# Josef Thorak - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T00:49:55.784Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 30
- Lots with prices: 24
- First auction date: 2010-10-15
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-22
- Median realised price: $6,000
- Price range: $100 to $60,000

## Market Takeaway
Josef Thorak has 30 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($6,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($200 to $15,000\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 29.2% (7 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 33.3% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 37.5% (9 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $36,000
- Previous 12 months median: $6,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-22
- Days since latest sale: 20
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Hermann Historica GmbH: 11 lots
- Historia Auctionata: 9 lots
- Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden: 3 lots
- Auktionshaus Mars: 2 lots
- Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf: 2 lots
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 1 lots
- Setdart Auction House: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-22 | Josef Thorak \(1889 \- 1952\) \- Marmorbüste Dr. Fritz Todt. Monumentaler Marmorkopf des Reichsministers | Unknown house | €15,000
2. 2025-02-22 | Josef Thorak \(1889 \- 1952\) \- Marmorbüste Dr. Fritz Todt. Monumentaler Marmorkopf des Reichsministers | Auktionshaus Mars | €15,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-josef-thorak-1889-1952-marmorbuste-dr-fritz-todt-monumentaler-marmorkopf-des-reichsministers-6000-c-38349c29a5
3. 2016-04-27 | Josef Thorak \(1889 \- 1952\) \- a marble bust of Dr. Fritz Todt | Hermann Historica GmbH | €3,000
4. 2026-04-22 | JOSEF THORAK \(Salzburg, 1889 \- Hartmannsberg Castle, 1952\). "Das licht, 1944. Marble. | Setdart Auction House | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-josef-thorak-salzburg-1889-hartmannsberg-castle-1952-das-licht-1944-marble-14-c-d661db4232
5. 2025-11-07 | Josef Thorak – a larger\-than\-life portrait bust of Adolf Hitler in marble | Hermann Historica GmbH | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-josef-thorak-a-larger-than-life-portrait-bust-of-adolf-hitler-in-marble-4106-c-1d5c7d80a1
6. 2025-05-16 | Josef Thorak | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €60,000
7. 2025-05-16 | Josef Thorak | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €10,000
8. 2025-05-16 | Josef Thorak | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €36,000
9. 2025-04-29 | Josef Thorak – a larger\-than\-life portrait bust of Adolf Hitler in marble | Hermann Historica GmbH | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-josef-thorak-a-larger-than-life-portrait-bust-of-adolf-hitler-in-marble-1155-c-49c4a3d96f
10. 2024-09-14 | JOSEF THORAK 'MENSCHENPAAR / ZWEI MENSCHEN' | Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf | €6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-josef-thorak-menschenpaar-zwei-menschen-3480-c-48140ab948
11. 2024-07-06 | Josef Thorak \(1889 Salzburg \- 1952 Hartmannsberg\) Liebespaar \(Scherzo\) Auf dem Sockel: "Thorak". Vollplastische Darstellung eines | Auktionshaus Mars | €2,000
12. 2024-03-09 | JOSEF THORAK | Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf | N/A
13. 2022-06-16 | Josef Thorak \(1889\-1952\), impo | Historia Auctionata | €55,000
14. 2022-06-16 | Josef Thorak \(1889\-1952\), impo | Historia Auctionata | €56,000
15. 2022-06-16 | Josef Thorak \(1889\-1952\), impo | Historia Auctionata | €60,000
16. 2021-02-08 | JOSEF THORAK | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $100
17. 2021-01-21 | Josef Thorak \(1889\-1952\), large all | Historia Auctionata | €22,000
18. 2021-01-21 | Josef Thorak \(1889\-1952\), ''Dentist | Historia Auctionata | €140
19. 2021-01-21 | Josef Thorak \(1889\-1952\), ''Beethov | Historia Auctionata | €160
20. 2021-01-21 | Josef Thorak \(1889\-1952\), ''Potter' | Historia Auctionata | €150
21. 2021-01-21 | Josef Thorak \(1889\-1952\), ''Mozart' | Historia Auctionata | €120
22. 2021-01-21 | Josef Thorak \(1889\-1952\), female nu | Historia Auctionata | €6,000
23. 2016-11-04 | Josef Thorak \(1889 \- 1952\) \- a life\-sized bronze portrait bust of Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl, 1934 | Hermann Historica GmbH | N/A
24. 2016-04-27 | Josef Thorak \(1889 \- 1952\) \- Familienbuch | Hermann Historica GmbH | €200

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