# Otto Piene - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T06:58:15.699Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 676
- Lots with prices: 437
- First auction date: 2001-05-08
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-18
- Median realised price: $5,500
- Price range: $40 to $392,750

## Market Takeaway
Otto Piene shows very deep auction liquidity with 655 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 64 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($5,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $750 and $19,463.
- 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: 32.1% (137 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 29% (124 sales)
- $10,000\+: 38.9% (166 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 64
- Previous 12 months sales: 76
- Recent 12 months median: $5,500
- Previous 12 months median: $1,100
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-28
- Days since latest sale: 21
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 99 lots
- Van Ham Kunstauktionen: 56 lots
- Christie's: 54 lots
- Grisebach: 54 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 36 lots
- Sotheby's: 26 lots
- Wettmann: 18 lots
- Karl & Faber: 17 lots
- K&K – Auktionen in Heidelberg: 16 lots
- AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald: 14 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-01-28 | OTTO PIENE \(1928\-2014\), ''FEUERAUGE'' \(FIR | Historia Auctionata | €300
2. 2025-12-07 | Otto Piene | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €600
3. 2025-12-05 | Otto PIENE \(1928\-2014\) Manned Helium Sculpture1970/1971, | Antikauktion Krefeld | N/A
4. 2025-12-05 | Otto Piene \(1928 Laasphe \- Berlin 2014\) R | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | N/A
5. 2025-12-05 | Otto Piene \(1928 Bad Laasphe/Westfalen \- Berlin 2014\) – „Orange Eye“ \("Orange Eye"\) | Karl & Faber | €12,000
6. 2025-12-05 | Otto Piene \(1928 Bad Laasphe/Westfalen \- Berlin 2014\) – Feuergouache \(Fire gouache\) | Karl & Faber | €14,000
7. 2025-12-04 | Otto Piene: "Zeh" | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €9,000
8. 2025-12-04 | Otto Piene: "Arriba" | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €8,000
9. 2025-12-04 | Otto Piene: "Irrlicht" | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €10,000
10. 2025-12-04 | Otto Piene: Untitled | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | N/A
11. 2025-12-04 | Otto Piene: Untitled | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €10,000
12. 2025-12-04 | Otto Piene: "Pattern Cluster" | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €18,000
13. 2025-12-04 | Otto Piene: "Play with Fire" | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | N/A
14. 2025-12-04 | Otto Piene \(1928 Bad Laasphe/Westfalen \- Berlin 2014\) – „Himmelhoch" \(Himmelhoch\) | Karl & Faber | €5,600
15. 2025-12-04 | Otto Piene \(1928 Bad Laasphe/Westfalen \- Berlin 2014\) – „Mondmünze“ \(Moon Coin\) | Karl & Faber | €6,000
16. 2025-12-04 | Otto Piene \(1928 Bad Laasphe/Westfalen \- Berlin 2014\) – Ohne Titel \(Untitled\) | Karl & Faber | €10,000
17. 2025-12-04 | Otto Piene \(1928\-2014\). Rotes Rasterbild. | Christie's | €50,800
18. 2025-12-02 | Otto Piene \(1928 Bad Laasphe \- 2014 Berlin\) \(F\) | Wettmann | N/A
19. 2025-12-02 | Otto Piene \(1928 Bad Laasphe \- 2014 Berlin\) \(F\) | Wettmann | €6,800
20. 2025-11-29 | Otto Piene \(Laasphe/Westfalen 1928 \- Berlin 2014\). Eclipse. | Auktionshaus Stahl | N/A
21. 2025-11-27 | OTTO PIENE | Koller Auctions | CHF 11,000
22. 2025-11-24 | Otto Piene, 1928\-2014, Untitled | Germann Auction House Ltd | CHF 5,500
23. 2025-11-19 | Otto Piene \* | Dorotheum | N/A
24. 2025-11-15 | Otto Piene | Das Kunst\- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG | €360

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