# Kay Nielsen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T01:15:35.425Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 33
- Lots with prices: 28
- First auction date: 2002-06-13
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-12
- Median realised price: $2,600
- Price range: $10 to $43,200

## Market Takeaway
Kay Nielsen has 33 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,600. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 1 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 \($2,600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($600 to $13,000\) 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: 32.1% (9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 39.3% (11 sales)
- $10,000\+: 28.6% (8 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $10
- Previous 12 months median: $8,125
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-12
- Days since latest sale: 47
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 5 lots
- STAIR: 5 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Auktionshuset.com: 2 lots
- Dogny Auction: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 1 lots
- Dirk Soulis Auctions: 1 lots
- Embassy Auctions International: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-12 | KAY NIELSEN \(1886\-1957\) Pierrot with dolls. | Swann Auction Galleries | $8,125
2. 2024-06-20 | KAY NIELSEN \(1886\-1957\) "She stopped as if to speak to him." | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kay-nielsen-1886-1957-she-stopped-as-if-to-speak-to-him-243-c-c6647f1af6
3. 2024-03-01 | Kay Rasmus Nielsen \(1886–1957\): There Was No Room at the Inn | STAIR | $2,600
4. 2024-03-01 | Kay Rasmus Nielsen \(1886\-1957\): For Ye All Shall Go With Joy | STAIR | $2,100
5. 2024-03-01 | Kay Rasmus Nielsen \(1886–1957\): The Madonna: A Pair | STAIR | $2,900
6. 2024-03-01 | Kay Rasmus Nielsen \(1886–1957\): The Shepherd's Tale | STAIR | $2,100
7. 2024-03-01 | Kay Rasmus Nielsen \(1886–1957\): Journey to Bethlehem | STAIR | $3,250
8. 2023-12-14 | KAY NIELSEN \(1886\-1957\) Portrait of Anna Larssen. | Swann Auction Galleries | $687
9. 2023-10-20 | KAY RASMUS NIELSEN \(DANISH, 1886\-1957\) Prince Souci Captured by Soldiers pe | Christie's | $25,200
10. 2023-10-10 | KAY NIELSEN \(ill\): | Sworders | £600
11. 2023-09-21 | Kay Rasmus Nielsen, zugeschrieben King Bluebeard | Neumeister | €1,600
12. 2023-06-15 | KAY RASMUS NIELSEN \(1886\-1957\) Princess Diaphanie and Prince Souci pen and | Christie's | $27,720
13. 2022-12-02 | Kay Nielsen | Sydney Rare Book Auctions | A$130
14. 2022-06-09 | KAY NIELSEN \(1886\-1957\) Leaping sprite. Costume study. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
15. 2020-06-28 | KAY NIELSEN \(1886\-1957\) ILLUSTRATED BOOK | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $600
16. 2018-10-02 | Kay Rasmus Nielsen \(1886\-1957\), "Shrouded figure at tomb's entrance". | Dogny Auction | CHF 13,000
17. 2018-10-02 | Kay Nielsen \- The brothers Grimm, "Hansel and Gretel", signé. | Dogny Auction | CHF 400
18. 2018-07-11 | Kay Rasmus Nielsen \(1886\-1957\) \- The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep | Christie's | £5,250
19. 2017-12-07 | Kay Nielsen | Zwiggelaar Auctions | €200
20. 2016-09-26 | Kay Rasmus Nielsen \(Danish, 1886\-1957\) IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE, FAIRY TALES RETOLD BY SIR ARTHUR QUILLER\-COUCH | Whyte's | €1,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kay-rasmus-nielsen-danish-1886-1957-in-powder-and-crinoline-fairy-tales-retold-by-sir-arthur-quiller-couch-85-c-a974446a4e
21. 2016-09-17 | Kay Nielsen \(1886\-1957\): Felix, Per Astra ad MorE | Auktionshuset.com | N/A
22. 2016-04-02 | Kay Nielsen \(1886\-1957\), Felix, Per Astra ad MorE | Auktionshuset.com | N/A
23. 2012-01-10 | \[ BOOKS \] | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
24. 2009-09-10 | KAY RASMUS NIELSEN \(Danish 1886\-1957\), Knight | Hartleys Auctioneers and Valuers | £36,000

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