# Hugo Claus - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T15:11:15.643Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 151
- Lots with prices: 123
- First auction date: 2001-06-12
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-27
- Median realised price: $550
- Price range: $50 to $21,000

## Market Takeaway
Hugo Claus shows solid auction liquidity with 149 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $550. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 26 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-27.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($550\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $280 and $950.
- 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: 75.8% (91 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 23.3% (28 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0.8% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 26
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $350
- Previous 12 months median: $450
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-27
- Days since latest sale: 53
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 49 lots
- Maison Jules Veilinghuis: 17 lots
- Carlo Bonte Auctions: 8 lots
- Zwiggelaar Auctions: 8 lots
- AAG Auctioneers: 7 lots
- Brussels Art Auctions: 7 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 6 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- Horta: 5 lots
- Venduehuis Dickhaut Maastricht: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2021-12-14 | The favourite man of Vandercam and Hugo Claus | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €3,000
2. 2017-10-12 | HUGO CLAUS \(1929\-2008\) & ALBERT PEPERMANS \(°1947\)Columbus/Station Orbitale International'. Ink and watercolour on handmade paper, mounted on canvas. Signed and dated, with date mark. 1840 x 980 mm | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €400
3. 2017-10-12 | HUGO CLAUS \(1929\-2008\) & ALBERT PEPERMANS \(°1947\)'Medzilaborge, du Pop Art'. Ink and watercolour on handmade paper, mounted on canvas. Signed and dated. With date mark. 1840 x 980 mm | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A
4. 2013-11-12 | Hugo Claus | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A
5. 2025-12-27 | HUGO CLAUS \(1929 \- 2008\) \- "verschijningen" \- lith… | DEWIT Auctions | €100
6. 2025-12-15 | Hugo Claus \(1929 \- 2008\) "James Ensor Verliefd" | Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes | €300
7. 2025-12-04 | HUGO CLAUS \- HET VERDRIET VAN BELGIË. AMSTERDAM, UITGEVERIJ DE BEZIGE BIJ, 1983. 8VO. 289 GEN.PP. | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hugo-claus-het-verdriet-van-belgie-amsterdam-uitgeverij-de-bezige-bij-1983-8vo-289-gen-pp-1500-c-3758786c49
8. 2025-12-04 | HUGO CLAUS \- IN GEVAL VAN NOOD/ GEDICHTEN. AMSTERDAM, DE BEZIGE BIJ, 2004. GR. 8VO. 205 GEN.PP. | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €200
9. 2025-12-04 | HUGO CLAUS \- TONEEL I \- II \- III. | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €2,000
10. 2025-12-04 | HUGO CLAUS, ZONDER VORM VAN PROCES. BANDONTWERP EN 2 LITHOGRAPHIES DOOR PIERRE ALECHINSKY. S.L. | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hugo-claus-zonder-vorm-van-proces-bandontwerp-en-2-lithographies-door-pierre-alechinsky-s-l-1492-c-6f647458e6
11. 2025-12-04 | HUGO CLAUS, PAAL EN PERK. TEKENINGEN VAN CORNEILLE. DEN HAAG/ ANTWERPEN, BERT BAKKER/ DE SIKKEL, S. | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €80
12. 2025-12-04 | HUGO CLAUS \(1929\-2008\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €450
13. 2025-12-01 | Hugo CLAUS \(1929\-2008\), oil on paper Untitled, signed | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | €650
14. 2025-12-01 | Hugo CLAUS \(1929\-2008\), pastel 'Allo ? Met' , signed | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | €600
15. 2025-10-16 | Kleine reeks. Gedichten. | Arenberg Auctions | €500
16. 2025-10-09 | HUGO CLAUS \(1929\-2008\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €350
17. 2025-10-09 | HUGO CLAUS \- A SET OF EDITIONS. | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €220
18. 2025-09-22 | Hugo Claus \(1929\-2008\) “Did you think sixty\-two Mad Dog Stanzas, traditionally reserved for poetry of drunks and madmen”, Published De Bezige Bij, 1971. | Venduehuis Dickhaut Maastricht | N/A
19. 2025-08-23 | HUGO CLAUS \(1929 \- 2008\) | DEWIT Auctions | €200
20. 2025-07-17 | Hugo Claus \(Belgian, 1929\-2008\) Untitled | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $1,900
21. 2025-06-19 | HUGO CLAUS \(1929\-2008\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €280
22. 2025-06-19 | HUGO CLAUS \(1929\-2008\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €600
23. 2025-06-19 | HUGO CLAUS \(1929\-2008\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €350
24. 2025-05-22 | Hugo Claus \(1929\-2008\), woman, seen from the back, watercolour on paper 38 x 28 cm. \(14.9 x 11.0 in.\), Frame: 74 x 65 cm. \(29.1 x 25.5 in.\) | Carlo Bonte Auctions | €1,700

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