# Olaf Metzel - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T13:35:37.456Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 12
- Lots with prices: 5
- First auction date: 2011-11-12
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-20
- Median realised price: $2,750
- Price range: $80 to $13,750

## Market Takeaway
Olaf Metzel has 12 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,750. 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 \($2,750\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($200 to $8,750\) 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: 40% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 40% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 20% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $2,750
- Previous 12 months median: $200
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-20
- Days since latest sale: 101
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Grisebach: 2 lots
- Henry's Auktionshaus: 2 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 2 lots
- AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald: 1 lots
- Akiba Galleries: 1 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 1 lots
- Historia Auctionata: 1 lots
- Karl & Faber \- Timed: 1 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-20 | Olaf Metzel \(German, b. 1952\) "9 Swimming Pools" Tribute Ed Ruscha" Aluminum Art | Akiba Galleries | $2,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-olaf-metzel-german-b-1952-9-swimming-pools-tribute-ed-ruscha-aluminum-art-45-c-51dedb19e2
2. 2025-06-26 | Olaf Metzel, born, 1952 Berlin, without title,etching to | Henry's Auktionshaus | N/A
3. 2024-12-21 | Olaf Metzel, born 1952 Berlin, untitled, etching from | Henry's Auktionshaus | N/A
4. 2024-09-21 | Olaf Metzel \(1952 Berlin – lebt in München\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €200
5. 2024-06-05 | Olaf Metzel, Bar, 2016 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | N/A
6. 2023-12-02 | Olaf Metzel, Bar, 2016 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | N/A
7. 2023-10-25 | Olaf Metzel \(1952 Berlin\) – 2 Bll.: Ohne Titel | Karl & Faber \- Timed | N/A
8. 2022-11-07 | Olaf Metzel \(\*1952\), German s | Historia Auctionata | €80
9. 2016-07-11 | Olaf Metzel, Cinema 1, Combination Print, 1989 | Auctionata Paddle8 AG | N/A
10. 2014-11-28 | Olaf Metzel \- Restposten | Grisebach | €8,750
11. 2014-11-28 | Olaf Metzel \- Beretta | Grisebach | €13,750
12. 2011-11-12 | Olaf Metzel \(German, b. 1952\) Lorbeerblatter | Rago Arts and Auction Center | N/A

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