# Johann Moritz Rugendas - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T14:12:55.740Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 101
- Lots with prices: 67
- First auction date: 1999-06-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-23
- Median realised price: $5,000
- Price range: $8 to $221,000

## Market Takeaway
Johann Moritz Rugendas shows solid auction liquidity with 81 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $12,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-07-23.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($12,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $850 and $56,250.
- 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: 26% (13 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 22% (11 sales)
- $10,000\+: 52% (26 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 4
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $160
- Previous 12 months median: $40
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-23
- Days since latest sale: 210
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 32 lots
- Sotheby's: 18 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Clars Auctions: 3 lots
- Dawsons Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Link Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Claydon Auctioneers: 2 lots
- Dorotheum: 2 lots
- Historia Auctionata: 2 lots
- Vectis Auctions Ltd: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-03-27 | Johann Moritz Rugendas \(German 1802\-1858\) Study of grape vines, and another of branches pencil on paper both with Veraussert stamps dated 1928 and numbered '18028' \(vines\) '18029' \(branches\) vines 9 x 14.5 cm, branches 13.5 x 8 cm, both hinge... | Dawsons Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-johann-moritz-rugendas-german-1802-1858-study-of-grape-vines-and-another-of-branches-pencil-on-paper-both-with-veraussert-stamps-dated-1928-and-numbered-18028-vines-18029-branches-vines-9-x-14-5-cm-branches-13-5-x-8-cm-both-hinge-72-c-06b483dbfa
2. 2025-02-26 | Johann Moritz Rugendas \(German 1802\-1858\) Portrait of a gentleman \(possibly a self\-portrait\) pencil on English paper \(Ruse & Turners 1834 watermark\) Stamped 'Veraussert' and dated 1928, inscribed '17429' 'K.Bayrisches Hanszeichnungs\-Cabinet' 26.5... | Dawsons Auctioneers | £1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-johann-moritz-rugendas-german-1802-1858-portrait-of-a-gentleman-possibly-a-self-portrait-pencil-on-english-paper-ruse-turners-1834-watermark-stamped-veraussert-and-dated-1928-inscribed-17429-k-bayrisches-hanszeichnungs-cabinet-26-5-25-c-6244863bcf
3. 2023-10-31 | A CONSULAT ORMOLU\-MOUNTED PLUM\-PUDDING MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT BY J | Christie's | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-consulat-ormolu-mounted-plum-pudding-mahogany-secretaire-a-abattant-by-j-233-c-2054ec3a58
4. 2023-03-11 | J, E , EVANS PHILA, BREVETTE DERINGER PISTOL | Milestone Auctions | $1,050 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-j-e-evans-phila-brevette-deringer-pistol-283-c-ead4f6baa1
5. 2017-07-28 | Watercolour Sketch Of Young Moorish Gentleman By J | Gerrards Auction Rooms | N/A
6. 2017-06-09 | English Crown Staffordshire pair of porcelain birds designed and modelled by J | Link Auction Galleries | $10
7. 2016-12-16 | Antique Cast Iron Bank, made by J | Link Auction Galleries | $200
8. 2015-02-07 | Large Douglas Adams print, 'Trout fishing', hand coloured early example, dated 1893, published by J | Bargain Hunt Auctions | A$50
9. 2014-07-29 | A sterling silver Norwegian long chain, by J | Sworders | £110 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-sterling-silver-norwegian-long-chain-by-j-33-c-f7e7f105e2
10. 2010-09-07 | After Clifford Frith b.1928\- "Fun Fair", publ by J | Roseberys | N/A
11. 2009-10-17 | J, 1987 | Phillips | £12,500
12. 2008-01-22 | A late Victorian bachelor's globular teapot, by J | Neales | £280 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-late-victorian-bachelor-s-globular-teapot-by-j-342-c-ies1eunosu
13. 2025-07-23 | James Maher. Chief of the Comeraghs. A John'O Mahony Anthology, SIGNED by J | Purcell Auctioneers | €160
14. 2025-02-26 | Johann Moritz Rugendas \(German 1802\-1858\) Study of grape vines, and another of branches pencil on paper both with Veraussert stamps dated 1928 and numbered '18028' \(vines\) '18029' \(branches\) vines 9 x 14.5 cm, branches 13.5 x 8 cm, both hinge... | Dawsons Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-johann-moritz-rugendas-german-1802-1858-study-of-grape-vines-and-another-of-branches-pencil-on-paper-both-with-veraussert-stamps-dated-1928-and-numbered-18028-vines-18029-branches-vines-9-x-14-5-cm-branches-13-5-x-8-cm-both-hinge-26-c-63a4ee690d
15. 2024-10-23 | Johann Moritz Rugendas \(Augsburg, Germany, 1802 \- Weilheim an der Teck, Germany, 1858\) “Peruvian type with cape and hat” | Greco Subastas | N/A
16. 2024-10-22 | J\(an?\) van Leeuwen | Dorotheum | €14,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-j-an-van-leeuwen-63-c-f944e8e870
17. 2024-07-02 | City by moonlight, unsigned, oil on paper, laid down on panel, 25,5 x 18,5 cm, possibly created by J | Veilinghuis Van Spengen | N/A
18. 2024-06-22 | BOOK "QUERELLE ZYKLUS", DRAWINGS BY J | Historia Auctionata | €40
19. 2024-04-28 | Johann Moritz Rugendas | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | N/A
20. 2024-04-23 | A CONSULAT ORMOLU\-MOUNTED PLUM\-PUDDING MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT BY J | Christie's | £10,710 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-consulat-ormolu-mounted-plum-pudding-mahogany-secretaire-a-abattant-by-j-157-c-0a34c88be7
21. 2024-01-19 | El rapto | Sotheby's | $44,450
22. 2023-12-12 | J, H. Lartigue. Renée Perle, Biarritz, 1930 | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $2,000
23. 2023-07-06 | A LATE LOUIS XV GREY\-PAINTED SIDE CHAIR BY LOUIS DELANOIS, THE CARVING BY J | Christie's | £151,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-late-louis-xv-grey-painted-side-chair-by-louis-delanois-the-carving-by-j-8-c-99f493db05
24. 2023-05-17 | Matrimonio indígena | Sotheby's | $76,200

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