# Ruud van Empel - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T08:02:02.226Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 131
- Lots with prices: 78
- First auction date: 2007-10-17
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-01
- Median realised price: $10,000
- Price range: $200 to $68,750

## Market Takeaway
Ruud van Empel shows solid auction liquidity with 130 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-01.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($10,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $4,375 and $23,750.
- 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: 2.6% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 45.5% (35 sales)
- $10,000\+: 51.9% (40 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 12
- Previous 12 months sales: 17
- Recent 12 months median: $6,500
- Previous 12 months median: $2,500
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-01
- Days since latest sale: 79
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Phillips: 31 lots
- Christie's: 21 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 13 lots
- Sotheby's: 12 lots
- Joshua Kodner: 10 lots
- Setdart Auction House: 6 lots
- AAG Auctioneers: 5 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 5 lots
- Grisebach: 5 lots
- Piasa: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-01 | Ruud van Empel \(Dutch 1958\). Theatre \#7, 2012. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €12,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ruud-van-empel-dutch-1958-theatre-7-2012-46-c-042e13f3ab
2. 2025-11-11 | Ruud van Empel \(1958\), 'Souvenir \#5' | Vendu Rotterdam | N/A
3. 2025-10-09 | RUUD VAN EMPEL \(B. 1958\). World \#3, 2005. signed, titled, dated and numbere | Christie's | $10,795
4. 2025-07-15 | World \#26 | Sotheby's | $44,450
5. 2025-07-08 | Venus \#1 | Sotheby's | N/A
6. 2025-06-26 | RUUD VAN EMPEL 'VAN GOGH \#3' 2020 | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $1,600
7. 2025-06-26 | RUUD VAN EMPEL 'SUNDAY \#2' 2012 | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $6,500
8. 2025-04-23 | RUUD VAN EMPEL \(Breda, 1958\) "The office n.9. 1996. Archival pigment print. | Setdart Auction House | €2,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ruud-van-empel-breda-1958-the-office-n-9-1996-archival-pigment-print-74-c-44b41a9b84
9. 2025-04-17 | RUUD VAN EMPEL \(B. 1958\). World \#4, 2005. signed in pencil and titled, date | Christie's | $9,450
10. 2025-04-10 | Ruud Van Empel \(1958\) \- Untitled \#3, 2004 | Finarte | €4,500
11. 2025-03-04 | Ruud van Empel, World \#31 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $6,000
12. 2025-02-20 | Dawn \#1 | Sotheby's | N/A
13. 2024-12-18 | RUUD VAN EMPEL \(B. 1958\). Study in Green \#8; Study in Green \#16 \[Two Works\] | Christie's | $2,200
14. 2024-12-02 | Ruud van Empel \(Dutch 1958\). Souvenir \#1, 2008. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | €6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ruud-van-empel-dutch-1958-souvenir-1-2008-5-c-385407083b
15. 2024-11-30 | Ruud VAN EMPEL \(1958\) | Hessink's | €4,400
16. 2024-10-25 | Ruud van Empel, Mood \#5 | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $6,000
17. 2024-06-15 | Ruud Van Empel, Generation\#1 , 2010 | Joshua Kodner | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ruud-van-empel-generation-1-2010-773-c-6684feab2c
18. 2024-06-15 | Ruud Van Empel, Frame Story\#1, 1998 | Joshua Kodner | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ruud-van-empel-frame-story-1-1998-772-c-97d4c4cb97
19. 2024-06-15 | Ruud Van Empel, Dawn\#4, 2008 | Joshua Kodner | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ruud-van-empel-dawn-4-2008-771-c-8394833922
20. 2024-06-15 | Ruud Van Empel, Connection, 2010 | Joshua Kodner | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ruud-van-empel-connection-2010-770-c-223432c973
21. 2024-06-15 | Ruud Van Empel, Brothers & Sisters\#4, 2009 | Joshua Kodner | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ruud-van-empel-brothers-sisters-4-2009-769-c-e284c37958
22. 2024-06-15 | Ruud Van Empel, Brothers & Sisters\#3, 2009 | Joshua Kodner | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ruud-van-empel-brothers-sisters-3-2009-728-c-b8b4397a59
23. 2024-06-15 | Ruud Van Empel, Brothers & Sisters\#2, 2009 | Joshua Kodner | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ruud-van-empel-brothers-sisters-2-2009-727-c-78a4ea8b46
24. 2024-06-15 | Ruud Van Empel, Brothers & Sisters\#1, 2009 | Joshua Kodner | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ruud-van-empel-brothers-sisters-1-2009-726-c-d3c4d0db3e

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