# Karl Ortelt - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-15T21:47:45.298Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 46
- Lots with prices: 23
- First auction date: 2009-03-14
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-28
- Median realised price: $280
- Price range: $80 to $2,560

## Market Takeaway
Karl Ortelt has 46 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $280. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 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 \($280\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($140 to $875\) 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: 78.3% (18 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 21.7% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-28
- Days since latest sale: 76
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG: 27 lots
- Auktionshaus Kloss: 4 lots
- Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH: 3 lots
- Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG: 3 lots
- Historia Auctionata: 3 lots
- Dr. Irene Lehr Kunstauktionen GmbH: 2 lots
- Grisebach: 2 lots
- Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-09-03 | KARL ORTELT \(1907\-1972\), GERMAN PAINTE | Historia Auctionata | €500
2. 2024-04-28 | Karl Ortelt | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | N/A
3. 2024-04-28 | Karl Ortelt | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €1,000
4. 2024-01-30 | KARL ORTELT \(1907\-1972\), GERMAN | Historia Auctionata | €850
5. 2023-01-24 | Karl Ortelt \(1907\-1972\), German pai | Historia Auctionata | N/A
6. 2022-11-26 | Karl ORTELT \(1907\-1972\) | Auktionshaus Kloss | €300
7. 2022-10-29 | Karl Ortelt \(Mühlhausen in Thüringen 1907 \- 1972 Jena\) \- Stilleben mit Birnen und Blumentopf. | Dr. Irene Lehr Kunstauktionen GmbH | €640
8. 2022-09-20 | Karl ORTELT \(1907\-1972\) | Auktionshaus Kloss | N/A
9. 2022-09-20 | Karl ORTELT \(1907\-1972\) | Auktionshaus Kloss | €1,200
10. 2022-07-24 | Karl ORTELT \(1907\-1972\) | Auktionshaus Kloss | N/A
11. 2022-04-30 | Karl Ortelt \(Mühlhausen in Thüringen 1907 \- 1972 Jena\) \- Am Fenster. | Dr. Irene Lehr Kunstauktionen GmbH | €2,560
12. 2021-09-19 | KARL ORTELT \(1907 MÜHLHAUSEN/THÜRINGEN \- 1972 JENA\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | N/A
13. 2021-08-22 | KARL ORTELT \(1907 MÜHLHAUSEN/THÜRINGEN \- 1972 JENA\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | N/A
14. 2021-07-04 | KARL ORTELT \(1907 Mühlhausen/Thüringen \- 1972 Jena\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | N/A
15. 2020-05-30 | Karl Ortelt, An der Haltestelle | Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH | €140
16. 2019-11-30 | Karl Ortelt \- „Liegender Frauenakt“ | Grisebach | €875
17. 2019-11-30 | Karl Ortelt \- „Die Maske“ | Grisebach | €1,750
18. 2010-12-04 | Karl Ortelt, Sitzender weiblicher Akt von vorn. 1960's. | Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG | €80
19. 2010-12-04 | Karl Ortelt, Erntefrauen / Korbträgerin. Um 1960. | Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG | €100
20. 2010-09-18 | Karl Ortelt"Lepur". 1968. | Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG | €250
21. 2010-09-18 | Karl Ortelt, Drei Arbeiterdarstellungen. 1953. | Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG | €100
22. 2010-09-18 | Karl Ortelt, Harlekin und Artistin. 1950's. | Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG | €160
23. 2010-09-18 | Karl Ortelt, Drei Zeichnungen. Um 1953. | Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG | €100
24. 2010-06-12 | Karl Ortelt, Kindergruppe. 1930's. | Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG | N/A

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