# Peter Helck - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T14:32:54.459Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 82
- Lots with prices: 66
- First auction date: 2004-09-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-07-18
- Median realised price: $500
- Price range: $20 to $14,640

## Market Takeaway
Peter Helck shows solid auction liquidity with 82 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-07-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $275 and $1,400.
- 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: 68.2% (45 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 27.3% (18 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.5% (3 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 1
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $450
- Previous 12 months median: $275
- Median shift: 63.6%
- Latest sale date: 2025-07-18
- Days since latest sale: 215
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 24 lots
- Copake Auction Inc.: 16 lots
- Matthews Auctions, LLC: 9 lots
- DuMouchelles: 7 lots
- Eldred's: 4 lots
- Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC: 2 lots
- Elder's Fine Art & Antiques: 2 lots
- Gorringes: 2 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 2 lots
- Litchfield Auctions: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-18 | Peter Helck \(American, 1893\-1988\) Lithograph on Wove Paper, 1938, 'Fast Freight', H 12.25" W 16.25" | DuMouchelles | $450
2. 2024-06-07 | PETER HELCK \(1893\-1988\) CHEVY 3100 ILLUSTRATION ART | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $11,000
3. 2024-04-19 | Peter Helck \(American, 1893\-1988\) Mixed Media on Paper, Ca. 1955, "Cover Study for the August 1955 Issue of True Magazine", H 11" W 8.25" | DuMouchelles | $275
4. 2024-01-01 | Peter Helck \(1893\-1988\) | Copake Auction Inc. | $225
5. 2023-05-19 | Peter Helck, Books On Auto Racing "Great Auto Races" And "The Checkered Flag" | DuMouchelles | $50
6. 2023-05-19 | Peter Helck \(American, 1893\-1988\) Auto Race Illustrations H 6.5'' W 6.7'' 2 pcs | DuMouchelles | $550
7. 2023-05-19 | Peter Helck \(American, 1893\-1988\) Pen,Ink, Gouache Illustration "Riker Wins Long Island First", H 6.2'' W 14.5'' | DuMouchelles | $600
8. 2023-05-19 | Peter Helck \(American, 1893\-1988\) Pencil Illustration, Ca. 1933, "Indianapolis 500" Lou Meyer Winner, H 6.5'' W 7.5'' | DuMouchelles | $1,100
9. 2023-05-19 | Peter Helck \(American, 1893\-1988\) Pen, Ink, Watercolor Illustration "Jean's Interpretations", H 5.5'' W 8.5'' | DuMouchelles | $400
10. 2022-12-08 | Automotive Wood Block Print by Peter Helck | Matthews Auctions, LLC | $200
11. 2022-12-08 | Peter Helck "The Heroic Age of Automobile Racing" Box Set | Matthews Auctions, LLC | $900
12. 2022-12-08 | Early Two\-Man Race Car in Action by Peter Helck | Matthews Auctions, LLC | $3,500
13. 2022-12-08 | "The Old Master, Barney Oldfield" by Peter Helck | Matthews Auctions, LLC | $400
14. 2022-12-08 | Steel Plant Scene Art Work by Peter Helck | Matthews Auctions, LLC | $3,500
15. 2022-12-08 | Race Car Shooting Fire by Peter Helck | Matthews Auctions, LLC | $2,500
16. 2022-12-08 | Race Car Drive "Smiling Ralph" by Peter Helck | Matthews Auctions, LLC | $500
17. 2022-12-08 | Early Race Car \#7 by Peter Helck | Matthews Auctions, LLC | $1,000
18. 2022-12-08 | Race Car Driver Jim Clark Portrait in Pencil by Peter Helck | Matthews Auctions, LLC | $500
19. 2022-12-06 | Peter Helck \(American, 1893\-1988\) Polperro\-Cornwall Coast | Freeman's \| Hindman | $1,100
20. 2022-11-04 | Peter Helck \(American 1893\-1988\), two preliminary artworks for 'Grant Leads Chevrolet \- 1910 Vanderbilt Cup', \(\(2\)\) | Bonhams | £950
21. 2022-06-24 | Peter Helck \(American 1893\-1988\), two preliminary artworks for 'Grant Leads Chevrolet \- 1910 Vanderbilt Cup', \(\(2\)\) | Bonhams | N/A
22. 2022-06-11 | Peter Helck lithograph | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $325
23. 2021-11-13 | Peter Helck \(1893\-1988\) | Copake Auction Inc. | $275
24. 2021-11-13 | Peter Helck \(1893\-1988\) | Copake Auction Inc. | $225

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