# Maria Sibylla Merian - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T13:11:12.275Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 67
- Lots with prices: 53
- First auction date: 2000-03-22
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-15
- Median realised price: $500
- Price range: $15 to $261,405

## Market Takeaway
Maria Sibylla Merian shows solid auction liquidity with 58 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $700. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-15.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($700\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $137 and $3,000.
- 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: 52.3% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 31.8% (14 sales)
- $10,000\+: 15.9% (7 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $300
- Previous 12 months median: $475
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-15
- Days since latest sale: 95
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 10 lots
- Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden: 5 lots
- Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH: 3 lots
- Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG: 3 lots
- Auktionshaus Schwab: 3 lots
- Brunk Auctions: 3 lots
- Hampel Fine Art Auctions: 3 lots
- Historia Auctionata: 3 lots
- Zwiggelaar Auctions: 3 lots
- DVC: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-11-10 | Four Botanical Prints After Maria Sibylla Merian | Brunk Auctions | $150
2. 2022-09-15 | Four Botanical Prints After Maria Sibylla Merian | Brunk Auctions | N/A
3. 2026-01-15 | Maria Sibylla Merian | Lawsons | A$40 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-maria-sibylla-merian-2002-c-1168530e36
4. 2025-11-15 | Maria Sibylla Merian, | Auktionshaus Arnold | €300
5. 2025-10-09 | MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN \(1647\-1717\), KOLORIERTER KUPFERSTICH, "CRESSON \- PLANTE EXOTIQUE" / MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN \(1647\-1717\), COLORED COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING, "CRESSON \- PLANTE EXOTIQUE" | Kunstauktionhaus Georg Rehm | €200
6. 2025-09-19 | Maria Sibylla MERIAN \(1647\-1717\), drei Blatt: Banane mit Eulenfalter und Raupe, Sodomsäpfel mit Insekten, Paprika | Auktionshaus Königstein GmbH | €500
7. 2025-09-05 | Maria Sibylla Merian \- Neues Blumenbuch | Auktionshaus Bossard | €50
8. 2025-06-17 | Maria Sibylla Merian \(1647\-1717\): Marigold, from De Europische Insecten | STAIR | $1,700
9. 2025-03-27 | Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647 Frankfurt – 1717 Amsterdam | Hampel Fine Art Auctions | €1,300
10. 2024-10-19 | Maria Sibylla Merian \(1647 in Frankfurt a. M. \- 1717 in Amsterdam\), 'Blumenbouquet' / 'Flower bouquet' | Auktionshaus Schwab | N/A
11. 2024-03-19 | Maria Sibylla Merian 1647\-1717 | McKenzies Auctioneers | A$475 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-maria-sibylla-merian-1647-1717-174-c-844432bb76
12. 2023-12-07 | After Maria Sibylla Merian | Cheffins | £150 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-after-maria-sibylla-merian-521-c-0054e86a29
13. 2023-10-07 | Maria Sibylla Merian, Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium | Arader Galleries | $130,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-maria-sibylla-merian-dissertatio-de-generatione-et-metamorphosibus-insectorum-surinamensium-102-c-7704b359d7
14. 2023-08-26 | Maria Sibylla Merian, nach, Pflanzendarstellungen | Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH | €60
15. 2022-10-23 | Maria Sibylla Merian \(1647\-1717\). De Europische Insecten, Naauwkeurig onder | Christie's | $63,000
16. 2022-09-16 | Maria Sibylla Merian | Brunk Auctions | $1,700
17. 2022-05-28 | Maria Sibylla Merian | Auktionshaus Demessieur | €120
18. 2021-12-09 | Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647 Frankfurt – 1717 Amsterdam, zugeschrieben | Hampel Fine Art Auctions | €3,300
19. 2021-12-05 | Maria Sibylla Merian | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €2,200
20. 2021-12-05 | Maria Sibylla Merian | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €2,200
21. 2021-12-05 | Maria Sibylla Merian | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €2,800
22. 2021-12-05 | Maria Sibylla Merian | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €3,600
23. 2021-12-02 | Maria Sibylla Merian \(1647 Frankfurt \- 1717 Amsterdam\) \- \\"Cayman\\" \- \\"Sauvegarde\\" | Neumeister | €3,000
24. 2021-11-27 | MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN, Leningrader Aquarelle, Faksimile, | Auktionshaus Eppli | N/A

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