# Karel Maes - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T15:41:55.008Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 35
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2007-11-27
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-07
- Median realised price: $1,900
- Price range: $200 to $20,000

## Market Takeaway
Karel Maes has 35 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,900. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 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 \($1,900\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($1,000 to $3,250\) 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: 24% (6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 72% (18 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $3,250
- Previous 12 months median: $4,200
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-04-07
- Days since latest sale: 23
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 6 lots
- Art\-Torg: 4 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles: 4 lots
- Maison Jules Veilinghuis: 4 lots
- Piasa: 3 lots
- Pierre Bergé & Associés: 3 lots
- Carlo Bonte Auctions: 2 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 2 lots
- Wright: 2 lots
- Artcurial: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-04-07 | Karel Maes, \[Geometric Compositions\]. Group of 4 linocut proofs. 1920\-1925. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,905 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-karel-maes-geometric-compositions-group-of-4-linocut-proofs-1920-1925-31-c-3a5cdf2a47
2. 2025-12-08 | Karel Maes \(1900\-1974\) Compositie, 1922gesigneerd KM rechtsonder en geannoteerd voor Emile '22 Antwe | Veilinghuis Van Spengen | N/A
3. 2025-10-17 | Karel Maes \(1900\-1950\) Belgian | Art\-Torg | €3,750
4. 2025-08-22 | Karel Maes \(1900\-1950\) Belgian | Art\-Torg | €3,000
5. 2025-08-22 | Karel Maes \(1900\-1950\) Belgian | Art\-Torg | €3,250
6. 2025-06-28 | Karel Maes \(1900\-1950\) Belgian | Art\-Torg | €7,500
7. 2025-04-28 | KAREL MAES \(1900\-1974\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A
8. 2024-06-22 | KAREL MAES \(1900\-1974\) MODERNIST GEOMETRIC GOUACHE, MONOGRAMMED KM, FROM THE SUZANNE VAN DAMME FAMILY | Goldfield Auction | €4,200
9. 2024-05-30 | Karel Maes \(1900\-1974\), abstract composition, linocut on yellow paper, posthumous edition 13 x 10 cm. \(5.1 x 3.9 in.\), Frame: 35 x 28 cm. \(13.7 x 11.0 in.\) | Carlo Bonte Auctions | N/A
10. 2024-02-19 | Karel MAES \(1900\-1974\), linocut Abstract composition, monogram | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | €250
11. 2024-02-19 | Karel MAES \(1900\-1974\), linocut Abstract composition, monogram | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | N/A
12. 2024-02-01 | Karel Maes, Untitled | Wright | $1,000
13. 2024-02-01 | Karel Maes, Design | Wright | $1,100
14. 2023-06-18 | Karel MAES \(1900\-1974\) | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | N/A
15. 2022-10-06 | Karel Maes \(1900\-1974\), constructivist composition, ca. 1920, linocut, 13 x 18 cm | Carlo Bonte Auctions | €200
16. 2022-06-26 | Karel MAES \(1900\-1974\) | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | €650
17. 2021-05-10 | KAREL MAES \(1900\-1974\) \- Horloge futuriste | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | €2,080
18. 2018-12-12 | KAREL MAES \(1900\-1974\) Zonder titel. Linosnede op goudpapier. Gemonogrammeerd in het blok | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €1,800
19. 2018-12-12 | KAREL MAES \(1900\-1974\) Zonder titel \(1921\). Linosnede op goudpapier. Gemonogrammeerd en g | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €1,400
20. 2018-12-12 | KAREL MAES \(1900\-1974\) Zonder titel. Linosnede op kalkpapier. Gemonogrammeerd in het blok | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €750
21. 2018-06-20 | KAREL MAES \(1900\-1974\) Zonder titel \(1921\). Linosnede. Gemonogrameerd en gedateerd in de plaat 'km/ 21'. De prent verscheen ook in het tijdschriftje 'Herleving', 3e jaargang, nr.2 \(1922\), samen met nog ander grafisch werk van Karel Maes. Bijgevoegd: 14 afl. van het tijdschrift 'Herleving', waaronder het 'Maes'\-nummer. In dat bewuste nummer wordt een korte recensie aangehaald van E.L.T. Mesens uit het tijdschrift 'Ter Waarheid', verschenen naar aanleiding van publicatie in een vorig nummer van 'Herleving'. | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €1,300
22. 2018-06-20 | KAREL MAES \(1900\-1974\) Zonder titel \(1921\). Linosnede op fijn oranje papier. Gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd in het blok 'km/ 21'. Volledige marges, hoekje rechts onderaan afgescheurd. De prent verscheen ook in het tijdschriftje 'Herleving', 3e jaargang, nr.2 \(1922\). Met annotatie op verso: 'Proef'. Provenance: Emiel Maeyens \(vermoedelijk\). 140 x 170/ 282 x 257 mm \(blad/ sheet\) Lit.: S. Servellon, Karel Maes 1900 \- 1974. Drogenbos 2007, p. 200, ill. | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €750
23. 2018-06-12 | KAREL MAES \(1900\-1974\) Guéridon Marqueterie de bois exotique, Loupe maïdou | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
24. 2018-06-12 | KAREL MAES \(1900\-1974\) Bureau Marqueterie de bois exotique, Loupe maïdou, | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | €7,800

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