# Erwin Olaf - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T01:01:19.557Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 288
- Lots with prices: 207
- First auction date: 2002-10-22
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-11
- Median realised price: $3,600
- Price range: $1 to $40,000

## Market Takeaway
Erwin Olaf shows deep auction liquidity with 288 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 16 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,600\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,300 and $7,800.
- 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: 19.7% (41 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 61.1% (127 sales)
- $10,000\+: 19.2% (40 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 16
- Previous 12 months sales: 21
- Recent 12 months median: $2,800
- Previous 12 months median: $3,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-11
- Days since latest sale: 69
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 49 lots
- Christie's: 48 lots
- AAG Auctioneers: 29 lots
- Sotheby's: 28 lots
- Phillips: 22 lots
- Artcurial: 10 lots
- Pierre Bergé & Associés: 10 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 7 lots
- Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes: 7 lots
- FauveParis: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-11 | Erwin Olaf, Grief, Caroline | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $14,000
2. 2025-12-01 | Erwin Olaf \(Dutch 1959 \- 2023\). De la Laboral, Dama del Armiño \[The Lady in Ermine\], from the 'Laboral Escena Gijón' series, 2008. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €2,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erwin-olaf-dutch-1959-2023-de-la-laboral-dama-del-armino-the-lady-in-ermine-from-the-laboral-escena-gijon-series-2008-52-c-c70240ac82
3. 2025-12-01 | Erwin Olaf \(Dutch 1959 \- 2023\). Paradise Portraits, 2001. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €3,600
4. 2025-10-22 | ERWIN OLAF \(B. 1959\). Grief \- Sarah. Lambda Endura print23 5/8 x 42in. \(60 | Christie's | £3,810
5. 2025-10-15 | Erwin Olaf \(1959\-2023\) | Venduehuis der Notarissen | N/A
6. 2025-09-28 | ERWIN OLAF \(1959 Hilversum \- 2023 Groningen\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | €1,500
7. 2025-09-15 | Erwin Olaf \(Dutch 1959 \- 2023\). Chessman II, 1988/2000. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €500
8. 2025-07-27 | ERWIN OLAF \(1959 Hilversum \- 2023 Groningen\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | €1,000
9. 2025-06-30 | Erwin Olaf \(Dutch 1959 \- 2023\). Khalid \(Sinouh\), 2004. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €2,000
10. 2025-06-26 | ERWIN OLAF, BERLIN FREIMAURER LOGE DAHLEM, C\-PRINT | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $3,250
11. 2025-04-26 | ERWIN OLAF \(1959\-2023\) Fashion Victims, Chanel,2000. | Louiza Auktion & Associés | €4,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erwin-olaf-1959-2023-fashion-victims-chanel-2000-211-c-1fd437db48
12. 2025-03-25 | Keyhole 1 | Sotheby's | £3,810
13. 2025-03-10 | Erwin Olaf \(Dutch 1959 \- 2023\). De eenzame weg \[The lonely road\], 1991/1992. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erwin-olaf-dutch-1959-2023-de-eenzame-weg-the-lonely-road-1991-1992-320-c-91a44b4adc
14. 2025-03-10 | Erwin Olaf \(Dutch 1959 \- 2023\). Alandus, from the series 'Blacks', 1990. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erwin-olaf-dutch-1959-2023-alandus-from-the-series-blacks-1990-319-c-44945498d9
15. 2025-03-10 | Erwin Olaf \(Dutch 1959 \- 2023\). Two portraits with clogs. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €700 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erwin-olaf-dutch-1959-2023-two-portraits-with-clogs-318-c-1244154834
16. 2025-03-10 | Erwin Olaf \(Dutch 1959 \- 2023\). Chessmen XVII, 1988. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erwin-olaf-dutch-1959-2023-chessmen-xvii-1988-317-c-115491a83e
17. 2024-12-07 | Erwin Olaf \(1959 Hilversum \- Groningen 2023\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €5,500
18. 2024-12-05 | Erwin OLAF | Artcurial | €4,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-erwin-olaf-90-c-d81453db4d
19. 2024-12-03 | Erwin Olaf \(Dutch 1959 \- 2023\). National Ballet, The Choreographers, 2006. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €1,300
20. 2024-12-03 | Erwin Olaf \(Dutch 1959 \- 2023\). Three portraits of Connie Palmen. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €300
21. 2024-12-02 | Erwin Olaf \(Dutch 1959 \- 2023\). Dawn, the Mother, from the 'Dusk & Dawn' series, 2009. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €8,000
22. 2024-10-25 | Erwin Olaf, Hope, The Classroom | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $3,500
23. 2024-10-21 | Erwin OLAF \(1959\-2023\) “PARADISE PORTRAITS”, BLACK WOMAN C print Assinado e datado no verso 2001, número 19/20 Dim. aprox.: 18 x 14 x 1 cm. | Palácio do Correio Velho | €600
24. 2024-10-21 | Erwin OLAF \(1959\-202“PARADISE PORTRAITS”, WHITE WOMAN C print Assinado e datado no verso 2001 \- Edição Erwin Olaf H.C. I / XX Dim. aprox.: 18 x 14 x 1 | Palácio do Correio Velho | €600

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