# Paul Helleu - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T07:00:35.827Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 89
- Lots with prices: 64
- First auction date: 2002-10-24
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-16
- Median realised price: $1,500
- Price range: $15 to $151,200

## Market Takeaway
Paul Helleu shows solid auction liquidity with 83 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-30.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $750 and $3,500.
- 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: 36.1% (22 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 54.1% (33 sales)
- $10,000\+: 9.8% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 9
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $1,143
- Previous 12 months median: $175
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-30
- Days since latest sale: 111
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 34 lots
- Sotheby's: 10 lots
- Lion and Unicorn: 4 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 4 lots
- Kiefer Buch\- und Kunstauktionen: 3 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 2 lots
- Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.: 2 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 2 lots
- DUMBO Auctions: 2 lots
- Jackson's International: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-30 | Paul Helleu \(1859\-1927\) Portrait de Ellen Helleu, en buste, vers 1897, circa 1900. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,143
2. 2025-10-12 | Paul Helleu \(Aft.\) Original Drypoint Etching on Paper, Le Sphinx | Lion and Unicorn | $180
3. 2025-10-12 | Paul Helleu, Original Etching on Paper, Comtesse de San Marino, Signed | Lion and Unicorn | $2,300
4. 2025-09-18 | Paul Helleu \(1859\-1927\), Femme au Chapeau, circa 1900. | Swann Auction Galleries | $952
5. 2025-09-16 | Paul Helleu "Ed. Sagot: Estampes & ..." Poster | Auctions at Showplace | $75 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-paul-helleu-ed-sagot-estampes-poster-308-c-0674ef68a0
6. 2025-04-13 | Paul Helleu, Original Drypoint Etching, Comte Robert de Montesquiou, Signed | Lion and Unicorn | $3,400
7. 2025-04-13 | Paul Helleu, Double\-Sided Portrait Drawings, Signed & Dedicated | Lion and Unicorn | $2,900
8. 2025-03-28 | PAUL HELLEU | Koller Auctions | CHF 3,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-paul-helleu-3427-c-6674764980
9. 2025-02-25 | Paul Helleu \(French, 1859\-1927\) 'Madame Helleu' Drypoint and Aquatint | Leonard Auction | $750
10. 2024-12-04 | Paul Helleu, French 1859\-1927, Ed. Sagot: Estampes & Affiches Illustrees | Abell Auction | $175
11. 2024-05-16 | Jeune femme se coiffant | Sotheby's | N/A
12. 2024-01-12 | PAUL HELLEU 'WOMAN THREADING A NEEDLE' ETCHING | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $100
13. 2023-11-19 | Helleu "Portrait of Ellen Helleu" Drypoint Etching | Auctions at Showplace | $850
14. 2023-09-26 | Femme avec un col de velours; and Portrait de femme à trois\-quarts | Sotheby's | N/A
15. 2023-09-26 | La leçon de piano; and Ellen | Sotheby's | N/A
16. 2023-09-26 | Le noeud bleu; and Elégante à le veste de fourrure | Sotheby's | £2,540
17. 2023-04-27 | 2 DRYPOINTS. | Arenberg Auctions | €240
18. 2023-01-11 | PAUL HELLEU \(VANNES 1859\-1927 PARIS\) | Chiswick Auctions | £300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-paul-helleu-vannes-1859-1927-paris-270-c-fd7428ca54
19. 2022-12-13 | ORIGINAL SIGNED HELLEU ETCHING | Jackson's International | $1,000
20. 2022-10-19 | PAUL HELLEU \(VANNES 1859\-1927 PARIS\) | Chiswick Auctions | N/A
21. 2022-05-25 | Portrait de Lucette | Sotheby's | $63,000
22. 2022-05-25 | Portrait de Lucette au chapeau | Sotheby's | $47,880
23. 2022-05-25 | Camara | Sotheby's | $151,200
24. 2022-04-30 | Ecole française vers 1900. Enfant dessinant. Fusain et pastel. Fake signature. 40 x 25 cm | Les Andelys Enchères | N/A

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