# Maurits Cornelis Escher - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T12:39:38.121Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 919
- Lots with prices: 800
- First auction date: 1987-02-12
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-26
- Median realised price: $12,000
- Price range: $4 to $1,900,000

## Market Takeaway
Maurits Cornelis Escher shows very deep auction liquidity with 878 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $12,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 124 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($12,250\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $4,392 and $28,000.
- 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: 8.5% (66 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 34.2% (264 sales)
- $10,000\+: 57.3% (443 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 124
- Previous 12 months sales: 68
- Recent 12 months median: $50,000
- Previous 12 months median: $9,500
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 64
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 349 lots
- Zeeuws Veilinghuis: 234 lots
- Sotheby's: 95 lots
- Bonhams: 36 lots
- Skinner: 25 lots
- Auktionshaus Stahl: 17 lots
- Venduehuis der Notarissen: 17 lots
- TGP Auction: 14 lots
- Vendu Rotterdam: 10 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 9 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-16 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898 \- 1972\) Icosahedron \(Icosaëder\) | Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes | N/A
2. 2025-12-09 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(Dutch, 1898\-1972\) Verbum \(Erde, Luft und Wasser\) Lithograph, 1942, on van Gelder wove paper, signed and numbered 18/40 in pencil, further titled and priced in pencil to the margin in pencil \(as issued\), with margins, frame... | Bonhams | £65,000
3. 2025-12-08 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) Verblifa blikken bonbontrommel, zgn. Icosaëdergemerkt op de onde | Veilinghuis Van Spengen | N/A
4. 2025-11-19 | MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER \(1898\-1972\). Randazzo and Mount Etna, Sicily. Image | Christie's | $57,150
5. 2025-11-19 | MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER \(1898\-1972\). The Bridge. Image: 21 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. | Christie's | $30,480
6. 2025-11-19 | MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER \(1898\-1972\). Puddle. Image: 9 3/8 x 12 1/8 in. \(239 | Christie's | $35,560
7. 2025-11-11 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) ‘Earth’, new years wish Eugène & Eilly Strens, 1953 | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €800
8. 2025-11-11 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) ‘Earth’, new years wish Eugène & Eilly Strens, 1953 | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €700
9. 2025-11-11 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) Book, 'XXI\-me Congres Postal Universel', with two woodcuts by M.C. Escher | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €2,800
10. 2025-11-11 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) ‘Earth’, ‘Water’, ‘Fire’ and ‘Air’ | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €6,000
11. 2025-11-11 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) 'Mosaic II' | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €14,000
12. 2025-11-11 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) 'Rippled surface' | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €18,000
13. 2025-11-11 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) 'Three worlds' | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €9,500
14. 2025-11-11 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) ‘Order and chaos’ | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €14,000
15. 2025-11-11 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) ‘Up and down’ | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €18,000
16. 2025-11-11 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) 'Libellula \(Dragonfly\)' | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €50,000
17. 2025-11-11 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) 'Double planetoid' | Zeeuws Veilinghuis | €140,000
18. 2025-11-08 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(Dutch, 1898\-1972\) Mosaic II, dot matrix print, 21" x 25", Framed. | Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches | $150
19. 2025-10-23 | Maurits Cornelis Escher \(1898\-1972\) | Veilinggebouw de Zwaan | €40,000
20. 2025-10-23 | MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER \(1898\-1972\). Waterfall. Image: 15 x 11 ¾ in. \(381 x | Christie's | $95,250
21. 2025-10-23 | MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER \(1898\-1972\). Belvedere. Image: 18 x 11 5/8 in. \(457 | Christie's | $44,450
22. 2025-10-23 | MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER \(1898\-1972\). Print Gallery. Image: 12 5/8 x 12 3/8 | Christie's | $57,150
23. 2025-10-23 | MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER \(1898\-1972\). Bond of Union. Image: 10 1/8 x 13 1/8 | Christie's | $30,480
24. 2025-10-23 | MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER \(1898\-1972\). Convex and Concave. Image: 11 1/8 x 13 | Christie's | $30,480

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