study for a Fashion Page, February 1947, from "Blumenfeld Color"   | Hindman | $1,400
17. 2022-12-06 | Erwin Blumenfeld  \(1897\-1969\) Broken Mirror, 1947, from "Blumenfeld Color"   | Hindman | N/A
18. 2022-12-06 | Erwin Blumenfeld  \(1897\-1969\) Line on Face, New York 1947\-1949, from "Blumenfeld Color"   | Hindman | N/A
19. 2022-11-16 | Erwin Blumenfeld \(1897\-1969\) \- Elongated nude New York, 1946 | Finarte | €260
20. 2022-09-17 | ERWIN BLUMENFELD 'NUDE V' PHOTOGRAVURE | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $90
21. 2022-08-27 | Erwin Blumenfeld\(1897\-1969\) "Aktdarstellung",photographische Reproduktion,Heliogravure,Verve 1938,Draeger Frères,Tériade Paris,28x22cm,ungerahmt | Auction Partners | N/A
22. 2022-07-01 | Erwin Blumenfeld \(1897 \- 1969\), Three Times Petersen Study for a Fashion Page, New York, c. 1943 | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A
23. 2022-07-01 | Erwin Blumenfeld \(1897 \- 1969\), Study for an Advertising Photograph, Helena Rubenstein, New York 1948 | Sloane Street Auctions | £1,700
24. 2022-07-01 | Erwin Blumenfeld \(1897 \- 1969\), Distorted Nude, New York 1950s | Sloane Street Auctions | N/A

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