# René Mels - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T20:37:33.032Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 36
- Lots with prices: 25
- First auction date: 2007-11-20
- Latest auction date: 2024-12-06
- Median realised price: $280
- Price range: $30 to $20,000

## Market Takeaway
René Mels shows developing auction liquidity with 35 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $280. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-07-21.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($280\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $140 and $450.
- 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: 91.7% (22 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 4.2% (1 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.2% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 1
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $700
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2024-07-21
- Days since latest sale: 577
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Maison Jules Veilinghuis: 9 lots
- Galerie Moderne: 8 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles: 3 lots
- Roseberys: 3 lots
- Louiza Auktion & Associés: 2 lots
- Bassenge Auctions: 1 lots
- Bonhams: 1 lots
- Flanders Auctions: 1 lots
- Horta: 1 lots
- MJV Soudant: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-06 | Ren, Portrait of a Woman in Black, Oil on Canvas | Nye & Company | $100
2. 2024-07-21 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\)., Barques. Nice 1953., Huile sur toile., Dimensions : 50 x 60,5 cm. | MJV Soudant | €700
3. 2023-11-26 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\), original etching in 4 colours 'UR 11', signed | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | €100
4. 2023-09-24 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\), oil on panel Untitled, signed | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | N/A
5. 2023-09-14 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\) 'Abstract' oil on panel. \(W:40 x H:50 cm\) | Flanders Auctions | €200
6. 2022-11-30 | RENÉ MELS \(1909 HERENT \- 1977 IBID\), 'UR I.', 'COSMONAUTES' AND ONE PROOF EACH OF 'SEUIL DE LA SIGNIFICATION' AND 'DEMEURE SUCCESSIVE', 1967/1969/1964 | Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen GmbH | N/A
7. 2021-12-11 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\) Composition, circa 1955 | Louiza Auktion & Associés | €550
8. 2021-12-01 | René Mels, Belgian 1909\-1977\- Landscape; watercolour, signed lower right, 47x62.5cm Provenance: | Roseberys | £140
9. 2021-12-01 | René Mels, Belgian 1909\-1977\- Kenny en Provenance, 1951; watercolour and black ink, signed and da | Roseberys | N/A
10. 2021-12-01 | René Mels, Belgian 1909\-1977\- Landscape, 1943; watercolour, signed lower right; inscribed and dat | Roseberys | £260
11. 2021-06-19 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\) Composition, circa 1955 | Louiza Auktion & Associés | N/A
12. 2020-10-12 | René Mels | Salle de Ventes Saint\-Job | N/A
13. 2020-06-28 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\) | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | N/A
14. 2020-06-18 | René Mels \(1909\-1977\) \- Tronc d’olivier, 1975 | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
15. 2019-09-30 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\) | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | €30
16. 2019-09-30 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\) | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | €30
17. 2019-06-25 | René Mels \(1909\-1977\) Sans titre Huile sur toile. Signée en bas à gauche. | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | N/A
18. 2019-01-26 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\) | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | N/A
19. 2018-12-30 | "Deucalion" by René Mels | The Loft Fine Art | N/A
20. 2018-01-27 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\) | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | €50
21. 2018-01-27 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\) | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | €220
22. 2018-01-27 | René MELS \(1909\-1977\) | Maison Jules Veilinghuis | €140
23. 2017-12-13 | TABLEAUX | Vanderkindere | €450
24. 2017-11-19 | RENÉ MELS \(1909\-1977\) Portrait de Gaston Bertrand et Anne Bonnet | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | €455

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