# Rudolf Bauer - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T22:15:04.693Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 144
- Lots with prices: 87
- First auction date: 2003-11-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-20
- Median realised price: $2,500
- Price range: $50 to $850,000

## Market Takeaway
Rudolf Bauer shows solid auction liquidity with 144 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 22 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-20.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $500 and $45,000.
- 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: 35.6% (31 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 31% (27 sales)
- $10,000\+: 33.3% (29 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 22
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $1,200
- Previous 12 months median: $2,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-20
- Days since latest sale: 90
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 23 lots
- Sotheby's: 20 lots
- Christie's: 14 lots
- Freeman's: 9 lots
- Dorotheum: 7 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 7 lots
- Skinner: 6 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 4 lots
- Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.: 3 lots
- Piguet Hôtel des Ventes \| Genève: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-20 | Rudolf Bauer \(German, 1881\-1953\) 2 drawings | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $50
2. 2025-11-20 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889\-1953\) Abstrakt Komposition 18 7/8 x 25 1/4 in \(48 x 64.2 cm\) \(\) | Bonhams | N/A
3. 2025-11-20 | Rudolf Bauer "The Collector" Mixed Media on Paper | MBA Seattle Auction LLC | $500
4. 2025-11-18 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889\-1953\). Animoso. oil on canvas33 ¾ x 39 5/8 in. \(85.5 x 1 | Christie's | $127,000
5. 2025-11-18 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889\-1953\). Delicate Scherzo. oil on canvas33 1/8 x 39 ½ in. | Christie's | $127,000
6. 2025-11-18 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889\-1953\). Composition with Red Circle. oil on canvas51 ¼ x | Christie's | $533,400
7. 2025-10-24 | Center accent | Sotheby's | N/A
8. 2025-06-26 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889 \- 1953\) Two lithographs. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
9. 2025-06-24 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889\-1953\), UNTITLED | Historia Auctionata | €150
10. 2025-06-17 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889\-1953\) Study for dancing couple. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
11. 2025-06-05 | Ensemble de cinq œuvres sur papier | Artcurial | €1,200
12. 2025-05-22 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889 \- 1953, GERMAN\) Untitled \(Non\-Objective Abstraction\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
13. 2025-05-22 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889 \- 1953, GERMAN\) Untitled \(Cubist Composition\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
14. 2025-05-22 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889 \- 1953, GERMAN\) Untitled \(Cubist Figure, Seated\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
15. 2025-05-22 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889 \- 1953, GERMAN/AMERICAN\) Untitled \(Double Sided Prison Drawing\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $750
16. 2025-05-22 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889 \- 1953, GERMAN/AMERICAN\) Untitled \(Prison Drawing\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $750
17. 2025-05-22 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889 \- 1953, GERMAN\) Untitled \(Abstract figures\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
18. 2025-05-14 | Presto 10 | Sotheby's | $215,900
19. 2025-04-15 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889 \- 1953\) Untitled \(Lightning\). | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
20. 2025-04-15 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889 \- 1953\) Untitled \("to Hilla"\). | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,950
21. 2025-04-15 | RUDOLF BAUER \(1889 \- 1953\) Bautama. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
22. 2025-03-04 | Allegro | Sotheby's | £233,300
23. 2025-02-08 | RUDOLF BAUER \(German/American 1889\-1953\) “Self Portrait," CIRCA 1920s | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $2,000
24. 2025-02-08 | RUDOLF BAUER \(German/American 1889\-1953\) "Reclining Nude with Pillows," CIRCA 1914\-1921 | Simpson Galleries, LLC | $1,200

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